Michele Massimo Tarantini

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Michele Massimo Tarantini
Born (1942-08-07) 7 August 1942 (age 81)
Corato, Bari, Italy
Occupation Film director

Michele Massimo Tarantini (born 7 August 1942) is an Italian film director.

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Life and career

Born in Corato, Bari, at young age Tarantini was assumed by the production company Dania Cinematografica, for which he held various positions including secretary of production, set designer, film editor and assistant director for Sergio Martino, Giuliano Carnimeo, Nando Cicero and Mariano Laurenti. [1]

Tarantini made his directorial debut in 1973 with a giallo-crime film, Seven Hours of Violence , but his first commercial success was the 1975 sexy comedy La liceale , which launched the career of Gloria Guida. [2] [3] Since then, Tarantini became one of the prominent and most successful directors in the commedia sexy all'italiana film genre. [1] [2]

In 1983 Tarantini moved to Brazil, where he kept directing low-budget genre films, often under the stage name Michael E. Lemick. [1] His last film is the 2001 comedy Se lo fai sono guai. [1]

Selected filmography

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN   8884401712.
  2. 1 2 Michele Giordano. La commedia erotica italiana: vent'anni di cinema sexy made in Italy. Gremese Editore, 2000. ISBN   888440035X.
  3. ↑ Marco Giusti (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN   8820029197.


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