Stelvio Massi | |
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Born | 26 March 1929 |
Died | 26 March 2004 Velletri, Italy | (aged 75)
Occupation | Filmmaker |
Stelvio Massi (26 March 1929 – 26 March 2004), sometimes credited "Max Steel", was an Italian director, screenwriter and cinematographer, best known for his "poliziotteschi" films.
Born in Civitanova Marche, the son of a tobacconist and a housewife, Massi studied at the Macerata Art Institute, and later at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma.[1] He entered the cinema industry in 1952 as assistant camera operator, and in 1954 he became a cameraman.[2] Ten years later he began to work as cinematographer, and in 1973 he debuted as film director with Macrò.[2] He obtained a great commercial success with the Mark il poliziotto film series, then with a series of poliziotteschi starred by Maurizio Merli.
Massi also worked on television, directing the 1987 TV series Due assi per un turbo. His son Danilo is also a film director.[2]
Title | Year | Credited as | Notes | Ref(s) | |||
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Director | Screenwriter | Cinematographer | Other | ||||
The Dragon's Blood | 1957 | Yes | Camera operator | [3] | |||
Duel of the Titans | 1961 | Yes | Camera operator | [4][5] | |||
A Fistful of Dollars | 1964 | Yes | Camera operator | [6] | |||
Genoveffa di Brabante | Yes | [7][8] | |||||
Per il gusto di uccidere | 1966 | Yes | [9] | ||||
The Moment to Kill | 1968 | Yes | [10][11] | ||||
The Price of Power | 1969 | Yes | [12][13] | ||||
A Girl Called Jules | 1970 | Yes | [14] | ||||
Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin | Yes | [15][16] | |||||
Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay | Yes | [17][16] | |||||
Emergency Squad | 1974 | Yes | Yes | [18] | |||
Mark of the Cop | 1975 | Yes | Yes | [19] | |||
Mark Shoots First | Yes | Yes | [20] | ||||
Cross Shot | 1976 | Yes | [21] | ||||
Mark Strikes Again | Yes | [22] | |||||
The Last Round | Yes | [23] | |||||
Destruction Force | 1977 | Yes | Yes | [24] | |||
Highway Racer | Yes | [25] | |||||
Fearless | 1978 | Yes | Yes | [26] | |||
Il commissario di ferro | Yes | [27] | |||||
Convoy Busters | Yes | Yes | [28] | ||||
Hunted City | 1979 | Yes | Yes | [29] | |||
The Rebel | 1980 | Yes | Yes | [30] | |||
In ginocchio da te | — | Yes | [31] | ||||
Tears on Your Face | — | Yes | [32] | ||||
Non son degno di te | — | Yes | [33] | ||||
'Se non avessi più te | — | Yes | [34] | ||||
Doc, Hands of Steel | — | Yes | [35] | ||||
Due oriundi per Cesare | — | Yes | [36] | ||||
Mi vedrai tornare | — | Yes | [37] | ||||
Nessuno mi può giudicare | — | Yes | [38] | ||||
Le due facce del dollaro | — | Yes | [39] | ||||
15 forche per un assassino | — | Yes | [40] | ||||
I ragazzi di Bandiera Gialla | — | Yes | [41] | ||||
Tiffany Memorandum | — | Yes | [42] | ||||
Your Turn to Die | — | Yes | [43] | ||||
Brutti di notte | — | Yes | [44] | ||||
The Fuller Report | — | Yes | [45] | ||||
I'll Sell My Skin Dearly | — | Yes | [46] | ||||
Alibi | — | Yes | [47] | ||||
The Archangel | — | Yes | [48] | ||||
Dio perdoni la mia pistola | — | Yes | [49] | ||||
Un posto all'inferno | — | Yes | [50] | ||||
They Call Him Cemetery | — | Yes | [51] | ||||
Il sergente Klems | — | Yes | [52] | ||||
They Call Me Hallelujah | — | Yes | [53] | ||||
Winged Devils | — | Yes | [54] | ||||
The Case of the Bloody Iris | — | Yes | [55] | ||||
Return of Halleluja | — | Yes | [56] | ||||
Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia | — | Yes | [57] | ||||
Giovannona Long-Thigh | — | Yes | [58] | ||||
Ingrid sulla strada | — | Yes | [59] | ||||
Man Called Invincible | — | Yes | [60] | ||||
Partirono preti, tornarono... curati | — | Yes | [61] | ||||
Giuda uccide il venerdì | — | Yes | [62] | ||||
Five Women for the Killer | — | Yes | [63] | ||||
Speed Cross | — | Yes | [64] | ||||
Speed Driver | — | Yes | Yes | [65] | |||
Guapparia | — | Yes | [66] | ||||
Torna | — | Yes | [67] | ||||
Mondo cane oggi - L'orrore continua | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Screen story writer | [68] | |
The Black Cobra | — | Yes | [69] | ||||
Hell's Heroes - Eroi dell'inferno | — | Yes | [70] | ||||
Arabella: l'angelo nero | — | Yes | [71] | ||||
Droga sterco di Dio | — | Yes | [72] | ||||
The Cry of Truth | — | Yes | [73] | ||||
Alto rischio | — | Yes | Yes | [74] | |||
La pista bulgara | — | Yes | [75] | ||||
Il quinto giorno (5°) | — | Yes | [76] | ||||
Tuono di proiettile | — | Yes | [77] |