Filippo Ottoni (17 May 1938 – 7 May 2023) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and dubbing director.
Filippo Ottoni | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 May 1938 |
| Died | 7 May 2023 (aged 84) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Education | London Film School |
| Occupation(s) | Film director Screenwriter Dubbing director |
Biography
editBorn in Cellere on 17 May 1938, Ottoni graduated from London Film School and began directing documentaries for the BBC.[1] He began his career in cinema at the end of the 1960s as an assistant to Romolo Guerrieri and Mario Bava.[2] He made his directing debut with the 1971 film La grande scrofa nera. He also directed Detective School Dropouts, which became popular in the United States. Additionally, he directed the dubbing of numerous films in foreign languages into Italian.[3] He served as president of the Associazione Italiana Dialoghisti Cinematografici Adattatori.
Ottoni died in Rome on 7 May 2023, ten days before his 85th birthday.[4]
Filmography
editDirector and screenwriter
edit- La grande scrofa nera (1971)
- The Night Before Christmas (1978)
- Detective School Dropouts (1986)
- I giorni randagi (1988)
- L'assassino è quello con le scarpe gialle (1995)
Screenwriter
edit- A Bay of Blood (1971)
- Jonah Who Lived in the Whale (1993)
References
edit- ^ L'Année du cinéma (in French). Calmann-Lévy. 1987. p. 240. ISBN 9782702115831.
- ^ Leutrart, Jean-Louis (1994). Mario Bava (in French). Éditions du Céfal. p. 146. ISBN 9782871300427.
- ^ Poppi, Roberto (2002). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I Registi (in Italian). Rome: Gremese Editore.
- ^ "È morto Filippo Ottoni, storico direttore del doppiaggio: aveva 84 anni". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 8 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.