- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- February 24, 1909
- Place of Birth
- Alexandria, Egypt
- Died
- December 20, 1999
Riccardo Freda
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 rele…
Filmography
movieIl museo degli orrori di Dario Argento
2022 · self
Intervista a Riccardo Freda sul suo cinema
movieIntervista a Riccardo Freda sul suo cinema
2007
movieKino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co
2000 · Self
Un uomo solo: Incontro con Riccardo Freda
movieUn uomo solo: Incontro con Riccardo Freda
1998
movieThe World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors
1997 · Self
movieFor the Love of Nancy
1994 · Set Decoration
movieD'Artagnan's Daughter
1994 · Original Story
movieMy Name Is Kate
1994 · Set Decoration
movieOnce Around the Park
1989 · Ricardo, le réalisateur
movieMurder Obsession
1981 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
movieTragic Ceremony
1972 · Director
movieThe Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
1971 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
movieTamar Wife of Er
1971 · Director, Writer
movieDouble Face
1969 · Director, Screenplay
movieMexican Slayride
1967 · Director
movieDeath at Owell Rock
1967 · Director, Screenplay
movieTrap for the Assassin
1966 · Director
movieThe Exterminators
1965 · Director
movieThe Two Orphans
1965 · Director, Writer
movieThe Revenge of the Crusader
1964 · Producer, Story, Screenplay
movieRomeo e Giulietta
1964 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Magnificent Adventurer
1963 · Director
movieThe Ghost
1963 · Director, Writer
movieGold for the Caesars
1963 · Director
movieThe Seventh Sword
1962 · Director
movieAlone Against Rome
1962 · Second Unit Director
movieThe Horrible Dr. Hichcock
1962 · Director
movieThe Witch's Curse
1962 · Director
movieManhunt
1961 · Director
movieSamson and the 7 Miracles of the World
1961 · Director
movieThe Mongols
1961 · Director, Second Unit Director
movieThe Giants of Thessaly
1960 · Director, Screenplay
movieCaltiki, the Immortal Monster
1959 · Director, Writer
movieThe White Warrior
1959 · Director, Editor
movieSign of the Gladiator
1959 · Second Unit Director
movieLust of the Vampire
1957 · Il dottore (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
movieAmbush in Tangier
1957 · Director
movieCastle of the Banned Lovers
1956 · Director, Editor
movieFrom Here to the Inheritance
1955 · Director, Story, Writer
movieTheodora, Slave Empress
1954 · Director, Producer, Story, Screenplay
Mosaici a Ravenna, I
movieMosaici a Ravenna, I
1954 · Director, Writer
movieSins of Rome
1953 · Screenplay, Director
movieThe Legend of Piave
1952 · Director
movieRevenge of the Black Eagle
1951 · Director
movieDouble Cross
1951 · Director, Screenplay
movieVedi Napoli e poi muori
1951 · Director
Magia a prezzi modici
movieMagia a prezzi modici
1950 · Director, Writer
movieThe Son of d'Artagnan
1950 · Director
movieThe Iron Swordsman
1949 · Director
movieO Caçula do Barulho
1949 · Director, Writer
movieThe Mysterious Rider
1948 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieLes Misérables - Storm Over Paris
1948 · Director, Screenplay
movieLes Misérables
1948 · Director, Screenplay
movieGuarany
1948 · Director
L'astuto barone
movieL'astuto barone
1948 · Director
Tenori per forza
movieTenori per forza
1948 · Director
movieAquila Nera
1946 · Director, Screenplay
movieNon canto più
1945 · Writer, Director
movieTutta la città canta
1945 · Story, Screenplay, Director
movieL'abito nero da sposa
1945 · Screenplay
movieDon Cesare of Bazan
1942 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
movieSundown
1941 · Pilot (uncredited)
movieThe Adventuress from the Floor Above
1941 · Editor, Screenplay
movieCaravaggio, il pittore maledetto
1941 · Screenplay, Producer
Cento lettere d'amore
movieCento lettere d'amore
1940 · Story, Writer
movieIn campagna è caduta una stella
1939 · Screenplay, First Assistant Director
movieThe Little Adventurers
1939 · Il maestro, Editor, Screenplay
movieVoce senza volto
1939 · Writer
movieLa voce senza volto
1939 · Screenplay
movieFuochi d'artificio
1938 · Screenplay
Lasciate ogni speranza
movieLasciate ogni speranza
1937 · Screenplay