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Riccardo Freda (24 February 1909 – 20 December 1999) was an Italian film director. He worked in a variety of genres, including sword-and-sandal, horror, giallo and spy films. Freda began directing I Vampiri in 1956. The film became the first Italian sound horror film production.
Riccardo Freda. Writer: Caccia all'uomo. Riccardo Freda was born in Alexandria, Egypt, of Italian parents. Educated in Milan, he became a sculptor, then a newspaper art critic. He began a career in film in 1937 as a screenwriter and production supervisor. He moved into directing in 1942, beginning a career that lasted some 40 years.
Riccardo Freda è stato un regista e sceneggiatore italiano. A Freda spetta il primato del primo film dell'orrore italiano, con I vampiri.
Jul 3, 2017 · Riccardo Freda’s work is full of many moments that transcend their generic framework. Although he directed only one Italian Western, several of his earlier films contain moments that evoke a particular use of action and generic infusion always threatening to take over the entire film.
Mar 21, 2017 · In an eclectic career spanning four decades, Italian director Riccardo Freda (1909-1999) produced films of remarkable technical skill and powerful visual style, including the swashbuckler Black...
Dec 20, 1999 · Riccardo Freda is known as an Director, Screenplay, Actor, Writer, Editor, Story, Second Unit Director, Producer, Set Decoration, Original Story, and First Assistant Director. Some of his work includes Lust of the Vampire, The Horrible Dr. Hichcock, Caltiki, the Immortal Monster, Murder Obsession, Double Face, The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire ...
Nov 14, 2017 · Scholars tend to agree on Riccardo Freda’s I vampiri (1957) being the first Italian horror film. Indeed, prior to Freda’s Paris-set Gothic potboiler, which mixes the Erzsébet Báthory...
