About

Known credits:
33
Birthday:
1924-02-26
Place of birth:
Rome, Italy
Website:
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Paolo Heusch

Overview

Paolo Heusch (26 February 1924 – 16 October 1982) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.

Born in Rome, Heush started his career immediately after the World War II as a script supervisor. Between 1949 and 1957 he was active as an assistant director for over twenty films. After directing a number of documentaries, he made his feature film debut in 1958 with The Day the Sky Exploded, the first science fiction film produced in Italy. His third film as a director was Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory. He was then asked to co-direct Violent Life. based on Pier Paolo Pasolini's novel of the same name. He was hired by producer Moris Ergas to direct the film with Brunello Rondi as the produced wanted a technically gifted director to help the screenwriter direct his first film.

Heusch was often brought on to co-direct films, and works that were credited to other filmmakers, such as The Commandant, Che fine ha fatto Toto baby? which is only credited to Ottavio Alessi and Toto d'Arabia which is credited to Jose Antonio de la Loma. Heusch continued to work in other genres including heist films, adventures, and erotic dramas in the 1960s. Heusch's last uncredited work was shooting some extra scenes for Massimo Dallamano's Venus in Furs for its 1975 re-release.

Known for

Directing
1970 Bali Directing Director 58
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1968 Bloody Che Contra Directing Director 59
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1966 Un colpo da mille miliardi Directing Director N/A
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1965 The Desert Renegades Directing Director N/A
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1963 The Commandant Directing Director 58
Average
1962 Violent Life Directing Director 59
Average
1961 Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory Directing Director 57
Average
1959 Un uomo facile Directing Director N/A
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1958 The Day the Sky Exploded Directing Director 58
Average
1957 Holiday Island Directing First Assistant Director 59
Average
1957 The Most Wonderful Moment Directing First Assistant Director 59
Average
1955 Roman Tales Directing First Assistant Director 59
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1955 Il padrone sono me Directing First Assistant Director N/A
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1955 Le signorine dello 04 Directing First Assistant Director 59
Average
1954 The Two Orphans Directing First Assistant Director 59
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1954 Passionately Directing First Assistant Director 59
Average
1954 A Day in Court Directing Second Assistant Director 59
Average
1953 I Always Loved You Directing First Assistant Director N/A
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1953 Siamo tutti inquilini Directing Second Assistant Director 59
Average
1953 Perdonami! Directing First Assistant Director 58
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1952 Sunday Heroes Directing First Assistant Director 58
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1951 Anna Directing First Assistant Director 59
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1951 Il microfono è vostro Directing First Assistant Director N/A
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1950 Il voto Directing First Assistant Director 58
Average
1950 The White Line Directing Script Supervisor 59
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1949 The Emperor of Capri Directing First Assistant Director 59
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1949 Sicilian Uprising Directing First Assistant Director N/A
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1949 The Mill on the Po Directing Script Supervisor 58
Average
1949 Campane a martello Directing Script Supervisor 59
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1948 Under the Sun of Rome Directing Script Supervisor 59
Average
1948 Escape to France Directing Script Supervisor 58
Average

Writing
1962 Violent Life Writing Screenplay 59
Average

Production
1979 Caligula Production Casting Director 59
Average