Roberto Bianchi Montero
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Roberto Bianchi Montero | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 December 1907 |
| Died | 7 December 1986 (aged 79) Valmontone, Italy |
| Occupations | Screenwriter, film director, actor |
Roberto Bianchi Montero (7 December 1907 – 7 December 1986) was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter.
Born in Rome, Bianchi Montero started acting as a teenager on stage and he was a member of an amateur theater group with whom he performed in several festivals.[1] In 1930 he entered the stage company of Ettore Petrolini, and in 1934 he founded his own company.[1][2] In 1936 he got his first film role, and in the late 1930s he also was assistant director for a number of films.[1]
After the Second World War, Bianchi Montero directed numerous genre films, usually low-budget productions, in which he often also collaborated to the screenplays.[1][2] He particularly specialized in melodramas, Spaghetti Westerns and Commedia sexy all'italiana films. He was the father of the director Mario Bianchi.[2][3]
