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Riccardo Freda

Riccardo Freda

Director · 1909–1999 · Alexandria, Egypt

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Biography

Riccardo Freda (24 February 1909 – 20 December 1999) was an Italian film director. He worked in a variety of genres, including sword-and-sandal, horror, giallo and spy films. Freda began directing I Vampiri in 1956. The film became the first Italian sound horror film production. Riccardo Freda was born in 1909 in Alexandria, Egypt to Italian parents. Freda attended school in Milan where he took art classes at the Centro Sperimantale. After school he took on work as a sculptor and art critic. Freda first began working in the film industry in 1937 and directed his first film Don Cesare di Bazan in 1942. Freda began directing I Vampiri. I Vampiri was the first Italian horror film of the sound era, following the lone silent horror film Il mostro di Frankenstein (1920) Despite being the first, a wave of Italian horror productions did not follow until Mario Bava's film Black Sunday was released internationally.

Directed 47

1980s

  1. 1981

    Murder Obsession

    Director

1970s

  1. 1972

    Tragic Ceremony

    Director

    53
  2. 1971

    The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire

    Director

  3. Tamar Wife of Er

    Director

1960s

  1. 1969

    Double Face

    Director

    58
  2. 1967

    Mexican Slayride

    Director

  3. Death at Owell Rock

    Director

  4. 1966

    Trap for the Assassin

    Director

  5. 1965

    The Exterminators

    Director

  6. The Two Orphans

    Director

  7. 1964

    Romeo e Giulietta

    Director

  8. 1963

    The Magnificent Adventurer

    Director

  9. The Ghost

    Director

    62

  10. Gold for the Caesars

    Director

  11. 1962

    The Seventh Sword

    Director

  12. Alone Against Rome

    Second Unit Director

  13. The Horrible Dr. Hichcock

    Director

  14. The Witch's Curse

    Director

    50
  15. 1961

    Manhunt

    Director

  16. Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World

    Director

    52

  17. The Mongols

    Director, Second Unit Director

    53
  18. 1960

    The Giants of Thessaly

    Director

1950s

  1. 1959

    Caltiki, the Immortal Monster

    Director

    59

  2. The White Warrior

    Director

    52

  3. Sign of the Gladiator

    Second Unit Director

  4. 1957

    Lust of the Vampire

    Director

  5. Ambush in Tangier

    Director

  6. 1956

    Castle of the Banned Lovers

    Director

  7. 1955

    From Here to the Inheritance

    Director

  8. 1954

    Theodora, Slave Empress

    Director

  9. 1953

    Sins of Rome

    Director

  10. 1952

    The Legend of Piave

    Director

  11. 1951

    Revenge of the Black Eagle

    Director

  12. Double Cross

    Director

  13. Vedi Napoli e poi muori

    Director

  14. 1950

    The Son of d'Artagnan

    Director

1940s

  1. 1949

    The Iron Swordsman

    Director

  2. O Caçula do Barulho

    Director

  3. 1948

    The Mysterious Rider

    Director

  4. Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris

    Director

  5. Les Misérables

    Director

  6. Guarany

    Director

  7. 1946

    Aquila Nera

    Director

  8. 1945

    Non canto più

    Director

  9. Tutta la città canta

    Director

  10. 1942

    Don Cesare of Bazan

    Director

1930s

  1. 1939

    In campagna è caduta una stella

    First Assistant Director

Wrote 33

1980s

  1. 1981

    Murder Obsession

    Screenplay

1970s

  1. 1971

    The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire

    Screenplay

  2. Tamar Wife of Er

    Writer

1960s

  1. 1969

    Double Face

    Screenplay

    58
  2. 1967

    Death at Owell Rock

    Screenplay

  3. 1965

    The Two Orphans

    Writer

  4. 1964

    The Revenge of the Crusader

    Screenplay, Story

  5. Romeo e Giulietta

    Screenplay

  6. 1963

    The Ghost

    Writer

    62
  7. 1960

    The Giants of Thessaly

    Screenplay

1950s

  1. 1959

    Caltiki, the Immortal Monster

    Writer

    59
  2. 1957

    Lust of the Vampire

    Screenplay

  3. 1955

    From Here to the Inheritance

    Story, Writer

  4. 1954

    Theodora, Slave Empress

    Screenplay, Story

  5. 1953

    Sins of Rome

    Screenplay

  6. 1951

    Double Cross

    Screenplay

1940s

  1. 1949

    O Caçula do Barulho

    Writer

  2. 1948

    The Mysterious Rider

    Screenplay, Story

  3. Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris

    Screenplay

  4. Les Misérables

    Screenplay

  5. 1946

    Aquila Nera

    Screenplay

  6. 1945

    Non canto più

    Writer

  7. Tutta la città canta

    Screenplay, Story

  8. L'abito nero da sposa

    Screenplay

  9. 1942

    Don Cesare of Bazan

    Screenplay

  10. 1941

    The Adventuress from the Floor Above

    Screenplay

  11. Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto

    Screenplay

1930s

  1. 1939

    In campagna è caduta una stella

    Screenplay

  2. The Little Adventurers

    Screenplay

  3. Voce senza volto

    Writer

  4. La voce senza volto

    Screenplay

  5. 1938

    Fuochi d'artificio

    Screenplay

Edited 6

1980s

  1. 1981

    Murder Obsession

    Editor

1970s

  1. 1971

    The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire

    Editor

1950s

  1. 1959

    The White Warrior

    Editor

    52
  2. 1956

    Castle of the Banned Lovers

    Editor

1940s

  1. 1941

    The Adventuress from the Floor Above

    Editor

1930s

  1. 1939

    The Little Adventurers

    Editor

Acted in 4

1980s

  1. 1989

    Once Around the Park

    Ricardo, le réalisateur

1950s

  1. 1957

    Lust of the Vampire

    Il dottore (uncredited)

1930s

  1. 1939

    The Little Adventurers

    Il maestro

Produced 4

1960s

  1. 1964

    The Revenge of the Crusader

    Producer

1950s

  1. 1954

    Theodora, Slave Empress

    Producer

1940s

  1. 1942

    Don Cesare of Bazan

    Producer

  2. 1941

    Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto

    Producer

Art department 2

1990s

  1. 1994

    For the Love of Nancy

    Set Decoration

  2. My Name Is Kate

    Set Decoration

Appearances3

2020s

  1. 2022

    Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento

    self

2000s

  1. 2000

    Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co

    Self

1990s

  1. 1997

    The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors

    Self