Marino Girolami

Marino Girolami

Known for
Directing
Born
February 1, 1914
Died
February 20, 1994 (aged 80)
Birthplace
Rome, Italy

Biography

Marino Girolami (1 February 1914 – 20 February 1994) was an Italian film director and actor. Marino Giorlami was born on 1 February 1914 in Rome, Italy. Formally a professional boxer, Girolami ended his boxing career when he was 20. Following this, he got a degree as a physical therapist and opened a gym which specialized in therapeutic massages. Girolami entered into Italy Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Among the people Girolami met was Anna Magnani who took her son Luca to meet him which led to close relationship between them. Girolami gave her the script he had been working on of Campo de'fiori which was passed on to Aldo Fabrizi. The story was re-written by Girolami and Federico Fellini and directed by Mario Bonnard, which led to Girolami working in film. He debuted as an actor in 1940, and became an assistant director for Mario Soldati, Marcello Marchesi, Vittorio Metz. In 1949 he debuted as a director with La strada buia, a variation on the film Fugitive Lady. He pursued his career as film director with several musical comedies and melodramas. Film historian and critic Roberto Curti described Girolami as one of Italy's most prolific genre directors, directing 78 films in three decades. Girolami worked in several genres and trends such as the Western with Between God, the Devil and a Winchester, the crime film (Violent Rome) and horror with Zombie Holocaust. Girolami also made hardcore pornography such as Sesso profondo.

Known For

Filmography

1982
Giggi il bullo poster

Giggi il bullo

Movie · Director

1982
Desirable Teacher 2 poster

Desirable Teacher 2

Movie · Director

1981
Desirable Teacher poster

Desirable Teacher

Movie · Director

1981
L'esercito più pazzo del mondo poster

L'esercito più pazzo del mondo

Movie · Director

1980
College Girl on Vacation poster

College Girl on Vacation

Movie · Director

1980
Doctor Butcher M.D. poster

Doctor Butcher M.D.

Movie · Director

1980
Flying Sex poster

Flying Sex

Movie · Director

1979
Where Can You Go Without the Little Vice? poster

Where Can You Go Without the Little Vice?

Movie · Director

1978
Nude Odeon poster

Nude Odeon

Movie · Director

1977
Kakkientruppen poster

Kakkientruppen

Movie · Director

1976
Rome, the Other Face of Violence poster

Rome, the Other Face of Violence

Movie · Director

1976
A Special Cop in Action poster

A Special Cop in Action

Movie · Director

1976
Friends More Than Before poster

Friends More Than Before

Movie · Director

1975
Violent Rome poster

Violent Rome

Movie · Director

1975
Lover Boy poster

Lover Boy

Movie · Director

1975
Valentina... The Virgin Wife poster

Valentina... The Virgin Wife

Movie · Director

1975
The Slight poster

The Slight

Movie · Director

1974
4 Crazy Draftees at the Army poster

4 Crazy Draftees at the Army

Movie · Director

1973
What the Chambermaid Saw poster

What the Chambermaid Saw

Movie · Director

1972
Sexy Sinners poster

Sexy Sinners

Movie · Director

1971
African Story poster

African Story

Movie · Director

1970
Reverend's Colt poster

Reverend's Colt

Movie · Director

1970
Don Franco and Don Ciccio in a Year of Protest poster

Don Franco and Don Ciccio in a Year of Protest

Movie · Director

1969
Raptus poster

Raptus

Movie · Director

1968
Between God, The Devil and a Winchester poster

Between God, The Devil and a Winchester

Movie · Director

1968
Franco, Ciccio and the Cheerful Widows poster

Franco, Ciccio and the Cheerful Widows

Movie · Director

1968
The Two Magnificent Fresconi poster

The Two Magnificent Fresconi

Movie · Director

1967
Two R-R-Ringos from Texas poster

Two R-R-Ringos from Texas

Movie · Director

1967
Granada, addio! poster

Granada, addio!

Movie · Director

1966
7 Golden Monks poster

7 Golden Monks

Movie · Director

1966
Spiaggia libera poster

Spiaggia libera

Movie · Director

1965
Veneri in collegio poster

Veneri in collegio

Movie · Director

1964
Bullet in the Flesh poster

Bullet in the Flesh

Movie · Director

1964
Le tardone poster

Le tardone

Movie · Director

1964
Badmen of the West poster

Badmen of the West

Movie · Director

1964
Venus in the Sun poster

Venus in the Sun

Movie · Director

1964
These Mad, Mad Women poster

These Mad, Mad Women

Movie · Director

1963
Le motorizzate poster

Le motorizzate

Movie · Director

1963
La donna degli altri è sempre più bella poster

La donna degli altri è sempre più bella

Movie · Director

1963
Siamo tutti pomicioni poster

Siamo tutti pomicioni

Movie · Director

1962
Twist, lolite e vitelloni poster

Twist, lolite e vitelloni

Movie · Director

1962
Il medico delle donne poster

Il medico delle donne

Movie · Director

1962
Gli italiani e le donne poster

Gli italiani e le donne

Movie · Director

1962
The Fury of Achilles poster

The Fury of Achilles

Movie · Director

1962
L'assassino si chiama Pompeo poster

L'assassino si chiama Pompeo

Movie · Director

1961
La ragazza sotto il lenzuolo poster

La ragazza sotto il lenzuolo

Movie · Director

1961
Le magnifiche 7 poster

Le magnifiche 7

Movie · Director

1961
Scandali al mare poster

Scandali al mare

Movie · Director

1961
Un figlio d'oggi poster

Un figlio d'oggi

Movie · Director

1961
Walter e i Suoi Cugini poster

Walter e i Suoi Cugini

Movie · Director

1960
Ferragosto in Bikini poster

Ferragosto in Bikini

Movie · Director

1960
Caccia al marito poster

Caccia al marito

Movie · Director

1960
My Pal, Dr. Jekyll poster

My Pal, Dr. Jekyll

Movie · Director

1959
Quanto sei bella Roma poster

Quanto sei bella Roma

Movie · Director

1959
Un canto nel deserto poster

Un canto nel deserto

Movie · Director

1959
Quel tesoro di papà poster

Quel tesoro di papà

Movie · Director

1958
Il romanzo di un giovane povero poster

Il romanzo di un giovane povero

Movie · Director

1958
Quando gli angeli piangono poster

Quando gli angeli piangono

Movie · Director

1957
La canzone del destino poster

La canzone del destino

Movie · Director

1957
There Is a Path in the Sky poster

There Is a Path in the Sky

Movie · Director

1957
Serenate per 16 bionde poster

Serenate per 16 bionde

Movie · Director

1957
Sette canzoni per sette sorelle poster

Sette canzoni per sette sorelle

Movie · Director

1957
Vivendo, cantando, che male ti fò? poster

Vivendo, cantando, che male ti fò?

Movie · Director

1957
Buongiorno primo amore! poster

Buongiorno primo amore!

Movie · Director

1956
Cantando sotto le stelle poster

Cantando sotto le stelle

Movie · Director

1955
La ragazza di Via Veneto poster

La ragazza di Via Veneto

Movie · Director

1955
Ore 10: lezione di canto poster

Ore 10: lezione di canto

Movie · Director

1954
I Sing for You poster

I Sing for You

Movie · Director

1954
Il cantante misterioso poster

Il cantante misterioso

Movie · Director

1953
Lasciateci in pace poster

Lasciateci in pace

Movie · Director

1953
Era lei che lo voleva! poster

Era lei che lo voleva!

Movie · Director

1953
Riscatto - Tu sei il mio giudice poster

Riscatto - Tu sei il mio giudice

Movie · Director

1952
Poppy poster

Poppy

Movie · Co-Director

1952
Noi due soli poster

Noi due soli

Movie · Director

1951
Il mago per forza poster

Il mago per forza

Movie · Co-Director

1951
Seven Hours of Troubles poster

Seven Hours of Troubles

Movie · Co-Director

1951
It's Him!... Yes! Yes! poster

It's Him!... Yes! Yes!

Movie · Co-Director

1951
City of Violence poster

City of Violence

Movie · Director

1951
Milano miliardaria poster

Milano miliardaria

Movie · Director

1950
Miss Italia poster

Miss Italia

Movie · First Assistant Director

1950
Her Favourite Husband poster

Her Favourite Husband

Movie · First Assistant Director

1950
I'm in the Revue poster

I'm in the Revue

Movie · Assistant Director

1950
The Thief of Venice poster

The Thief of Venice

Movie · Assistant Director

1950
Fugitive Lady poster

Fugitive Lady

Movie · Director

1948
Under the Sun of Rome poster

Under the Sun of Rome

Movie · First Assistant Director

1948
Escape to France poster

Escape to France

Movie · Second Assistant Director

1946
Eugenia Grandet poster

Eugenia Grandet

Movie · Assistant Director

1945
The Misery of Mr. Travet poster

The Misery of Mr. Travet

Movie · First Assistant Director

1945
In High Places poster

In High Places

Movie · Assistant Director