Umberto Lenzi

Known For: Directing
Born: August 6, 1931
Place of Birth: Massa Marittima, Grosseto, Italy
Died: October 19, 2017

Umberto Lenzi

Umberto Lenzi (August 6, 1931—October 19, 2017) was an Italian film director who was very active in low budget crime films, peplums, Eurospy films, spaghetti westerns, Macaroni Combat movies, cannibal films and giallo murder mysteries (in addition to writing many of the screenplays himself).

Filmography

Dolce e perverso: Umberto Lenzi e il suo cinema

2026 · Self

Deodato vs Lenzi

Deodato vs Lenzi

2024 · self

All the Colors of Giallo

2019 · Self - Director (archive footage)

All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation Titan

2018 · Himself

Meet the Maker: Umberto Lenzi on Almost Human

2017 · Himself

Mondo Cannibale

Mondo Cannibale

2016

Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies

2016

Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo

2016 · Self

Armed to the Teeth... Again

Armed to the Teeth... Again

2016

Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film

2015

I Tarantiniani

2013 · Self

German Grusel

2012 · Self

Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

2008 · Self

Like a Beast... Almost

2005 · Himself

Italian Kings Of B

2003 · Self

Mean Tricks

1992 · Director

Hunt for the Golden Scorpion

1991 · Director, Screenstory

Black Demons

1991 · Director, Story, Camera Operator

Detective Malone

1991 · Director

Cop Target

1990 · Card Player in Casino, Director

The Hell's Gate

1989 · Director, Story, Writer

Nightmare Beach

1989 · Director, Story, Screenplay, Technical Advisor

Hitcher in the Dark

1989 · Director, Screenstory

The House of Lost Souls

1989 · Director, Screenplay, Story

The House of Witchcraft

1989 · Director, Writer

Primal Rage

1988 · Writer

Ghosthouse

1988 · Director, Story

Striker

1988 · Writer

Wartime

1987 · Director, Screenplay, Screenstory

Bridge to Hell

1986 · Director, Screenplay, Screenstory

Wild Team

1985 · Director

Ironmaster

1983 · Director

Fatty Girl Goes to New York

1982 · Director

Daughter of the Jungle

1982 · Director

Pierino the Pest to the Rescue

1982 · Director

Cannibal Ferox

1981 · Director, Story, Screenplay

Nightmare City

1980 · Reporter (uncredited), Director

Eaten Alive!

1980 · Director, Screenplay, Story

Scusi, lei è normale?

1979 · Director, Story, Screenplay

From Corleone to Brooklyn

1979 · Director, Screenplay, Story

From Hell to Victory

1979 · Director, Story

The Biggest Battle

1978 · Director, Screenplay, Story

Brothers Till We Die

1977 · Director, Story, Screenplay

The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist

1977 · Director, Screenplay

Death Rage

1976 · Producer

Rome, Armed to the Teeth

1976 · Director, Story

Free Hand for a Tough Cop

1976 · Director, Writer

Violent Naples

1976 · Director

Syndicate Sadists

1975 · Director

Manhunt in the City

1975 · Director, Story, Screenplay

The Killer Must Kill Again

1975 · Producer

Eyeball

1975 · Director, Screenplay, Story

Almost Human

1974 · Director

Spasmo

1974 · Director, Screenplay

Gang War in Milan

1973 · Director, Screenplay

Knife of Ice

1972 · Director, Screenplay

Man from Deep River

1972 · Director

Seven Blood-Stained Orchids

1972 · Director, Screenplay, Story

Oasis of Fear

1971 · Director, Writer

A Quiet Place to Kill

1970 · Director

So Sweet... So Perverse

1969 · Director

Battle of the Commandos

1969 · Director

Tarzan in the Golden Grotto

1969 · Screenplay

Paranoia

1969 · Director, Writer

A Gun for One Hundred Graves

1968 · Director, Screenplay

Son of Black Eagle

1968 · Story

Go For Broke

1968 · Director

Desert Commandos

1967 · Director, Screenplay, Story

Kriminal

1966 · Director, Screenplay

A Million Dollars for 7 Murders

1966 · Director, Screenplay

The Spy Who Loved Flowers

1966 · Director, Screenplay, Screenstory

SuperSeven Calling Cairo

1965 · Director, Novel

008: Operation Exterminate

1965 · Director, Screenplay, Story

Temple of a Thousand Lights

1965 · Director

Three Sergeants of Bengal

1964 · Director, Story

The Pirates of Malaysia

1964 · Director

Messalina Against the Son of Hercules

1964 · Director

Temple of the White Elephant

1964 · Director, Screenplay, Screenstory

Sandokan the Great

1963 · Director, Writer

Samson and the Slave Queen

1963 · Director, Story, Screenplay

Slave Girls of Sheba

1963 · Screenplay, Story

The Invincible Masked Rider

1963 · Director, Screenplay

Catherine of Russia

1963 · Director, Story, Screenplay

The Triumph of Robin Hood

1962 · Director

Duel of Fire

1962 · Director

The Adventures of Mary Read

1961 · Director

I Kiss... You Kiss

1961 · First Assistant Director

Guns of the Black Witch

1961 · First Assistant Director

Constantine and the Cross

1961 · First Assistant Director

Ragazzi di Trastevere

1959 · Director, Script, Story

Love and Chatter

1958

An Italian in Greece

1958 · Director, Writer, Editor

Umberto Lenzi · Virelixia