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Giuseppe Vari

Italian film director, editor and screenwriter

Giuseppe Vari
Born	(1924-03-09)9 March 1924 Segni
Died	1 October 1993(1993-10-01) (aged 69) Rome
Occupation	film director

Giuseppe Vari (9 March 1924 – 1 October 1993) was an Italian film director, editor and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in Segni, Rome, Vari started his career as an editor of films and documentaries, collaborating among others with Federico Fellini, Damiano Damiani and Giorgio Simonelli.^[1]^[2] In 1953 he made his directorial debut with Infame accusa, then specialized in melodramatic films.^[1]^[2] From the early sixties he focused on genre films, especially Spaghetti Westerns, sometimes being credited as Joseph Warren.^[1]^[2]

Filmography

Director

Infame accusa, (also screenwriter, 1953)
Due lacrime, (1954)
Mamma, perdonami!, (1954)
Vendicata!, (1955)
Addio sogni di gloria, (also screenwriter, 1955)
Il ricatto di un padre, (also screenwriter, 1957)
Giovane canaglia, (also screenwriter, 1958)
Spavaldi e innamorati, (1959)
Revenge of the Barbarians, (1960)
I normanni, (1962)
Canzoni in... bikini, (1963)
Rome Against Rome, (1964)
Degueyo, (also screenwriter, 1966) - under the name of Joseph Warren
Poker with Pistols, (1967) - under the name of Joseph Warren
Death Rides Along, (1967) - under the name of Joseph Warren
L'ultimo killer, (also editor, 1967) - under the name of Joseph Warren
Un buco in fronte, (also editor, 1968) - under the name of Joseph Warren
Un posto all'inferno, (also editor, 1969) - under the name of Joseph Warren
Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead, (also editor, 1971) - under the name of Joseph Warren
Il 13º è sempre Giuda, (also screenwriter, 1971) - under the name of Joseph Warren
Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?, (1972) - under the name of Joseph Warren
Beffe, licenzie et amori del Decamerone segreto, (1972) - under the name of Walter Pisani
La padrina, (1973) - under the name of Al Pisani
Metti... che ti rompo il muso, (1973)
Il lupo dei mari, (1975) - under the name of Joseph Green
Suor Emanuelle, (also editor, 1977) - under the name of Joseph Warren
Ritornano quelli della calibro 38, (also screenwriter and editor, 1977)
Urban Warriors, (1987) - under the name of Joseph Warren

Screenwriter

L'attico, directed by Gianni Puccini (1962)

Film Editor

Il vento mi ha cantato una canzone, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque (1947)
Accidenti alla guerra!..., directed by Giorgio Simonelli (1948)
Amori e veleni, directed by Giorgio Simonelli (1949)
The Transporter, directed by Giorgio Simonelli (1950)
The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue, directed by Paolo W. Tamburella (1951)
La peccatrice dell'isola, directed by Sergio Corbucci (1952)
Il Bidone, directed by Federico Fellini (1955)
The Reunion, directed by Damiano Damiani (1963)
Quella dannata pattuglia, directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero (1969)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002.
^ ^a ^b ^c Giusti, Marco (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 978-88-04-57277-0.