Marino Girolami
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 1, 1914
- Died
- February 20, 1994
- Birthplace
- Rome, Italy
Marino Girolami (1 February 1914 – 20 February 1994) was an Italian film director and actor. Marino Giorlami was born on 1 February 1914 in Rome, Italy. Formally a professional boxer, Girolami ended his boxing career when he was 20. Following this, he got a degree as a physical therapist and opened a gym which specialized in therapeutic massages. Girolami entered into Italy Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Among the people Girolami met was Anna Magnani who took her son Luca to meet him which led to close relationship between them. Girolami gave her the script he had been working on of Campo de'fiori which was passed on to Aldo Fabrizi. The story was re-written by Girolami and Federico Fellini and directed by Mario Bonnard, which led to Girolami working in film. He debuted as an actor in 1940, and became an assistant director for Mario Soldati, Marcello Marchesi, Vittorio Metz. In 1949 he debuted as a director with La strada buia, a variation on the film Fugitive Lady. He pursued his career as film director with several musical comedies and melodramas. Film historian and critic Roberto Curti described Girolami as one of Italy's most prolific genre directors, directing 78 films in three decades. Girolami worked in several genres and trends such as the Western with Between God, the Devil and a Winchester, the crime film (Violent Rome) and horror with Zombie Holocaust. Girolami also made hardcore pornography such as Sesso profondo.
Filmography
Delirium: Photo of Gioia 1987
Production Secretary
Giggi il bullo 1982
Director, Screenplay
Desirable Teacher 2 1982
Director, Screenplay
L'esercito più pazzo del mondo 1981
Director
Desirable Teacher 1981
Director, Screenplay
College Girl on Vacation 1980
Director
Doctor Butcher M.D. 1980
Director
Flying Sex 1980
Director
Hunted City 1979
Story
Where Can You Go Without the Little Vice? 1979
Director
Nude Odeon 1978
Director
Kakkientruppen 1977
Director, Director of Photography, Writer
A Special Cop in Action 1976
Director
Rome, the Other Face of Violence 1976
Director
Friends More Than Before 1976
Director
Violent Rome 1975
Director
Valentina... The Virgin Wife 1975
Director, Writer
Lover Boy 1975
Writer, Director
The Slight 1975
Director
4 Crazy Draftees at the Army 1974
Director
What the Chambermaid Saw 1973
Director
Sexy Sinners 1972
Director
African Story 1971
Director
The Feast of Satan 1971
Writer, Production Manager
Reverend's Colt 1970
Director, Producer
Don Franco and Don Ciccio in a Year of Protest 1970
Director, Screenplay, Story
Raptus 1969
Writer, Director, Story
The Two Magnificent Fresconi 1968
Director, Editor, Screenplay
Between God, The Devil and a Winchester 1968
Story, Director
One by One 1968
Writer
Franco, Ciccio and the Cheerful Widows 1968
Director, Story, Producer
Granada, addio! 1967
Director
Two R-R-Ringos from Texas 1967
Director, Story, Producer
Die Easy in Ghentar 1967
Executive Producer
The Tall, The Short, The Cat 1967
Screenplay, Story
Payment in Blood 1967
Story, Producer
A Few Dollars for Django 1966
Producer
7 Golden Monks 1966
Director
Spiaggia libera 1966
Director, Writer
Veneri in collegio 1965
Director
Bullet in the Flesh 1964
Director, Writer
Venus in the Sun 1964
Director, Writer
These Mad, Mad Women 1964
Director, Producer
Le tardone 1964
Director, Producer
Badmen of the West 1964
Director
Siamo tutti pomicioni 1963
Director, Producer
Le motorizzate 1963
Director, Producer
La donna degli altri è sempre più bella 1963
Director, Producer
Gli italiani e le donne 1962
Producer, Director
The Fury of Achilles 1962
Director
Twist, lolite e vitelloni 1962
Director, Screenplay
Il medico delle donne 1962
Director
L'assassino si chiama Pompeo 1962
Director
Le magnifiche 7 1961
Director, Producer
Bellezze sulla spiaggia 1961
Producer
Walter e i Suoi Cugini 1961
Producer, Story, Screenplay, Director
Scandali al mare 1961
Director, Producer
La ragazza sotto il lenzuolo 1961
Director, Producer
Un figlio d'oggi 1961
Director, Writer, Producer
Ferragosto in Bikini 1960
Director, Producer, Writer
Caccia al marito 1960
Director, Story, Screenplay, Producer
My Pal, Dr. Jekyll 1960
Screenplay, Producer, Story, Director
Quanto sei bella Roma 1959
Director, Screenplay
Quel tesoro di papà 1959
Producer, Director
Un canto nel deserto 1959
Director
Quando gli angeli piangono 1958
Director, Writer
Il romanzo di un giovane povero 1958
Director
There Is a Path in the Sky 1957
Director, Screenplay, Story
La canzone del destino 1957
Director, Screenplay
Vivendo, cantando, che male ti fò? 1957
Director, Story, Writer
Buongiorno primo amore! 1957
Director
Sette canzoni per sette sorelle 1957
Director, Writer, Story
Serenate per 16 bionde 1957
Director, Story, Writer
Cantando sotto le stelle 1956
Director
La ragazza di Via Veneto 1955
Director, Screenplay
Ore 10: lezione di canto 1955
Director, Story, Writer
Il cantante misterioso 1954
Director, Story, Writer
I Sing for You 1954
Director
Laugh! Laugh! Laugh! 1954
Story
Riscatto - Tu sei il mio giudice 1953
Story, Director
Era lei che lo voleva! 1953
Director
Lasciateci in pace 1953
Director
Noi due soli 1952
Director
Poppy 1952
Co-Director
It's Him!... Yes! Yes! 1951
Co-Director
Il mago per forza 1951
Co-Director, Writer
Seven Hours of Troubles 1951
Co-Director
Milano miliardaria 1951
Director
City of Violence 1951
Director
The Thief of Venice 1950
Assistant Director
Her Favourite Husband 1950
First Assistant Director
Fugitive Lady 1950
Director
I'm in the Revue 1950
Assistant Director
Miss Italia 1950
First Assistant Director, Editor
Under the Sun of Rome 1948
First Assistant Director
Escape to France 1948
Second Assistant Director
Eugenia Grandet 1946
Assistant Director
The Misery of Mr. Travet 1945
First Assistant Director
In High Places 1945
Assistant Director
The Peddler and the Lady 1943
Story
Villa da vendere 1941
Actor
Beatrice Cenci 1941
Actor
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