Riccardo Freda
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 24, 1909
- Died
- December 20, 1999 (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- Alexandria, Egypt
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.
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Filmography
Murder Obsession
Movie · Director
Tragic Ceremony
Movie · Director
Tamar Wife of Er
Movie · Director
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
Movie · Director
Double Face
Movie · Director
Death at Owell Rock
Movie · Director
Mexican Slayride
Movie · Director
Trap for the Assassin
Movie · Director
The Exterminators
Movie · Director
The Two Orphans
Movie · Director
Romeo e Giulietta
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The Ghost
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The Magnificent Adventurer
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Gold for the Caesars
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The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
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The Witch's Curse
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The Seventh Sword
Movie · Director
Alone Against Rome
Movie · Second Unit Director
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
Movie · Director
Manhunt
Movie · Director
The Mongols
Movie · Director, Second Unit Director
The Giants of Thessaly
Movie · Director
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster
Movie · Director
The White Warrior
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Sign of the Gladiator
Movie · Second Unit Director
Lust of the Vampire
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Ambush in Tangier
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Castle of the Banned Lovers
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From Here to the Inheritance
Movie · Director
Theodora, Slave Empress
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Mosaici a Ravenna, I
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Sins of Rome
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The Legend of Piave
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Vedi Napoli e poi muori
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Revenge of the Black Eagle
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Double Cross
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Magia a prezzi modici
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The Son of d'Artagnan
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The Iron Swordsman
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O Caçula do Barulho
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Les Misérables
Movie · Director
The Mysterious Rider
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Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
Movie · Director
Guarany
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L'astuto barone
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Tenori per forza
Movie · Director
Aquila Nera
Movie · Director
Tutta la città canta
Movie · Director
Non canto più
Movie · Director
Don Cesare of Bazan
Movie · Director
In campagna è caduta una stella
Movie · First Assistant Director