Rino Di Silvestro

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Rino Di Silvestro
Born
Salvatore Di Silvestro

30 January 1932 (1932-01-30)
Rome, Italy
Died3 October 2009 (2009-10-04) (aged 77)
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)Director, screenwriter

Salvatore Di Silvestro, best known as Rino Di Silvestro (30 January 1932 - 3 October 2009) was an Italian director, screenwriter, producer and actor.

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Life and career

Born in Rome, Di Silvestro became first known thanks to Op bop pop nip, a play that he wrote, directed and in whose original production he starred: it was continuously represented at the Teatro delle Muse in Rome from 1962 to 1966. [1] After having collaborated uncredited to the screenplays of a number of genre films, in 1973 he made his debut as director with Women in Cell Block 7 , a film which his regarded as the first Italian women in prison film. [1] [2]

Selected filmography

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References

  1. 1 2 Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN   8884401712.
  2. Marco Giusti (2 November 2009). "Maestro Di Silvestro". Nocturno. Retrieved 22 June 2015.