Antonio Margheriti
Directing
Born: September 19, 1930 · Rome, Italy
Died: November 4, 2002 (aged 72)
Highest Rated
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Antonio Margheriti (19 September 1930 – 4 November 2002), also known under the pseudonym Anthony M. Dawson, was a prolific Italian filmmaker. He was born in Rome and died in 2002 from a heart attack in Monterosi, Viterbo, near Rome at the age of 72. Margheriti started out in the Italian film industry in 1956 as a screenwriter. He started directing in 1960, his first film being "Spacemen" (aka "Assignment Outer Space"). Margheriti is known for his science fiction, horror, spaghetti western and action movies. He was the director of such cult movies as Cannibal Apocalypse, Castle of Blood, The Virgin of Nuremberg, Assignment Outer Space, Wild Wild Planet, Naked You Die, Mr. Super Invisible, The Last Hunter, Battle of the Worlds and numerous others. Most of his films were directed under the pseudonym of Anthony M. Dawson. He stopped using his real name in the USA early in his career, when he realized the English translation of the name "Antonio Margheriti" was "Anthony Daisies", and he thought it sounded too effeminate. He was the only Italian director who worked directly for American production companies like MGM, United Artists, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, etc. with films like: Yor, the Hunter from the Future, Take a Hard Ride, Killer Fish, etc. Margheriti said his action/adventure films were his favorites, and his least favorite movies were the sword-and-sandal peplum films he made in the early 1960s (such as "Devil of the Desert" and "Giants of Rome"). For years, director Richard Morrissey disputed Margheriti's claim that he had directed "Andy Warhol's Frankenstein" in the early 1970s, saying that Margheriti was mostly just a technical advisor on that film. Morrissey said Margheriti did however direct a very, very brief segment of the movie (mostly the scenes involving the two children roaming around in the lab). Margheriti worked with many well-known genre actors such as Lee Van Cleef, John Saxon, Claude Rains, John Morghen, Klaus Kinski, Barbara Steele, Reb Brown, Donald Pleasence, Yul Brynner, David Warbeck, Luciano Pigozzi, Marvin Hagler, Terence Hill, Fred Williamson, Christopher Lee and many others. Most of his later films were shot in the Philippines (especially his war films). Margheriti also collaborated on the special effects in two Italian cult films which he did not direct, Sergio Leone's "Fistful of Dynamite" (1971) and Aldo Lado's "The Humanoid" (1979). Margheriti retired from filmmaking in 1996 at age 66. He died in 2002 of natural causes. Margheriti's son Edoardo and his daughter Antonella are both also involved in filmmaking. Eli Roth's character in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film Inglourious Bastards took Margheriti as his namesake. Description above from the Wikipedia article Antonio Margheriti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Duck, You Sucker
1971
Blood for Dracula
1974
Flesh for Frankenstein
1973
Castle of Blood
1964
Cannibal Apocalypse
1980
The Long Hair of Death
1964
Killer Fish
1979
Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye
1973
And God Said to Cain
1970
Yor: The Hunter from the Future
1983
Take a Hard Ride
1975
Horror Castle
1963
Photos (2)
Movies (2)
Self / Appearances (3)
Directing (59)
Treasure Island
Director
Killer Fish
Director
The Squeeze
Director
Flesh for Frankenstein
Second Unit Director
The Last Hunter
Director
Naked You Die
Director
Treasure Island in Outer Space
Director
And God Said to Cain
Director
Blood for Dracula
Assistant Director
The Hunters of the Golden Cobra
Director
Alien from the Deep
Director
Web of the Spider
Director
Death Rage
Director
Take a Hard Ride
Director
Battle of the Worlds
Director
Cannibal Apocalypse
Director
Virtual Weapon
Director
Horror Castle
Director
The Stranger and the Gunfighter
Director
Code Name: Wild Geese
Director
Yor: The Hunter from the Future
Director
Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye
Director
Killers Are Challenged
Director
Assignment: Outer Space
Director
The Golden Arrow
Director
The Slave Merchants
Director
1001 Nights of Pleasure
Director
The Wild, Wild Planet
Director
The Long Hair of Death
Director
Tiger Joe
Director
Vengeance
Director
Jungle Raiders
Director
The Commander
Director
I Love You
Director
Giants of Rome
Director
War of the Planets
Director
The Last Blood
Director
War Between the Planets
Director
Commando Leopard
Director
The Ark of the Sun God
Director
War Gods of Babylon
Second Unit Director
Lightning Bolt
Director
Legs of Gold
Co-Director
Indio 2 - The Revolt
Director
Castle of Blood
Director
Dynamite Joe
Director
The Fall of Rome
Director
Whisky and Ghosts
Director
Snow Devils
Director
Indio
Director
Mr. Hercules Against Karate
Director
The Unnaturals
Director
Mr. Superinvisible
Director
A Sailor's Promises
Co-Director
Hercules, Prisoner of Evil
Director
Mondo Inferno
Director
Manone il ladrone
Director
Car Crash
Director
Novelle galeotte d'amore
Director
Writing (27)
Treasure Island
Screenplay
Naked You Die
Screenplay
And God Said to Cain
Screenplay
Web of the Spider
Screenplay
Cannibal Apocalypse
Screenplay
Horror Castle
Screenplay
The Stranger and the Gunfighter
Screenplay
Yor: The Hunter from the Future
Screenplay
Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye
Story
Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye
Screenplay
1001 Nights of Pleasure
Screenplay
The Long Hair of Death
Screenplay
Vengeance
Screenplay
I Love You
Screenplay
I Love You
Story
The Slight
Screenplay
Legs of Gold
Screenplay
Legs of Gold
Story
The Fall of Rome
Story
The Fall of Rome
Screenplay
Whisky and Ghosts
Writer
Mr. Hercules Against Karate
Adaptation
The Unnaturals
Writer
A Sailor's Promises
Story
A Sailor's Promises
Screenplay
Manone il ladrone
Screenplay
Novelle galeotte d'amore
Screenplay
Producing (4)
Other Crew (10)
Duck, You Sucker
Special Effects
Flesh for Frankenstein
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Flesh for Frankenstein
Makeup Effects
The Humanoid
Special Effects Supervisor
Mission Stardust
Special Effects
Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand
Special Effects
The World of Yor
Creator
Yor: The Hunter from the Future
Special Effects
The Black Cobra 3
Special Effects
Car Crash
Special Effects