Umberto Lenzi
Directing·August 6, 1931·† October 19, 2017 — 86 years old·Massa Marittima, Grosseto, Italy
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).
Known For
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2026Dolce e perverso: Umberto Lenzi e il suo cinemaSelf2024Deodato vs Lenziself2019All the Colors of GialloSelf - Director (archive footage)2018All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation TitanHimself2017Meet the Maker: Umberto Lenzi on Almost HumanHimself2016Mondo Cannibale2016Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies2016Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the GialloSelf2016Armed to the Teeth... Again2015Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film2013I TarantinianiSelf2012German GruselSelf2008Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1Self2005Like a Beast... AlmostHimself2003Italian Kings Of BSelf1992Mean TricksDirector1991Hunt for the Golden ScorpionDirector · Screenstory1991Black DemonsDirector · Story · Camera Operator1991Detective MaloneDirector1990Cop TargetCard Player in Casino · Director1989The Hell's GateDirector · Story · Writer1989Nightmare BeachDirector · Story · Screenplay · Technical Advisor1989Hitcher in the DarkDirector · Screenstory1989The House of Lost SoulsDirector · Screenplay · Story1989The House of WitchcraftDirector · Writer1988Primal RageWriter1988GhosthouseDirector · Story1988StrikerWriter1987WartimeDirector · Screenplay · Screenstory1986Bridge to HellDirector · Screenplay · Screenstory1985Wild TeamDirector1983IronmasterDirector1982Fatty Girl Goes to New YorkDirector1982Daughter of the JungleDirector1982Pierino the Pest to the RescueDirector1981Cannibal FeroxDirector · Story · Screenplay1980Nightmare CityReporter (uncredited) · Director1980Eaten Alive!Director · Screenplay · Story1979Scusi, lei è normale?Director · Story · Screenplay1979From Corleone to BrooklynDirector · Screenplay · Story1979From Hell to VictoryDirector · Story1978The Biggest BattleDirector · Screenplay · Story1977Brothers Till We DieDirector · Story · Screenplay1977The Cynic, the Rat & the FistDirector · Screenplay1976Death RageProducer1976Rome, Armed to the TeethDirector · Story1976Free Hand for a Tough CopDirector · Writer1976Violent NaplesDirector1975Syndicate SadistsDirector1975Manhunt in the CityDirector · Story · Screenplay1975The Killer Must Kill AgainProducer1975EyeballDirector · Screenplay · Story1974Almost HumanDirector1974SpasmoDirector · Screenplay1973Gang War in MilanDirector · Screenplay1972Knife of IceDirector · Screenplay1972Man from Deep RiverDirector1972Seven Blood-Stained OrchidsDirector · Screenplay · Story1971Oasis of FearDirector · Writer1970A Quiet Place to KillDirector1969So Sweet... So PerverseDirector1969Battle of the CommandosDirector1969Tarzan in the Golden GrottoScreenplay1969ParanoiaDirector · Writer1968A Gun for One Hundred GravesDirector · Screenplay1968Son of Black EagleStory1968Go For BrokeDirector1967Desert CommandosDirector · Screenplay · Story1966KriminalDirector · Screenplay1966A Million Dollars for 7 MurdersDirector · Screenplay1966The Spy Who Loved FlowersDirector · Screenplay · Screenstory1965SuperSeven Calling CairoDirector · Novel1965008: Operation ExterminateDirector · Screenplay · Story1965Temple of a Thousand LightsDirector1964Three Sergeants of BengalDirector · Story1964The Pirates of MalaysiaDirector1964Messalina Against the Son of HerculesDirector1964Temple of the White ElephantDirector · Screenplay · Screenstory1963Sandokan the GreatDirector · Writer1963Samson and the Slave QueenDirector · Story · Screenplay1963Slave Girls of ShebaScreenplay · Story1963The Invincible Masked RiderDirector · Screenplay1963Catherine of RussiaDirector · Story · Screenplay1962The Triumph of Robin HoodDirector1962Duel of FireDirector1961The Adventures of Mary ReadDirector1961I Kiss... You KissFirst Assistant Director1961Guns of the Black WitchFirst Assistant Director1961Constantine and the CrossFirst Assistant Director1959Ragazzi di TrastevereDirector · Script · Story1958Love and Chatter1958An Italian in GreeceDirector · Writer · Editor