Riccardo Freda
Riccardo Freda (24 February 1909 – 20 December 1999) was an Italian film director. He worked in a variety of genres, including sword-and-sandal, horror, giallo and spy films.
Freda began directing I Vampiri in 1956. The film became the first Italian sound horror film production.
Riccardo Freda was born in 1909 in Alexandria, Egypt to Italian parents. Freda attended school in Milan where he took art classes at the Centro Sperimantale. After school he took on work as a sculptor and art critic.
Freda first began working in the film industry in 1937 and directed his first film Don Cesare di Bazan in 1942. Freda began directing I Vampiri. I Vampiri was the first Italian horror film of the sound era, following the lone silent horror film Il mostro di Frankenstein (1920) Despite being the first, a wave of Italian horror productions did not follow until Mario Bava's film Black Sunday was released internationally.
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Movies (71)
Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento
2022 · self
Intervista a Riccardo Freda sul suo cinema
2007
Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co
2000 · Self
Un uomo solo: Incontro con Riccardo Freda
1998
The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors
1997 · Self
For the Love of Nancy
1994 · Set Decoration
D'Artagnan's Daughter
1994 · Original Story
My Name Is Kate
1994 · Set Decoration
Once Around the Park
1989 · Ricardo, le réalisateur
Murder Obsession
1981 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
Tragic Ceremony
1972 · Director
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
1971 · Editor, Director, Screenplay
Tamar Wife of Er
1971 · Director, Writer
Double Face
1969 · Director, Screenplay
Mexican Slayride
1967 · Director
Death at Owell Rock
1967 · Director, Screenplay
Trap for the Assassin
1966 · Director
The Exterminators
1965 · Director
The Two Orphans
1965 · Director, Writer
The Revenge of the Crusader
1964 · Story, Producer, Screenplay
Romeo e Giulietta
1964 · Director, Screenplay
The Magnificent Adventurer
1963 · Director
The Ghost
1963 · Director, Writer
Gold for the Caesars
1963 · Director
The Seventh Sword
1962 · Director
Alone Against Rome
1962 · Second Unit Director
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
1962 · Director
The Witch's Curse
1962 · Director
Manhunt
1961 · Director
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
1961 · Director
The Mongols
1961 · Director, Second Unit Director
The Giants of Thessaly
1960 · Director, Screenplay
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster
1959 · Director, Writer
The White Warrior
1959 · Director, Editor
Sign of the Gladiator
1959 · Second Unit Director
Lust of the Vampire
1957 · Il dottore (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
Ambush in Tangier
1957 · Director
Castle of the Banned Lovers
1956 · Director, Editor
From Here to the Inheritance
1955 · Director, Story, Writer
Theodora, Slave Empress
1954 · Director, Story, Screenplay, Producer
Mosaici a Ravenna, I
1954 · Director, Writer
Sins of Rome
1953 · Screenplay, Director
The Legend of Piave
1952 · Director
Revenge of the Black Eagle
1951 · Director
Double Cross
1951 · Director, Screenplay
Vedi Napoli e poi muori
1951 · Director
Magia a prezzi modici
1950 · Writer, Director
The Son of d'Artagnan
1950 · Director
The Iron Swordsman
1949 · Director
O Caçula do Barulho
1949 · Director, Writer
The Mysterious Rider
1948 · Director, Screenplay, Story
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
1948 · Director, Screenplay
Les Misérables
1948 · Director, Screenplay
Tenori per forza
1948 · Director
Guarany
1948 · Director
L'astuto barone
1948 · Director
Aquila Nera
1946 · Director, Screenplay
Non canto più
1945 · Writer, Director
Tutta la città canta
1945 · Story, Screenplay, Director
L'abito nero da sposa
1945 · Screenplay
Don Cesare of Bazan
1942 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Sundown
1941 · Pilot (uncredited)
The Adventuress from the Floor Above
1941 · Editor, Screenplay
Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto
1941 · Screenplay, Producer
Cento lettere d'amore
1940 · Story, Writer
In campagna è caduta una stella
1939 · Screenplay, First Assistant Director
The Little Adventurers
1939 · Il maestro, Editor, Screenplay
Voce senza volto
1939 · Writer
La voce senza volto
1939 · Screenplay
Fuochi d'artificio
1938 · Screenplay
Lasciate ogni speranza
1937 · Screenplay
TV shows (0)
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