Giuseppe Vari (9 March 1924 – 1 October 1993) was an Italian film director, editor and screenwriter.
Giuseppe Vari | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 March 1924 |
| Died | 1 October 1993 (aged 69) |
| Occupation | film director |
Life and career
Born in Segni, Rome, Vari started his career as an editor of films and documentaries, collaborating among others with Federico Fellini, Damiano Damiani and Giorgio Simonelli.[1][2] In 1953 he made his directorial debut with Infame accusa, then specialized in melodramatic films.[1][2] From the early sixties he focused on genre films, especially Spaghetti Westerns, sometimes being credited as Joseph Warren.[1][2]
Filmography
Director
- Infame accusa, (also screenwriter, 1953)
- Due lacrime, (1954)
- Mamma, perdonami!, (1954)
- Vendicata!, (1955)
- Addio sogni di gloria, (also screenwriter, 1955)
- Il ricatto di un padre, (also screenwriter, 1957)
- Giovane canaglia, (also screenwriter, 1958)
- Spavaldi e innamorati, (1959)
- Revenge of the Barbarians, (1960)
- I normanni, (1962)
- Canzoni in... bikini, (1963)
- Rome Against Rome, (1964)
- Degueyo, (also screenwriter, 1966) - under the name of Joseph Warren
- Poker with Pistols, (1967) - under the name of Joseph Warren
- Death Rides Along, (1967) - under the name of Joseph Warren
- L'ultimo killer, (also editor, 1967) - under the name of Joseph Warren
- Un buco in fronte, (also editor, 1968) - under the name of Joseph Warren
- Un posto all'inferno, (also editor, 1969) - under the name of Joseph Warren
- Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead, (also editor, 1971) - under the name of Joseph Warren
- Il 13º è sempre Giuda, (also screenwriter, 1971) - under the name of Joseph Warren
- Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?, (1972) - under the name of Joseph Warren
- Beffe, licenzie et amori del Decamerone segreto, (1972) - under the name of Walter Pisani
- La padrina, (1973) - under the name of Al Pisani
- Metti... che ti rompo il muso, (1973)
- Il lupo dei mari, (1975) - under the name of Joseph Green
- Suor Emanuelle, (also editor, 1977) - under the name of Joseph Warren
- Ritornano quelli della calibro 38, (also screenwriter and editor, 1977)
- Urban Warriors, (1987) - under the name of Joseph Warren
Screenwriter
- L'attico, directed by Gianni Puccini (1962)
Film Editor
- Il vento mi ha cantato una canzone, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque (1947)
- Accidenti alla guerra!..., directed by Giorgio Simonelli (1948)
- Amori e veleni, directed by Giorgio Simonelli (1949)
- The Transporter, directed by Giorgio Simonelli (1950)
- The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue, directed by Paolo W. Tamburella (1951)
- La peccatrice dell'isola, directed by Sergio Corbucci (1952)
- Il Bidone, directed by Federico Fellini (1955)
- The Reunion, directed by Damiano Damiani (1963)
- Quella dannata pattuglia, directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero (1969)