Rino Di Silvestro | |
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Born | Salvatore Di Silvestro 30 January 1932 Rome, Italy |
Died | 3 October 2009 77) Rome, Italy | (aged
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.
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]
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