Stelvio Massi
Italian film director (1929–2004)
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Stelvio Massi (26 March 1929 – 26 March 2004), sometimes credited "Max Steel", was an Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer, best known for his "poliziotteschi" films.
Career
Born in Civitanova Marche, the son of a tobacconist and a housewife, Massi studied at the Macerata Art Institute, and later at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma.[1] He entered the cinema industry in 1952 as assistant camera operator, and in 1954, he became a cameraman.[2] Ten years later, he began to work as cinematographer, and in 1973, he debuted as film director with Macrò.[2] He obtained a great commercial success with the Mark il poliziotto film series, then with a series of poliziotteschi starred by Maurizio Merli.
Massi also worked on television, directing the 1987 TV series Due assi per un turbo. His son Danilo is also a film director.[2]
Filmography
- Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological.
| Title | Year | Credited as | Notes | Ref(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Screenwriter | Cinematographer | Other | ||||
| The Dragon's Blood | 1957 | Yes | Camera operator | [3] | |||
| Duel of the Titans | 1961 | Yes | Camera operator | [4][5] | |||
| A Fistful of Dollars | 1964 | Yes | Camera operator | [6] | |||
| Genoveffa di Brabante | Yes | [7][8] | |||||
| Per il gusto di uccidere | 1966 | Yes | [9] | ||||
| The Moment to Kill | 1968 | Yes | [10][11] | ||||
| The Price of Power | 1969 | Yes | [12][13] | ||||
| A Girl Called Jules | 1970 | Yes | [14] | ||||
| Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin | Yes | [15][16] | |||||
| Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay | Yes | [17][16] | |||||
| Emergency Squad | 1974 | Yes | Yes | [18] | |||
| Mark of the Cop | 1975 | Yes | Yes | [19] | |||
| Mark Shoots First | Yes | Yes | [20] | ||||
| Cross Shot | 1976 | Yes | [21] | ||||
| Mark Strikes Again | Yes | [22] | |||||
| The Last Round | Yes | [23] | |||||
| Destruction Force | 1977 | Yes | Yes | [24] | |||
| Highway Racer | Yes | [25] | |||||
| Fearless | 1978 | Yes | Yes | [26] | |||
| Il commissario di ferro | Yes | [27] | |||||
| Convoy Busters | Yes | Yes | [28] | ||||
| Hunted City | 1979 | Yes | Yes | [29] | |||
| The Rebel | 1980 | Yes | Yes | [30] | |||
| Speed Driver | 1980 | Yes | Yes | [31][32] | |||
| In ginocchio da te | N/a | Yes | [33] | ||||
| Tears on Your Face | N/a | Yes | [34] | ||||
| Non son degno di te | N/a | Yes | [35] | ||||
| Se non avessi più te | N/a | Yes | [36] | ||||
| Doc, Hands of Steel | N/a | Yes | [37] | ||||
| Due oriundi per Cesare | N/a | Yes | [38] | ||||
| Mi vedrai tornare | N/a | Yes | [39] | ||||
| Nessuno mi può giudicare | N/a | Yes | [40] | ||||
| Le due facce del dollaro | N/a | Yes | [41] | ||||
| 15 forche per un assassino | N/a | Yes | [42] | ||||
| I ragazzi di Bandiera Gialla | N/a | Yes | [43] | ||||
| Tiffany Memorandum | N/a | Yes | [44] | ||||
| Your Turn to Die | N/a | Yes | [45] | ||||
| Brutti di notte | N/a | Yes | [46] | ||||
| The Fuller Report | N/a | Yes | [47] | ||||
| I'll Sell My Skin Dearly | N/a | Yes | [48] | ||||
| Alibi | N/a | Yes | [49] | ||||
| The Archangel | N/a | Yes | [50] | ||||
| Dio perdoni la mia pistola | N/a | Yes | [51] | ||||
| Un posto all'inferno | N/a | Yes | [52] | ||||
| They Call Him Cemetery | N/a | Yes | [53] | ||||
| Il sergente Klems | N/a | Yes | [54] | ||||
| They Call Me Hallelujah | N/a | Yes | [55] | ||||
| Winged Devils | N/a | Yes | [56] | ||||
| The Case of the Bloody Iris | N/a | Yes | [57] | ||||
| Return of Halleluja | N/a | Yes | [58] | ||||
| Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia | N/a | Yes | [59] | ||||
| Giovannona Long-Thigh | N/a | Yes | [60] | ||||
| Ingrid sulla strada | N/a | Yes | [61] | ||||
| Man Called Invincible | N/a | Yes | [62] | ||||
| Giuda uccide il venerdì | N/a | Yes | [63] | ||||
| Five Women for the Killer | N/a | Yes | [64] | ||||
| Speed Cross | N/a | Yes | [65] | ||||
| Guapparia | N/a | Yes | [66] | ||||
| Torna | N/a | Yes | [67] | ||||
| Mondo cane oggi - L'orrore continua | N/a | Yes | Yes | Yes | Screen story writer | [68] | |
| The Black Cobra | N/a | Yes | [69] | ||||
| Hell's Heroes - Eroi dell'inferno | N/a | Yes | [70] | ||||
| Arabella: l'angelo nero | N/a | Yes | [71] | ||||
| Droga sterco di Dio | N/a | Yes | [72] | ||||
| The Cry of Truth | N/a | Yes | [73] | ||||
| Alto rischio | N/a | Yes | Yes | [74] | |||
| La pista bulgara | N/a | Yes | [75] | ||||
| Il quinto giorno (5°) | N/a | Yes | [76] | ||||
| Tuono di proiettile | N/a | Yes | [77] | ||||
