Umberto Lenzi

Umberto Lenzi

Born: August 6, 1931
Died: October 19, 2017
in Massa Marittima, Grosseto, Italy
Umberto Lenzi (August 6, 1931—October 19, 2017) was an Italian film director who was very active in low budget crime films, peplums, Eurospy films, spaghetti westerns, Macaroni Combat movies, cannibal films and giallo murder mysteries (in addition to writing many of the screenplays himself).

Movies for Umberto Lenzi...

All the Colors of Giallo
Title: All the Colors of Giallo
Character: Self - Director (archive footage)
Released: January 29, 2019
Type: Movie
'Giallo' is Italian for 'yellow', the color of the lurid pulp novels that inspired one of the most intense, extreme and influential genres in movie history. In this unprecedented collection, experience the full chronological evolution of giallo with more than 100 rare and classic trailers from such masters as Mario Bava, Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, Sergio Martino, Antonio Margheriti, Umberto Lenzi and many more. Then slip on black leather gloves and set the mood with a Bonus CD of legendary soundtrack music from composers that include Ennio Morricone, Riz Ortolani, Bruno Nicolai, Stelvio Cipriani and others, along with all-new featurettes that thrust even deeper into the genre. "But be warned," says Gizmodo.com, "Once you start going down the blood- slicked giallo rabbit hole, you may become dangerously obsessed."
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All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation Titan
Title: All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation Titan
Character: Himself
Released: August 27, 2018
Type: Movie
A look back at the storied career of the late, great exploitation director Umberto Lenzi - as told through the director, in one of his last substantial sit-down interviews, colleagues and critics.
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Meet the Maker: Umberto Lenzi on Almost Human
Title: Meet the Maker: Umberto Lenzi on Almost Human
Character: Himself
Released: April 24, 2017
Type: Movie
An interview of Umberto Lenzi discussing the making of his film Almost Human.
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Mondo Cannibale
Title: Mondo Cannibale
Released: November 29, 2016
Type: Movie
Documentary about the making of Man From Deep River.
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Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies
Title: Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies
Released: March 1, 2016
Type: Movie
2 1/2 hour-documentary on the rise and fall of one of the most controversial Italian genres every created. Starting with Deep River Savages arriving to the infamous Cannibal Ferox.
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Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
Title: Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
Character: Himself
Released: February 23, 2016
Type: Movie
Feature-length in-depth documentary by High Rising Productions chronicling the Giallo film genre from its beginnings as early 20th century crime fiction, to its later influences on the modern slasher film genre. Featuring interviews with Dario Argento, Umberto Lenzi, Luigi Cozzi, Richard Stanley, and more.
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Armed to the Teeth... Again
Title: Armed to the Teeth... Again
Released: January 1, 2016
Type: Movie
An interview with legendary Italian director Umberto Lenzi regarding his cult film The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist.
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I Tarantiniani
Title: I Tarantiniani
Character: Self
Released: February 21, 2013
Type: Movie
Tarantino reveres them, and for good reason. Welcome to the world of the kings of the Italian B-Movie.
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German Grusel
Title: German Grusel
Character: Himself
Released: November 16, 2012
Type: Movie
A documentary directed by Oliver Schwehm.
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Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
Title: Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
Character: Self
Released: March 6, 2008
Type: Movie
This documentary examines the life and legacy of controversial Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci through interviews with his colleagues, each of whom answers the question, "What is your fondest memory of Lucio Fulci?". The responses are as varied as the people who knew the late writer-director, providing a nuanced look at the man behind such gory grindhouse classics as City of the Living Dead and The House by the Cemetery.
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Like a Beast... Almost
Title: Like a Beast... Almost
Character: Himself
Released: July 26, 2005
Type: Movie
Director Umberto Lenzi, writer Ernesto Gastaldi and stars Ray Lovelock & Gino Santercole discuss the making of Lenzi's Almost Human.
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Italian Kings Of B
Title: Italian Kings Of B
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Documentary on Italian genre cinema.
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Cop Target
Title: Cop Target
Character: Card Player in Casino
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
Farley Wood is hired to escort a rich widow of a DEA agent and her kid to the tropical island of San Cristobal. The widow needs protection from a gang of international terrorists and her escort soon suspects that the deceased husband was involved in dirty drug dealings. While on the island, the daughter is kidnapped by a group of seedy South American thugs and held for ransom. The cop escort gets official orders to leave the case to the FBI, but he decides to his own investigating and finds that the crime may have had political motivations.
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Nightmare City
Title: Nightmare City
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Released: December 11, 1980
Type: Movie
In a nameless European city, a local reporter and his doctor wife try to escape from hordes of blood thirsty zombies, undead people exposed to nuclear radioactivity, while the military leaders fight a losing war of attrition against the relentless atomic zombies.
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Love and Chatter
Title: Love and Chatter
Released: January 31, 1958
Type: Movie
Maria and Paul love them, but they are very young and, moreover, Maria is the daughter of the municipal sweeper while Paul is the lawyer Bonelli, vice mayor and head of the opposition. To complicate the story there is the reconstruction of a hermitage destroyed during the war. Reconstruction would take the view of the Paseroni villa, big industrial and political traffic. Bonelli's lawyer, a great speaker, becomes a mayor for the death of his predecessor and is bought by Paseroni, while rejecting the love of Paul and Mary for social differences and why Paul should stay behind Doddy Paseroni. At this point, Paul and Mary flee to kill, just as Bonelli has to hold a talk on the radio for the inauguration of Paseroni's villa ...