Bruno Mattei
Bruno Mattei (30 July 1931 – 21 May 2007) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor who directed exploitation films in many genres, including women in prison, nunsploitation, zombie, mondo, cannibal, and Nazisploitation films. Born in 1931, Bruno Mattei grew up in Rome, Italy, where his father owned a small film editing studio. Mattei made his debut as a director with the drama Armida, il dramma di una sposa(1970) under the alias "Jordon B. Matthews". He eventually had more pseudonyms than any working director in the world. He returned to editing before making another comeback in 1976 with two low-budget Nazi exploitation films, Women's Camp 119 (1977) (aka "Women's Camp 119") and Casa privata per le SS (1977) (aka "SS Girls"). Mattei followed these taboo-breaking films with excursions into porno films and mondo "shockumentaries", all directed under his many pseudonyms, concentrating on "shock value" with films such as Mondo erotico (1973), "Libiodomania" and "Libidomania 2". Always on the lookout for new exploitation avenues, Mattei followed with "nunsploitation", with the softcore sex film La vera storia della monaca di Monza (1980) and the violent sex thriller The Other Hell (1981). Both films involved a partnership with writer/director Claudio Fragasso, who helped him write and direct the back-to-back productions. Using yet another alias, "Vincent Dawn", Mattei directed Hell of the Living Dead (1980) (aka "Hell of the Living Dead"), a low-budged zombie picture inspired by other zombie cannibal movies such as Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Lucio Fulci's Zombi 2 (1979). "Virus" was filmed in Spain and used jungle footage from New Guinea and a patch soundtrack from Goblins "Dawn of the Dead" soundtrack, which was a minor hit in Italy and abroad. After directing two women's prison films starring Laura Gemser, Mattei moved to directing sword-and-sorcery flicks, starting with I sette magnifici gladiatori (1983). Both Mattei and Fragasso collaborated on the sci-fi/horror flick Rats - Notte di terrore (1984), inspired by the futuristic movies of the early 1980s. Mattei considers this his best work, despite his still having to work with a very low budget. He worked relentlessly through the 1980s, directing a pair of "spaghetti westerns", some action flicks and about half of Zombi 3 (1988) after Lucio Fulci was taken off the production, though Mattei was not credited with it. In the early 1990s Mattei directed a series of erotic thrillers and a made-for-TV movie, Cruel Jaws (1995) (TV), which was inspired by Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975). Mattei continued making films, with more than 50 to his credit by the 200s. In early 2007 his health becan to decline rapidly after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Despite his doctor's warnings, he went through with a surgical operation to have the tumor removed in May of that year. After the surgery he fell into a coma from complications, and died a few days later on May 21, 2007 at age 75.
Fotos
Películas (92)
Viaggio ai confini dell'eros
2017 · Director
The Films of Bruno Mattei
2016
Cannibali - Leggenda o realtà
2009 · Director
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
2008 · Self
Zombies: The Beginning
2007 · Himself (uncredited), Director
Island of the Living Dead
2007 · Director, Screenplay
The Jail: The Women's Hell
2006 · Director
The Tomb
2006 · Director
Fellini dice...
2006 · Director
Belle da morire 2
2005 · Director
A Shudder On The Skin
2005 · Director
Secrets of Women
2005 · Director
The Dark Side of a Woman
2005 · Director
Fuga Orientale
2005 · Director
In the Land of the Cannibals
2004 · Director, Editor, Writer
Cannibal World
2004 · Writer, Director
Snuff Trap
2004 · Director, Editor, Music Editor, Writer
Killing Striptease
2002 · Director, Editor, Writer
Venetian Caprice
2002 · Director, Editor, Writer
The Other Woman
2002 · Director, Writer
Un giudice di rispetto
2000 · Screenplay, Story
Body and Soul
1997 · Director, Writer
Cruel Jaws
1995 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
Legittima vendetta
1995 · Regista del provino (uncredited), Director, Writer
Telephone Murder
1994 · Director, Writer
Madness
1994 · Director, Editor
Dangerous Attraction
1993 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
Three for One
1990 · Director, Editor
Desire
1990 · Director
Night Killer
1990 · Reporter with yellow scarf (uncredited), Director, Editor
Born to Fight
1989 · Director, Editor
Shocking Dark
1989 · Director
Strike Commando 2
1988 · Director
Zombie Flesh Eaters 2
1988 · Soldier at creamatorum (uncredited), Editor, Co-Director
Cop Game
1988 · Director
Robowar
1988 · Director
Sortis de route
1988 · Writer, Director, Producer
Scalps
1987 · Director, Screenplay
Strike Commando
1987 · Director, Writer, Editor
White Apache
1987 · Director
Double Target
1987 · Director, Writer, Editor
Hanna D: The Girl from Vondel Park
1984 · Editor
Monster Shark
1984 · Second Unit
Rats: Night of Terror
1984 · Director, Story
The Seven Magnificent Gladiators
1983 · Director, Editor
Women's Prison Massacre
1983 · Director, Production Manager
Uno storico pasticcio
1983 · Director
Violence in a Women's Prison
1982 · Director, Editor
Nero and Poppea - An Orgy of Power
1982 · Director, Writer, Editor
Caligula and Messalina
1981 · Director
The Other Hell
1981 · Story, Director
Night of the Zombies
1980 · SWAT Officer at Embassy Siege (uncredited), Director
The True Story of the Nun of Monza
1980 · Director
Sesso Perverso, Mondo Violento
1980 · Director
Libidomania
1979 · Director
Cicciolina My Love
1979 · Director
Cicciolina amore mio
1979 · Director
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2
1978 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
Sexy Night Report
1977 · Director, Supervising Editor, Writer
Women's Camp 119
1977 · Director, Writer
Private House of the SS
1977 · Director, Writer
Black Velvet
1976 · Editor
Black Cobra
1976 · Editor
Love Sacrifice
1976 · Director, Screenplay
Emanuelle and Françoise
1975 · Writer
La collegiale
1975 · Editor
The French Sex Murders
1972 · Editor
Tamar Wife of Er
1971 · Editor
The Deserter
1970 · Editor
Count Dracula
1970 · Editor
Armida, the Tragedy of a Wife
1970 · Director
Yellow: The Cousins
1969 · Editor
Lesbo
1969 · Editor
99 Women
1969 · Editor
The Magnificent Tony Carrera
1969 · Editor
Inconsolable Widows Are Looking For Distractions
1968 · Editor
Goldface, the Fantastic Superman
1967 · Editor
Target Frankie
1967 · Editor
Crossfire in Caracas
1967 · Editor
Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun
1966 · Editor
Triumph of the Ten Gladiators
1964 · Assistant Editor
Revenge of the Black Knight
1963 · Editor
Mondo caldo di notte
1962 · Editor
L'ultimo pedone
1961 · Editor
The Nights of Lucretia Borgia
1959 · Assistant Editor
La sposa
1958 · Assistant Editor
The Mighty Crusaders
1957 · Assistant Editor
The Violent Patriot
1956 · Assistant Editor
Tua per la vita
1955 · Assistant Editor
Figaro, il barbiere di Siviglia
1955 · Assistant Editor
Giovanna
1955 · Assistant Editor
Non è vero... ma ci credo!
1952 · Assistant Editor