Luca Damiano

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Luca Damiano
Born
Franco Lo Cascio

(1946-08-29) 29 August 1946 (age 77)
Rome
NationalityItalian
OccupationFilm director
Notable work Ah sì? E io lo dico a Zzzzorro!

Luca Damiano (born Franco Lo Cascio; 29 August 1946) is an Italian film director.

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Born in Rome, Lo Cascio started his career as the assistant director of Fernando Di Leo in almost all the films he directed between 1967 and 1974. [1] [2] In 1974, he made his directorial debut with the parody film Piedino il questurino starring Franco Franchi. [2]

After having directed a number of comedies and the supernatural thriller Un urlo dalle tenebre in 1976, Lo Cascio withdrew from directing to focus on his distribution company "Patrizia Cinematografica" he founded together with Diego Spadaro. [2] In 1984, he adopted his stage name Luca Damiano and directed and produced numerous pornographic films. [2]

Awards and nominations

Partial filmography

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References

  1. Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori. p. 639. ISBN   978-8804572770.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. pp. 244–245. ISBN   8884401712.
  3. "FICEB 2000 Awards". 9 June 2007. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "2001 FICEB Award Nominees & Winners". Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 21 December 2014.