Franco Prosperi
Franco Prosperi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Francesco Prosperi 2 September 1926 Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 17 October 2004 (aged 78) Rome, Italy |
| Other names | Frank Shannon |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Franco Prosperi (2 September 1926 – 17 October 2004) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, active between the mid-1960s and the early 1980s.
Career
Born in Rome, Prosperi began his career as an assistant director with Mario Bava and with whom he also wrote several screenplays.[1] In 1966, he made his directorial debut, credited as Frank Shannon, with the thriller film, Tecnica di un omicidio and over the years, he built a solid reputation as a director of crime-action films.[1] He also occasionally directed comedies (with Lando Buzzanca or Alighiero Noschese) and, in the final stage of his career, at the beginning of the 1980s, several low-budget sword and sorcery films.[1]
Selected filmography
- Tecnica di un omicidio (1966)
- Hired Killer (1966)
- Every Man Is My Enemy (1967)
- Ripped Off (1971)
- The Funny Face of the Godfather (1973) (parody of The Godfather)
- Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (1974)
- Meet Him and Die (1976)
- The Last House on the Beach (1978)
- Deadly Chase (1978)
- Gunan, King of the Barbarians (1982) (parody of Conan the Barbarian)
- The Throne of Fire (1983)
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