Italian director, screenwriter and journalist (1915–2002)
Domenico Paolella (18 October 1915 – 7 October 2002) was an Italian director, screenwriter and journalist.
Born in Foggia, between 1933 and 1935 Paolella won several contests for amateur directors; in the same years he started working as a journalist for several newspapers and magazines.[1] In 1937 he entered the film industry as assistant of Carmine Gallone for Scipio the African, and the following year made his debut as a director of short films.[1][2] During the war he was correspondent from the Soviet front.[1] From 1946 to 1951 he was artistic director and chief editor of the INCOM newsreel production company.[1][2]
In 1939 Paolella directed his first feature film, The Last of the Road.[2] In subsequent years, he first directed a series of musical films of great success produced by Carlo Infascelli, then he specialized in the comic genre.[1] Paolella directed his last film in 1979, and briefly rejoined the industry in the early nineties when he collaborated on several screenplays for films directed by Sergio Sollima, Stelvio Massi, Lamberto Bava and Aldo Lado.[1]
^ abcdefRoberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
^ abcMarco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 978-8804572770.
DomenicoPaolella (18 October 1915 – 7 October 2002) was an Italian director, screenwriter and journalist. Born in Foggia, between 1933 and 1935 Paolella...
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Tyrants of Babylon) is a 1964 Italian sword-and-sandal film directed by DomenicoPaolella and starring Peter Lupus. Asparia, Queen of the Hellenes, has been...
Diary of a Cloistered Nun) is a 1973 nunsploitation film directed by DomenicoPaolella and starring Eleonora Giorgi, Catherine Spaak, Suzy Kendall, Martine...
nero) is a 1961 Italian swashbuckler film co-written and directed by DomenicoPaolella and starring Lex Barker and Livio Lorenzon. Lex Barker as Captain...
Ursus, the Rebel Gladiator) is a 1962 Italian peplum film directed by DomenicoPaolella starring Dan Vadis, Josè Greci and Alan Steel. The newly crowned emperor...
commissario (segment "Marsina stretta") Gran varietà (directed by DomenicoPaolella) (1954) Avanzi di galera (directed by Vittorio Cottafavi) (1954) as...
Teresa Vittorio De Sisti The Nun and the Devil 1973 Sister Isabella DomenicoPaolella Italian Graffiti Santuzza Morano Alfio Caltabiano The Sensual Man...
the Black Falcon Italy DomenicoPaolella Lex Barker, Walter Barnes 1962 Avenger of the Seven Seas Italy France DomenicoPaolella Richard Harrison, Michèle...
Michael Carreras Richard Basehart United Kingdom Pirates of the Coast DomenicoPaolella Lex Barker Italy France The Prince in Chains Luis Lucia Javier Escrivá...
the Conquest of Baghdad') is a 1965 Italian peplum film directed by DomenicoPaolella. The king of the Kurds has kidnapped the daughter of the king of Baghdad...
Ado Kyrou Digitmovies / CDDM191 / 2011 1973 The Nun and the Devil DomenicoPaolella Digitmovies / CDDM015 / 2004 The Lonely Woman Francisco Rovira Beleta...
(Italian: Il terrore dei mari) is a 1961 adventure film directed by DomenicoPaolella. Don Megowan: Jean Silvana Pampanini: Delores Emma Danieli: Elisa...
Lucidi Michele Lupo Antonio Margheriti Sergio Martino Bruno Mattei DomenicoPaolella Gianfranco Parolini, often credited as Frank Kramer Giulio Petroni...
of the Barbary Coast) is a 1960 Italian adventure film directed by DomenicoPaolella. Lex Barker as Luis Monterey Estella Blain as Isabella Livio Lorenzon...
Odio per odio) is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by DomenicoPaolella. Digger Manuel has found enough gold to quit working. He is about...
'Maciste Against the Mongols') is a 1963 Italian peplum film directed by DomenicoPaolella.[page needed] The heirs of Genghis Khan conquered the city of Tudela...
(1968) La ragazza del prete ("The girl of the preacher man"), dir. by DomenicoPaolella 1970 Torino nera ("Black Turin"), dir. by Carlo Lizzani (1972) Preparati...
gladiatore che sfidò l'impero) is a 1965 Italian peplum film directed by DomenicoPaolella. Treacherous Roman senator Lucius Quintilius plans a secret journey...
subsequently appeared in nearly fifty films, mostly in prominent roles. DomenicoPaolella's Story of a Cloistered Nun (1973), an important nunsploitation, marked...
Yves Montand, Jean Gabin, Jean Marais 1955 Il coraggio Susy Esposito DomenicoPaolella Totò, Gino Cervi 1956 A Woman Alone Mara Vittorio Sala Eleonora Rossi...
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