Sergio Sollima
36 movies · 2 TV shows
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Apr 17, 1921
- Died
- Jul 1, 2015 (age 94)
- Place of birth
- Rome, Italy
- Also known as
- Simon Sterling
Biography
Sergio Sollima (April 17, 1921 – July 1, 2015) was an Italian film director and script writer.
Like many Italian cult directors, Sollima started his career by directing mostly sword and sandal movies that were very popular in the early 1960s. After the genre's popularity quickly died out, Sollima was among the first ones to move to spaghetti westerns. The Big Gundown (starring Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian) was released in 1966 with big success, despite the fact that it had to compete with Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Sergio Corbucci's Django. Sollima soon filmed two more westerns. Face to Face (Milian and Gian Maria Volonté) was released in 1967 and Run, Man, Run! (Milian) in 1968. Although Sollima directed only three westerns and they never reached the level of popularity as the ones by the other Sergios (Leone and Corbucci), each of them are highly regarded among genre enthusiasts.
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In 1970, Sollima switched genres again and directed the Charles Bronson and Telly Savalas starred Violent City, which was one of the first violent and fast-paced Italian crime films often known as poliziotteschi. Like for all of his westerns, the soundtrack was provided by Ennio Morricone. Sollima's last well-known film is Revolver, a poliziotteschi film starring Oliver Reed and Fabio Testi.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Sergio Sollima: movies and TV shows
Acting (3)
- 2014 Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
as Lui-même
- 2004
- 2003
Behind the camera (35)
- 1993 Berlin '39
Director, Screenplay
- 1992 Solo per Dirti Addio
Director
- 1990
- 1977
- 1976 The Black Corsair
Director, Screenplay
- 1976
- 1973 Revolver
Screenplay, Director, Story
- 1972 Devil in the Brain
Screenplay, Story, Director
- 1970 Violent City
Screenplay, Director
- 1968 Run, Man, Run
Story, Director, Screenplay
- 1967 Face to Face
Screenplay, Story, Director
- 1967 The Big Gundown
Screenplay, Director
- 1966 Requiem for a Secret Agent
Director, Story, Screenplay
- 1966 Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun
Screenplay, Director
- 1965 Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell
Director, Writer
- 1964
- 1963 The Ten Gladiators
Writer
- 1962 Sex Can Be Difficult
Director
- 1962 The Rebel Gladiators
Writer
- 1962 Samson Against the Sheik
Story, Screenplay
- 1961 Ursus
Screenplay
- 1961
- 1961 Goliath Against the Giants
Screenplay
- 1961 Sword in the Shadows
Writer
- 1960 Knight of 100 Faces
Story, Screenplay
- 1960 Madri pericolose
Screenplay
- 1960 I teddy boys della canzone
Screenplay
- 1959 Il mondo dei miracoli
Dialogue
- 1958 Carousel of songs
Story, Screenplay
- 1958 Ricordati di Napoli
Screenplay
- 1954 Shack and puppets
First Assistant Director
- 1954 Tripoli, bel suol d'amore
Screenplay
- 1954 Foreign Earth
Assistant Director
- 1952 Solo per te Lucia
Assistant Director
- 1951 Behind Closed Shutters
Story, Screenplay
Talk shows and appearances (8)
- 2022
- 2016
- 2010 Sodankylä Forever
4 episodes
- 2006
- 2006
- 2005
- 2005
- 1968