Rino Di Silvestro

Rino Di Silvestro
Born	Salvatore Di Silvestro 30 January 1932 (1932-01-30) Rome, Italy
Died	3 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.

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

• Women in Cell Block 7 (1973)
• Prostituzione (1974)
• Deported Women of the SS Special Section (1976)
• Werewolf Woman (1976)
• Baby Love (1979)
• Bello di mamma (1980)
• Hanna D. - The Girl from Vondel Park (1984)
• The Erotic Dreams of Cleopatra (1985)

References

1. 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.

External links

• Rino Di Silvestro at IMDb