Demofilo Fidani
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 8, 1914
- Died
- January 1, 1994
- Birthplace
- Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Demofilo Fidani (born 8 February 1914 on a steamship bound for Cagliari; died 4 April 1994) was an Italian film director (24 films), set designer (more than 200 films), painter, and a regarded medium and author. As director, Fidani specialized in spaghetti westerns and used many different pseudonyms including Miles Deem, Lucky Dickinson, Alex Demos, and Danilo Dani. Many of his films were westerns, in which he used the names of well-known characters such as Butch Cassidy, Macho Callahan, Django and Sartana, as well as titles that were variations of popular titles. Besides his westerns, he directed crime films, sex comedies, and, in 1972, a giallo called A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services. Fidani's regular actors included Jack Betts (also known as Hunt Powers), Gordon Mitchell, Jeff Cameron and Klaus Kinski.
Filmography
The French Governess 1976
Screenplay, Director
Language Teacher 1976
Director, Screenplay
So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious... 1975
Art Direction
Black Fury 1975
Story, Screenplay, Director
The Schoolgirl 1975
Art Direction
The Godfather's Advisor 1973
Writer, Director
Anything for a Friend 1973
Screenplay, Story, Director
A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services 1972
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Story
Karzan, Jungle Lord 1972
Director, Writer
Hey Amigo! A Toast to Your Death 1971
Art Direction
His Name Was Pot, but They Called Him Allegria 1971
Director
Savage Guns 1971
Director, Writer, Producer
Down with Your Hands... You Scum! 1971
Director
Adios Compañeros 1971
Producer, Director, Screenplay, Story
Coffin Full of Dollars 1971
Director
Dead Men Don't Make Shadows 1970
Director, Writer
Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End 1970
Director, Producer, Writer
One Damned Day at Dawn... Django Meets Sartana! 1970
Screenplay, Story, Director, Producer
Four Came to Kill Sartana 1969
as Prescot (uncredited), Director, Writer
The Electric Chair 1969
Writer, Director
The Avenger, Zorro 1969
Art Direction
Sartana and His Shadow of Death 1969
as Mayor, Director, Writer
And Now... Make Your Peace with God 1968
Screenplay, Director, Story, Production Design, Producer
Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger! 1968
Screenplay, Director
Run, Psycho, Run 1968
Actor, Production Designer
Say Your Prayers... and Dig Your Grave! 1968
as Prescot (uncredited)
Poker with Pistols 1967
Art Direction
Son of Django 1967
Production Design
Il ragazzo che sapeva amare 1967
Production Design
Un colpo da Re 1967
as Truefinger
My Name Is Pecos 1966
Production Design
Killer 77, Alive or Dead 1966
as King's Lawyer
Te lo leggo negli occhi 1966
Production Design
Marauders of the Sahara 1965
Art Direction
The Road to Fort Alamo 1964
Art Direction
The Seven Vipers (The Latin Husband) 1964
Production Design
The Monster of the Opera 1964
Production Design
Crypt of the Vampire 1964
Production Design, Set Decoration
Commando 1962
Costume Design
La Terra Trema 1949
Assistant Director Trainee
Daniele Cortis 1947
Set Decoration
Credits from TMDB.