Maurizio Pradeaux
Italian film director (1931–2022)
Maurizio Pradeaux (16 April 1931 – 1 July 2022) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.[1] He began his career as a production assistant, working with Emimmo Salvi [it].
Ramon the Mexican, a western, which was released in 1967, was his debut as a film director. He wrote the screenplays for all the films he directed. Many fell into the category known in Italian as giallo ('yellow'), which defines a style of mystery and detective fiction and films.[2]
Filmography
- Death Carries a Cane[2]
- Death Steps in the Dark[3]
- Churchill's Leopards
References
- ^ "Se ne va un altro dei piccoli maestri del nostro cinema di genere, Maurizio Pradeuax". dagospia.com (in Italian). 2 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ a b Roberto Curti (2022). Italian Giallo in Film and Television: A Critical History. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. pp. 191–4. ISBN 9781476646459.
- ^ Mikel J. Koven (2006). La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film. Scarecrow Press. p. 177. ISBN 9780810858701.
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