About

Known credits:
63
Birthday:
1921-04-17
Place of birth:
Rome, Italy
Website:
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Sergio Sollima

Overview

Sergio Sollima (born April 17, 1921 in Rome) is an Italian former film director and script writer.

Like many Italian cult directors, Sollima started his career by directing mostly sword and sandal movies that were very popular in the early 1960s. After the genre's popularity quickly died out, Sollima was among the first ones to move to spaghetti westerns. The Big Gundown (starring Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian) was released in 1966 with big success, despite the fact that it had to compete with Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Sergio Corbucci's Django. Sollima soon filmed two more westerns. Face to Face (Milian and Gian Maria Volonté) was released in 1967 and Run, Man, Run! (Milian) in 1968. Although Sollima directed only three westerns and they never reached the level of popularity as the ones by the other Sergios (Leone and Corbucci), each of them are highly regarded among genre enthusiasts.

In 1970, Sollima switched genres again and directed the Charles Bronson and Telly Savalas starred Violent City, which was one of the first violent and fast-paced Italian crime films often known as poliziotteschi. Like for all of his westerns, the soundtrack was provided by Ennio Morricone. Sollima's last well-known film is Revolver, a poliziotteschi film starring Oliver Reed and Fabio Testi.

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Known for

Acting
2022 Ennio Actor Self 68
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2016 Spaghetti Western Memories Actor Himself N/A
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2014 Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres… Actor Lui-même N/A
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2010 Sodankylä Forever Actor Self N/A
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2006 Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern Actor Self 59
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2005 The Spaghetti West Actor Self 59
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2005 Sergio Sollima: Face to Face Actor Himself N/A
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2004 Western all'italiana Actor N/A
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2003 Run Man Run: 35 Years Running Actor N/A
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1968 Western, Italian Style Actor Self 59
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Directing
1993 Berlin '39 Directing Director 59
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1989 Love Steps Directing Director N/A
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1977 The Tiger Is Still Alive: Sandokan to the Rescue Directing Director 59
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1976 The Black Corsair Directing Director 58
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1973 Revolver Directing Director 59
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1972 Devil in the Brain Directing Director 59
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1970 Violent City Directing Director 59
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1968 Run, Man, Run Directing Director 59
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1967 Face to Face Directing Director 60
Fair
1967 The Big Gundown Directing Director 62
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1966 Requiem for a Secret Agent Directing Director 58
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1966 Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun Directing Director 58
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1965 Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell Directing Director 59
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1962 Sex Can Be Difficult Directing Director 59
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1954 Shack and puppets Directing First Assistant Director N/A
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1954 Foreign Earth Directing Assistant Director 58
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Writing
1993 Berlin '39 Writing Screenplay 59
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1976 The Black Corsair Writing Screenplay 58
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1976 Sandokan Writing Screenplay 69
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1973 Revolver Writing Screenplay 59
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1973 Revolver Writing Story 59
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1972 Devil in the Brain Writing Screenplay 59
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1972 Devil in the Brain Writing Story 59
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1970 Violent City Writing Screenplay 59
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1968 Run, Man, Run Writing Screenplay 59
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1968 Run, Man, Run Writing Story 59
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1967 Face to Face Writing Story 60
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1967 Face to Face Writing Screenplay 60
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1967 The Big Gundown Writing Screenplay 62
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1966 Requiem for a Secret Agent Writing Story 58
Average
1966 Requiem for a Secret Agent Writing Screenplay 58
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1966 Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun Writing Screenplay 58
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1965 Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell Writing Writer 59
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1964 Triumph of the Ten Gladiators Writing Story 59
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1963 The Ten Gladiators Writing Writer 58
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1962 The Rebel Gladiators Writing Writer 59
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1962 Samson Against the Sheik Writing Story 58
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1962 Samson Against the Sheik Writing Screenplay 58
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1961 Ursus Writing Screenplay 58
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1961 The Secret of the Black Falcon Writing Writer 58
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1961 Goliath Against the Giants Writing Screenplay 59
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1961 Sword in the Shadows Writing Writer N/A
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1960 Knight of 100 Faces Writing Screenplay N/A
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1960 Knight of 100 Faces Writing Story N/A
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1960 Madri pericolose Writing Screenplay 58
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1960 I teddy boys della canzone Writing Screenplay N/A
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1959 Il mondo dei miracoli Writing Dialogue N/A
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1958 Carousel of songs Writing Story N/A
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1958 Carousel of songs Writing Screenplay N/A
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1958 Ricordati di Napoli Writing Screenplay N/A
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1954 Tripoli, bel suol d'amore Writing Screenplay 58
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1951 Behind Closed Shutters Writing Story 58
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1951 Behind Closed Shutters Writing Screenplay 58
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