Guido Malatesta

Born: 1919-10-02, Gallarate, Lombardy, Italy

Died: 1970-06-14

Biography

Guido Malatesta was an Italian screenwriter and film director active from the 1950s to the early 1970s. He began his career as a screenwriter, contributing to various Italian films before transitioning to directing. Malatesta directed numerous genre films, including peplum, adventure, and Spaghetti Westerns. His notable works include Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960), Fury of Achilles (1962), and Django's Cut Price Corpses (1971). Malatesta's films are characterized by their action sequences and adherence to genre conventions, contributing to the popularity of Italian genre cinema during his active years.

Filmography

• Le calde notti di Poppea (1969)
• Samoa, regina della giungla (1968)
• Goliath contro i giganti (1961)
• Maciste contro i cacciatori di teste (1963)
• Maciste contro i mostri (1963)
• L'incendio di Roma (1965)
• Il figlio di Aquila Nera (1968)
• La furia dei barbari (1960)
• La strada dei giganti (1960)
• Come rubare un quintale di diamanti in Russia (1967)
• Riuscirà il nostro eroe a ritrovare il più grande diamante del mondo? (1971)
• I predoni del Sahara (1965)
• Maciste il vendicatore dei Maya (1966)
• Formula 1 - Nell'Inferno del Grand Prix (1970)
• La rivolta dei barbari (1964)
• El Alamein (1957)
• Tarzana, sesso selvaggio (1969)
• Agosto, donne mie non vi conosco (1959)
• Missione apocalisse (1966)
• Valeria ragazza poco seria (1958)