Known For
Directing
Born
Apr 17, 1921
Died
Jul 01, 2015
Place of Birth
Rome, Italy
Credits
46 titles
Sergio Sollima
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. 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.
Known For
Filmography
Ennio
Self
Spaghetti Western Memories
Himself
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
Lui-même
Sodankylä Forever
Self
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
Self
Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
Self
The Spaghetti West
Self
Sergio Sollima: Face to Face
Himself
Western all'italiana
Run Man Run: 35 Years Running
Berlin '39
Director
Solo per Dirti Addio
Director
Love Steps
Director
The Tiger Is Still Alive: Sandokan to the Rescue
Director
The Black Corsair
Director
Sandokan
Director
Revolver
Screenplay
Devil in the Brain
Screenplay
Violent City
Screenplay
Run, Man, Run
Story
Western, Italian Style
Self
Face to Face
Screenplay
The Big Gundown
Screenplay
Requiem for a Secret Agent
Director
Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun
Screenplay
Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell
Director
Triumph of the Ten Gladiators
Story
The Ten Gladiators
Writer
Sex Can Be Difficult
Director
The Rebel Gladiators
Writer
Samson Against the Sheik
Story
Ursus
Screenplay
The Secret of the Black Falcon
Writer
Goliath Against the Giants
Screenplay
Sword in the Shadows
Writer
Knight of 100 Faces
Story
Madri pericolose
Screenplay
I teddy boys della canzone
Screenplay
Il mondo dei miracoli
Dialogue
Carousel of songs
Story
Ricordati di Napoli
Screenplay
Shack and puppets
First Assistant Director
Tripoli, bel suol d'amore
Screenplay
Foreign Earth
Assistant Director
Solo per te Lucia
Assistant Director
Behind Closed Shutters
Story