Italo Zingarelli
Italo Zingarelli ( born January 15, 1930 in Lugo (Emilia -Romagna ), † 29 April 2000, Rome ) was an Italian film producer.
Life
Zingarelli was the son of a teacher married couple; his father died when Italo was ten years old. After finishing school to Zingarelli wrote in 1947 at the University of Rome in mathematics and physics. In addition, he worked as a boxer and reached the final of the Italian Junior Championships his weight class. Due to his physical appearance, he was offered as a stuntman in Quo vadis? to work and so came into contact with the film business. In 1950 he was thus production assistant, continued to work as a stuntman and put his focus on short films. In 1954 he was production manager of a large number of feature films, including some films sandals. In the same year he married Maria Laura Spano, with whom he remained until his death, and had three children.
La rivolta dei gladiatori introduced in 1958 Zingarellis debut is as a responsible producer; He financed the film along with several partners; the following year he produced independently with Le legioni di Cleopatra and the following; six years later he founded his own production company with which he made over 50 films. 1966 finally he made with the establishment of Delta film for rental of your films. The company developed a new system of celluloid roll reproduction, so that he could supply the cinemas of his home country with a large number of copies.
In 1969 he did a few films lasting lucrative partnership with the Schauspielerduo Terence Hill / Bud Spencer, which allowed him to retire soon: 1973 acquired Zingarelli the property Macìe, including farm and vineyards, near Castellina in Chianti. Only two other films he returned from his retirement back into the movie business. For some of his films, he also wrote the screenplay; when he led three additional ( co- ) directing.