Known For
Directing
Born
Feb 24, 1909
Died
Dec 20, 1999
Place of Birth
Alexandria, Egypt
Credits
71 titles
Riccardo Freda
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.
Known For
Filmography
Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento
self
Intervista a Riccardo Freda sul suo cinema
Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co
Self
Un uomo solo: Incontro con Riccardo Freda
The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors
Self
For the Love of Nancy
Set Decoration
D'Artagnan's Daughter
Original Story
My Name Is Kate
Set Decoration
Once Around the Park
Ricardo, le réalisateur
Murder Obsession
Screenplay
Tragic Ceremony
Director
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
Screenplay
Tamar Wife of Er
Director
Double Face
Screenplay
Mexican Slayride
Director
Death at Owell Rock
Director
Trap for the Assassin
Director
The Exterminators
Director
The Two Orphans
Director
The Revenge of the Crusader
Screenplay
Romeo e Giulietta
Director
The Magnificent Adventurer
Director
The Ghost
Director
Gold for the Caesars
Director
The Seventh Sword
Director
Alone Against Rome
Second Unit Director
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
Director
The Witch's Curse
Director
Manhunt
Director
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
Director
The Mongols
Director
The Giants of Thessaly
Director
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster
Director
The White Warrior
Director
Sign of the Gladiator
Second Unit Director
Lust of the Vampire
Il dottore (uncredited)
Ambush in Tangier
Director
Castle of the Banned Lovers
Director
From Here to the Inheritance
Director
Theodora, Slave Empress
Director
Mosaici a Ravenna, I
Director
Sins of Rome
Screenplay
The Legend of Piave
Director
Revenge of the Black Eagle
Director
Double Cross
Director
Vedi Napoli e poi muori
Director
Magia a prezzi modici
Writer
The Son of d'Artagnan
Director
The Iron Swordsman
Director
O Caçula do Barulho
Director