Alberto De Martino (12 June 1929 – 2 June 2015) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, De Martino started as a child actor and later returned to the cinema where worked as a screenwriter, director and dubbing supervisor. De Martino's films as a director specialised in wellcrafted knock-offs of Hollywood hit films. These films were specifically created films in Western, horror and mythology genres which were developed for the international market. The Telegraph stated that his best known of these film was probably The Antichrist. The Antichrist capitalized on the box-office appeal of The Exorcist (1973) and in its first week in the United States earned a greater box office than Jaws. Horror film fans also remember him for The Blancheville Monster, Blood Link, Formula for a Murder, Medusa vs the Son of Hercules and Holocaust 2000.

Biography

Diplômé en droit, Alberto De Martino se rapproche du monde du cinéma comme figurant puis comme jeune acteur. Il passe de l'autre côté de la caméra comme aide réalisateur et travaille sur des documentaires. À partir du milieu des années 1950, il travaille à de nombreuses productions comme scénariste ou assistant au doublage.

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