Silvio Amadio

Personal Info

Known ForDirecting

Born1926-08-08

BirthplaceFrascati, Lazio, Italy

Silvio Amadio

Directing

Biography

Silvio Amadio (8 August 1926 – 19 August 1995) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 24 films between 1957 and 1981. His film Wolves of the Deep was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. He is known to horror film fans for directing Amuck! (1972), a giallo film starring Rosalba Neri and Barbara Bouchet, and to Commedia sexy all'italiana fans for directing some of the best Gloria Guida sex comedies of the mid 1970s.

Notable Works

Prominent titles featuring Silvio Amadio

That Malicious Age

6.4

That Malicious Age

1975

Amuck!

5.8

1972

The Minor

5.1

1974

Smile Before Death

5.9

Smile Before Death

1972

So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious...

4.8

So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious...

1975

The Doctor...the Schoolgirl

5.1

The Doctor...the Schoolgirl

1976

Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete

5.4

Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete

1960

Rice Girl

5.7

1956

Filmography

Production & Directing (63)

1981

A Gun for a CopDirector

7.0

1981

A Gun for a CopStory

7.0

1980

The MediumDirector

6.3

1978

Una settimana come un'altraEditor

1976

The Doctor...the SchoolgirlDirector

5.1

1976

The Doctor...the SchoolgirlWriter

5.1

1976

The Doctor...the SchoolgirlEditor

5.1

1975

So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious...Director

4.8

1975

So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious...Writer

4.8

1975

So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious...Editor

4.8

1975

That Malicious AgeDirector

6.4

1975

That Malicious AgeWriter

6.4

1975

That Malicious AgeEditor

6.4

1974

The MinorDirector

5.1

1974

The MinorWriter

5.1

1974

The MinorEditor

5.1

1974

The MinorMakeup Artist

5.1

1974

ChainsDirector

7.0

1974

ChainsWriter

7.0

1973

Li chiamavano i tre moschettieri... invece erano quattroDirector

10.0

1972

Come fu che Masuccio Salernitano, fuggendo con le brache in mano, riuscì a conservarlo sanoDirector

4.0

1972

Come fu che Masuccio Salernitano, fuggendo con le brache in mano, riuscì a conservarlo sanoScreenplay

4.0

1972

Come fu che Masuccio Salernitano, fuggendo con le brache in mano, riuscì a conservarlo sanoEditor

4.0

1972

Aretino's Stories of the Three Lustful DaughtersDirector

3.6

1972

Smile Before DeathDirector

5.9

1972

Amuck!Director

5.8

1972

5.8

1972

Amuck!Screenplay

5.8

1970

Disperatamente l'estate scorsaDirector

7.5

1970

Disperatamente l'estate scorsaScreenplay

7.5

1970

Disperatamente l'estate scorsaStory

7.5

1969

The Island of the SwedesDirector

4.2

1969

The Island of the SwedesScreenplay

4.2

1966

For One Thousand Dollars Per DayDirector

5.8

1966

For One Thousand Dollars Per DayWriter

5.8

1965

Assassination in RomeDirector

5.5

1965

Assassination in RomeScreenplay

5.5

1965

Assassination in RomeStory

5.5

1964

All the Other Girls Do!Director

7.0

1964

All the Other Girls Do!Writer

7.0

1964

Desideri d'estateDirector

7.0

1964

Desideri d'estateWriter

7.0

1962

War Gods of BabylonDirector

8.5

1961

White Slave ShipDirector

6.0

1961

Prisoner of the Iron MaskWriter

7.5

1960

Minotaur, the Wild Beast of CreteDirector

5.4

1960

Tu che ne dici?Director

9.0

1959

Wolves in the AbyssDirector

7.5

1959

Wolves in the AbyssStory

7.5

1959

Wolves in the AbyssScreenplay

7.5

1958

The Inveterate BachelorStory

7.0

1958

The Inveterate BachelorScreenplay

7.0

1958

Melancholy AutumnFirst Assistant Director

6.9

1957

The Last ViolenceFirst Assistant Director

8.0

1956

Rice GirlFirst Assistant Director

5.7

1955

The IntruderFirst Assistant Director

6.9

1955

The White AngelFirst Assistant Director

6.4

1954

Guai ai vintiAssistant Director

6.5

1954

The Slave of SinFirst Assistant Director

4.8

1954

Torna!First Assistant Director

5.5

1953

Giuseppe VerdiFirst Assistant Director

6.8

1953

The Ship of Condemned WomenAssistant Director

6.5

1953

VorticeFirst Assistant Director

8.5