Umberto Lenzi

Known for: Directing
Born: August 6, 1931, Massa Marittima, Grosseto, Italy
Died: October 19, 2017
Movies: 90

Umberto Lenzi (August 6, 1931—October 19, 2017) was an Italian film director who was very active in low budget crime films, peplums, Eurospy films, spaghetti westerns, Macaroni Combat movies, cannibal films and giallo murder mysteries (in addition to writing many of the screenplays himself).

Best-Known Movies

5.3

Cannibal Ferox

1981

5.7

Nightmare City

1980

5.2

Eaten Alive!

1980

7.0

Almost Human

1974

5.0

Ghosthouse

1988

5.5

Nightmare Beach

1989

5.6

Man from Deep River

1972

6.2

Seven Blood-Stained Orchids

1972

5.7

Eyeball

1975

6.6

Rome, Armed to the Teeth

1976

Filmography

2026	Dolce e perverso: Umberto Lenzi e il suo cinema	Self
2024	Deodato vs Lenzi	self
2019	All the Colors of Giallo	Self - Director (archive footage)
2018	All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation Titan	Himself
2017	Meet the Maker: Umberto Lenzi on Almost Human	Himself
2016	Mondo Cannibale
2016	Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies
2016	Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo	Self
2016	Armed to the Teeth... Again
2015	Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2013	I Tarantiniani	Self
2012	German Grusel	Self
2008	Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1	Self
2005	Like a Beast... Almost	Himself
2003	Italian Kings Of B	Self
1990	Cop Target	Card Player in Casino
1980	Nightmare City	Reporter (uncredited)
1958	Love and Chatter

Directing, Writing & Producing

1992	Mean Tricks	Director
1991	Hunt for the Golden Scorpion	Director
1991	Black Demons	Director
1991	Detective Malone	Director
1990	Cop Target	Director
1989	The Hell's Gate	Director, Writer
1989	Nightmare Beach	Screenplay, Director
1989	Hitcher in the Dark	Director
1989	The House of Lost Souls	Screenplay, Director
1989	The House of Witchcraft	Director, Writer
1988	Primal Rage	Writer
1988	Ghosthouse	Director
1988	Striker	Writer
1987	Wartime	Director, Screenplay
1986	Bridge to Hell	Director, Screenplay
1985	Wild Team	Director
1983	Ironmaster	Director
1982	Fatty Girl Goes to New York	Director
1982	Daughter of the Jungle	Director
1982	Pierino the Pest to the Rescue	Director
1981	Cannibal Ferox	Director, Screenplay
1980	Nightmare City	Director
1980	Eaten Alive!	Director, Screenplay
1979	Scusi, lei è normale?	Director, Screenplay
1979	From Corleone to Brooklyn	Director, Screenplay
1979	From Hell to Victory	Director
1978	The Biggest Battle	Director, Screenplay
1977	Brothers Till We Die	Director, Screenplay
1977	The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist	Screenplay, Director
1976	Death Rage	Producer
1976	Rome, Armed to the Teeth	Director
1976	Free Hand for a Tough Cop	Director, Writer
1976	Violent Naples	Director
1975	Syndicate Sadists	Director
1975	Manhunt in the City	Director, Screenplay
1975	The Killer Must Kill Again	Producer
1975	Eyeball	Director, Screenplay
1974	Almost Human	Director
1974	Spasmo	Director, Screenplay
1973	Gang War in Milan	Director, Screenplay
1972	Knife of Ice	Director, Screenplay
1972	Man from Deep River	Director
1972	Seven Blood-Stained Orchids	Screenplay, Director
1971	Oasis of Fear	Director, Writer
1970	A Quiet Place to Kill	Director
1969	So Sweet... So Perverse	Director
1969	Battle of the Commandos	Director
1969	Tarzan in the Golden Grotto	Screenplay
1969	Paranoia	Writer, Director
1968	A Gun for One Hundred Graves	Director, Screenplay
1968	Go For Broke	Director
1967	Desert Commandos	Screenplay, Director
1966	Kriminal	Director, Screenplay
1966	A Million Dollars for 7 Murders	Director, Screenplay
1966	The Spy Who Loved Flowers	Screenplay, Director
1965	SuperSeven Calling Cairo	Director
1965	008: Operation Exterminate	Director, Screenplay
1965	Temple of a Thousand Lights	Director
1964	Three Sergeants of Bengal	Director
1964	The Pirates of Malaysia	Director
1964	Messalina Against the Son of Hercules	Director
1964	Temple of the White Elephant	Screenplay, Director
1963	Sandokan the Great	Director, Writer
1963	Samson and the Slave Queen	Director, Screenplay
1963	Slave Girls of Sheba	Screenplay
1963	The Invincible Masked Rider	Screenplay, Director
1963	Catherine of Russia	Director, Screenplay
1962	The Triumph of Robin Hood	Director
1962	Duel of Fire	Director
1961	The Adventures of Mary Read	Director
1959	Ragazzi di Trastevere	Director
1958	An Italian in Greece	Writer, Director

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