Fabrizio De Angelis

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Fabrizio De Angelis
Other namesLarry Ludman
Occupation(s)Director, screenwriter, producer

Fabrizio De Angelis is an Italian director, screenwriter and producer.

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Life and career

Fabrizio De Angelis was born in Rome, Italy on November 15, 1940. [1] De Angelis would produce a number of genre films for other directors such as those of Joe D'Amato's Emanuelle series, Lucio Fulci's horror films and Enzo G. Castellari's action films. [1] His production companies were Fulvia Film, Fulvia CInematografica, and Deaf International Films. He often worked under the name Larry Ludman. [1]

Selected filmography

TitleYearCredited asNotesRef(s)
DirectorScreenwriterProducerOther
Violent Rome 1975YesProduction manager [2] [3]
Violent Naples 1976Yes [2] [4]
Emanuelle Around the World 1977Yes [5] [6]
Zombi 2 1979Yes [7] [8]
Zombie Holocaust 1980YesScreen story writer [9]
Day of the Cobra YesExecutive producer [10]
The Beyond 1981Yes [11]
The House by the Cemetery Yes [12]
The New York Ripper 1982Yes [13] [14]
Manhattan Baby Yes [15] [16]
1990: The Bronx Warriors Yes [17]
The New Barbarians 1983Yes [18] [19]
Thunder Warrior 1983YesYes [20]
Impatto mortale1984YesYes [21]
Man Hunt 1985YesYes [22]
Formula for a Murder Yes [23] [23] [24]
Operation Nam 1986YesYesYesYesScreen story writer [25]
Karate Warrior 1987YesYesYesScreen story writer [26]
Colpo di StatoYesYesYesScreen story writer, set designer [27]
Thunder Warrior II YesYesYesScreen story writer [28] [29]
Il ragazzo dal kimono d'oro 21988YesYesYesScreen story writer [30]
Paganini Horror 1989Yes [31]
Killer Crocodile YesYesYesScreen story writer [32]
Killer Crocodile 2 1990Yes [33]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Paul 2005, p. 263.
  2. 1 2 Curti 2013, p. 200.
  3. Curti 2013, p. 156.
  4. Curti 2013, p. 201.
  5. Shipka 2011, p. 159.
  6. Shipka 2011, p. 161.
  7. Milne, Tom (1980). "Zombie Flesh-Eaters "(Zombi 2)"". Monthly Film Bulletin . London. 47 (552): 55. ISSN   0027-0407.
  8. Firsching, Robert. "Zombie". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  9. "Zombi Holocaust (1980)" (in Italian). Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  10. Curti 2013, p. 271.
  11. Curti 2019, p. 64.
  12. Curti 2019, p. 85.
  13. Howarth 2015, p. 246.
  14. Firsching, Robert. "New York Ripper". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 30 August 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  15. Curti 2019, p. 101.
  16. Curti 2019, p. 102.
  17. Newman, Kim (1983). "Bronx Warriors "(1990 I Guerrieri del Bronx)"". Monthly Film Bulletin . London: British Film Institute. 50 (588): 191–192.
  18. Mannikka, Eleanor. "The New Barbarians". Archived from the original on 17 November 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  19. Willis 1985, p. 439.
  20. "Thunder (1983)" (in Italian). Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  21. "Impatto mortale (1984)" (in Italian). Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  22. "Cane arrabbiato (1984)" (in Italian). Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  23. 1 2 Curti 2022, p. 377.
  24. Curti 2022, p. 9.
  25. "Die Rückkehr der Wildgänse". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  26. "Il ragazzo dal kimono d'oro (1987)" (in Italian). Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  27. "Colpo di Stato" (in Italian). Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  28. "Thunder 2 (1987)" (in Italian). Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  29. Mues, Ingeborg, ed. (1988). Fischer Film Almanach . 1988 (in German). Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag. p. 311. ISBN   359624479X.
  30. "Il ragazzo dal kimono d'oro 2 (1988)" (in Italian). Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  31. Curti 2019, p. 181.
  32. "Killer Crocodile (1989)" (in Italian). Archivio del cinema Italiano. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  33. Willis, Donald C. (1997). Horror and Science Fiction Films IV. Scarecrow Press. p. 271. ISBN   978-0810830554.

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