Tonino Cervi
Tonino Cervi | |
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| File:Tonino Cervi at Gino Cervi's funerals (cropped).jpg Cervi in 1974 | |
| Born | 4 June 1929 |
| Died | 1 April 2002 (aged 72) |
| Occupations | Film director, screenwriter, film producer |
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Antonio "Tonino" Cervi (4 June 1929 – 1 April 2002) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer.
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Born in Rome, Cervi was the son of actor Gino Cervi and father of Antonia Cervi, Antonio Levesi Cervi, Stefano Cervi and actress Valentina Cervi.[1] He made his debut as a film producer in 1952, with La peccatrice dell'isola by Sergio Corbucci;[1] among others, he produced works of Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Mauro Bolognini, Francesco Rosi, Mario Monicelli.[2]
Cervi made his directional debut with the spaghetti Western Today We Kill... Tomorrow We Die! starring Bud Spencer; among his films two box office hits both starring Alberto Sordi, The Miser and Hypochondriac.[2]
Cervi died in Rome of a heart attack on 1 April 2002, at the age of 72.[2]
Selected filmography
[edit | edit source]- As director
- Today We Kill... Tomorrow We Die! (1968)
- Queens of Evil (1970)
- La nottata (1975)
- Nest of Vipers (1978)
- Hypochondriac (1979)
- Il turno (1981)
- Sole nudo (1984)
- The Miser (1990)
- Household Accounts (2003)
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Tonino Cervi at IMDb
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