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Birthday:
1930-09-19
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Rome, Italy
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Antonio Margheriti

Overview

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Antonio Margheriti (19 September 1930 – 4 November 2002), also known under the pseudonym Anthony M. Dawson, was a prolific Italian filmmaker. He was born in Rome and died in 2002 from a heart attack in Monterosi, Viterbo, near Rome at the age of 72.

Margheriti started out in the Italian film industry in 1956 as a screenwriter. He started directing in 1960, his first film being "Spacemen" (aka "Assignment Outer Space"). Margheriti is known for his science fiction, horror, spaghetti western and action movies. He was the director of such cult movies as Cannibal Apocalypse, Castle of Blood, The Virgin of Nuremberg, Assignment Outer Space, Wild Wild Planet, Naked You Die, Mr. Super Invisible, The Last Hunter, Battle of the Worlds and numerous others. Most of his films were directed under the pseudonym of Anthony M. Dawson. He stopped using his real name in the USA early in his career, when he realized the English translation of the name "Antonio Margheriti" was "Anthony Daisies", and he thought it sounded too effeminate.

He was the only Italian director who worked directly for American production companies like MGM, United Artists, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, etc. with films like: Yor, the Hunter from the Future, Take a Hard Ride, Killer Fish, etc. Margheriti said his action/adventure films were his favorites, and his least favorite movies were the sword-and-sandal peplum films he made in the early 1960s (such as "Devil of the Desert" and "Giants of Rome").

For years, director Richard Morrissey disputed Margheriti's claim that he had directed "Andy Warhol's Frankenstein" in the early 1970s, saying that Margheriti was mostly just a technical advisor on that film. Morrissey said Margheriti did however direct a very, very brief segment of the movie (mostly the scenes involving the two children roaming around in the lab).

Margheriti worked with many well-known genre actors such as Lee Van Cleef, John Saxon, Claude Rains, John Morghen, Klaus Kinski, Barbara Steele, Reb Brown, Donald Pleasence, Yul Brynner, David Warbeck, Luciano Pigozzi, Marvin Hagler, Terence Hill, Fred Williamson, Christopher Lee and many others. Most of his later films were shot in the Philippines (especially his war films). Margheriti also collaborated on the special effects in two Italian cult films which he did not direct, Sergio Leone's "Fistful of Dynamite" (1971) and Aldo Lado's "The Humanoid" (1979).

Margheriti retired from filmmaking in 1996 at age 66. He died in 2002 of natural causes. Margheriti's son Edoardo and his daughter Antonella are both also involved in filmmaking. Eli Roth's character in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film Inglourious Bastards took Margheriti as his namesake.

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Known for

Acting
2013 The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti Actor Self (archive footage) 58
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2003 Italian Kings Of B Actor Self 58
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2002 'Cannibal Apocalypse' Redux Actor Inspector (uncredited) N/A
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2000 Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co Actor Self N/A
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1999 Incontro con Antonio Margheriti Actor N/A
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1981 Car Crash Actor Racing Official (uncredited) 58
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Directing
1997 Virtual Weapon Directing Director 58
Average
1991 Indio 2 - The Revolt Directing Director 58
Average
1989 Alien from the Deep Directing Director 58
Average
1989 Indio Directing Director 58
Average
1988 The Commander Directing Director 58
Average
1987 Treasure Island in Outer Space Directing Director 69
Fair
1985 Commando Leopard Directing Director 58
Average
1985 Jungle Raiders Directing Director 58
Average
1984 Code Name: Wild Geese Directing Director 58
Average
1984 The Ark of the Sun God Directing Director 59
Average
1983 Yor, the Hunter from the Future Directing Director 58
Average
1983 The World of Yor Directing Director N/A
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1983 The Last Blood Directing Director 59
Average
1982 Tiger Joe Directing Director 59
Average
1982 The Hunters of the Golden Cobra Directing Director 58
Average
1981 Car Crash Directing Director 58
Average
1980 The Last Hunter Directing Director 58
Average
1980 Cannibal Apocalypse Directing Director 58
Average
1979 Killer Fish Directing Director 57
Average
1978 The Squeeze Directing Director 58
Average
1976 Death Rage Directing Director 58
Average
1975 Take a Hard Ride Directing Director 58
Average
1974 Blood for Dracula Directing Assistant Director 58
Average
1974 Whisky and Ghosts Directing Director 58
Average
1974 The Stranger and the Gunfighter Directing Director 58
Average
1974 Manone il ladrone Directing Director N/A
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1973 Flesh for Frankenstein Directing Second Unit Director 58
Average
1973 Mr. Hercules Against Karate Directing Director 59
Average
1973 Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eyes Directing Director 58
Average
1972 Novelle galeotte d'amore Directing Director 58
Average
1972 1001 Nights of Pleasure Directing Director 58
Average
1971 Web of the Spider Directing Director 58
Average
1970 Mr. Superinvisible Directing Director 58
Average
1970 And God Said to Cain Directing Director 59
Average
1969 The Unnaturals Directing Director 59
Average
1968 I Love You Directing Director 58
Average
1968 Vengeance Directing Director 58
Average
1968 Naked You Die Directing Director 58
Average
1967 Dynamite Joe Directing Director 58
Average
1967 Snow Devils Directing Director 58
Average
1966 War Between the Planets Directing Director 58
Average
1966 War of the Planets Directing Director 58
Average
1966 The Wild, Wild Planet Directing Director 58
Average
1966 Lightning Bolt Directing Director 58
Average
1966 Killers Are Challenged Directing Director 58
Average
1964 The Long Hair of Death Directing Director 59
Average
1964 Giants of Rome Directing Director 59
Average
1964 Hercules, Prisoner of Evil Directing Director 58
Average
1964 The Slave Merchants Directing Director 59
Average
1964 Castle of Blood Directing Director 60
Fair
1964 Mondo Inferno Directing Director 58
Average
1963 Horror Castle Directing Director 59
Average
1963 The Fall of Rome Directing Director 58
Average
1962 War Gods of Babylon Directing Second Unit Director 59
Average
1962 The Golden Arrow Directing Director 58
Average
1961 Battle of the Worlds Directing Director 58
Average
1960 Assignment: Outer Space Directing Director 57
Average
1958 Legs of Gold Directing Co-Director 58
Average
1958 A Sailor's Promises Directing Co-Director N/A
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Writing
1983 Yor, the Hunter from the Future Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1983 The World of Yor Writing Writer N/A
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1980 Cannibal Apocalypse Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1975 Lo sgarbo Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1974 Whisky and Ghosts Writing Writer 58
Average
1974 The Stranger and the Gunfighter Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1974 Manone il ladrone Writing Screenplay N/A
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1973 Mr. Hercules Against Karate Writing Adaptation 59
Average
1973 Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eyes Writing Story 58
Average
1973 Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eyes Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1972 Novelle galeotte d'amore Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1972 1001 Nights of Pleasure Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1971 Web of the Spider Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1970 And God Said to Cain Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1969 The Unnaturals Writing Writer 59
Average
1968 I Love You Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1968 I Love You Writing Story 58
Average
1968 Vengeance Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1968 Naked You Die Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1964 The Long Hair of Death Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1963 Horror Castle Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1963 The Fall of Rome Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1963 The Fall of Rome Writing Story 58
Average
1958 Legs of Gold Writing Story 58
Average
1958 Legs of Gold Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1958 A Sailor's Promises Writing Screenplay N/A
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1958 A Sailor's Promises Writing Story N/A
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Production
1967 Snow Devils Production Associate Producer 58
Average
1966 War Between the Planets Production Producer 58
Average
1966 War of the Planets Production Producer 58
Average
1966 The Wild, Wild Planet Production Producer 58
Average

Costume & Make-Up
1973 Flesh for Frankenstein Costume & Make-Up Special Effects Makeup Artist 58
Average

Crew
1990 The Black Cobra 3 Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1983 Yor, the Hunter from the Future Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1981 Car Crash Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1973 Flesh for Frankenstein Crew Makeup Effects 58
Average
1971 Duck, You Sucker Crew Special Effects 71
Good
1967 Mission Stardust Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1966 Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand Crew Special Effects 59
Average

Visual Effects
1979 The Humanoid Visual Effects Special Effects Supervisor 57
Average