Fernando Di Leo
Fernando Di Leo ( born January 11, 1932 in San Ferdinando di Puglia, † December 1, 2003 in Rome ) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Life
Di Leo, who received his degree in law, won the third prize with 19 years of Coppa Murano for the three-act play Lume del tuo corpo è l' occhio; he wrote literary criticism and worked for the theater. In 1963 he made with other graduates of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia film episodes Gli eroi di ieri, oggi, domani and since then has been active primarily as a screenwriter for the then-popular spaghetti westerns. As a director, he began in 1967 with the satire Rose rosse per il leader and was responsible for today to become classics in detective films mafieskem milieu, such as 1971 Milano calibro 9 or a year later, the devil directs. Later he turned to lighter materials and finished his career with below-average action movies. He is regarded as a source of inspiration of American cinema, which among other things is represented by Quentin Tarantino.