Riccardo Freda
Directing
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 released internationally.
Known for
Directing51
movieMurder Obsession
1981
Director
movieTragic Ceremony
1972
Director
movieTamar Wife of Er
1971
Director
movieDouble Face
1969
Director
movieMexican Slayride
1967
Director
movieDeath at Owell Rock
1967
Director
movieTrap for the Assassin
1966
Director
movieThe Exterminators
1965
Director
movieThe Two Orphans
1965
Director
movieRomeo e Giulietta
1964
Director
movieThe Ghost
1963
Director
movieGold for the Caesars
1963
Director
movieThe Seventh Sword
1962
Director
movieAlone Against Rome
1962
Second Unit Director
movieThe Witch's Curse
1962
Director
movieManhunt
1961
Director
movieThe Mongols
1961
Director, Second Unit Director
movieThe Giants of Thessaly
1960
Director
movieThe White Warrior
1959
Director
movieSign of the Gladiator
1959
Second Unit Director
movieLust of the Vampire
1957
Director
movieAmbush in Tangier
1957
Director
movieTheodora, Slave Empress
1954
Director
movieSins of Rome
1953
Director
movieThe Legend of Piave
1952
Director
movieDouble Cross
1951
Director
movieVedi Napoli e poi muori
1951
Director
movieThe Son of d'Artagnan
1950
Director
movieThe Iron Swordsman
1949
Director
movieO Caçula do Barulho
1949
Director
movieThe Mysterious Rider
1948
Director
movieLes Misérables
1948
Director
movieGuarany
1948
Director
movieAquila Nera
1946
Director
movieNon canto più
1945
Director
movieTutta la città canta
1945
Director
movieDon Cesare of Bazan
1942
Director
movieIn campagna è caduta una stella
1939
First Assistant Director
Writing37
movieD'Artagnan's Daughter
1994
Original Story
movieMurder Obsession
1981
Screenplay
movieDouble Face
1969
Screenplay
movieDeath at Owell Rock
1967
Screenplay
movieThe Two Orphans
1965
Writer
movieThe Revenge of the Crusader
1964
Story, Screenplay
movieRomeo e Giulietta
1964
Screenplay
movieThe Ghost
1963
Writer
movieThe Giants of Thessaly
1960
Screenplay
movieLust of the Vampire
1957
Screenplay
movieFrom Here to the Inheritance
1955
Story, Writer
movieTheodora, Slave Empress
1954
Story, Screenplay
movieSins of Rome
1953
Screenplay
movieDouble Cross
1951
Screenplay
movieThe Mysterious Rider
1948
Story, Screenplay
movieLes Misérables
1948
Screenplay
movieAquila Nera
1946
Screenplay
movieNon canto più
1945
Writer
movieTutta la città canta
1945
Story, Screenplay
movieL'abito nero da sposa
1945
Screenplay
movieDon Cesare of Bazan
1942
Screenplay
Cento lettere d'amore
1940
Story, Writer
movieIn campagna è caduta una stella
1939
Screenplay
movieThe Little Adventurers
1939
Screenplay
movieLa voce senza volto
1939
Screenplay
movieFuochi d'artificio
1938
Screenplay
Acting9
movieOnce Around the Park
1989
Ricardo, le réalisateur
movieLust of the Vampire
1957
Il dottore (uncredited)
movieSundown
1941
Pilot (uncredited)
movieThe Little Adventurers
1939
Il maestro
Editing6
Production4
Art2
movieFor the Love of Nancy
1994
Set Decoration
movieMy Name Is Kate
1994
Set Decoration