Person Details

Birthday:

Aliases: Fernando Cicero

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Asmara, Eritrea

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 39

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

Fernando Cicero, better known as Nando Cicero (22 January 1931 – 30 July 1995), was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. Born in Asmara, Cicero debuted as an actor, working with directors such as Luchino Visconti (Senso, 1953), Roberto Rossellini (Vanina Vanini, 1961), Francesco Rosi (Salvatore Giuliano, 1962) and Alberto Lattuada (The Steppe, 1962). He starred in eleven films between 1953 and 1962, always in supporting roles. After his directorial debut with Lo scippo he directed three Spaghetti Western films ( Professionals for a Massacre, Last of the Badmen, and Twice a Judas). From 1970 he focused on comedy genre, directing some parody films starred by Franco and Ciccio. Starting with The School Teacher Cicero established himself as one of the most important and successful directors of the commedia sexy all'italiana film genre. Following the decline of the genre, he retired in 1983; his last film was Paulo Roberto Cotechino, starring Alvaro Vitali and Carmen Russo.

Most Famous Work

The Nurse on a Military Tour
Average
5
The School Teacher
Average
6

The School Teacher

(1975) Director
Le Notti Bianche
Average
7

Le Notti Bianche

(1957) Second Assistant Director
Salvatore Giuliano
Average
7

Salvatore Giuliano

(1962) First Assistant Director
Hands over the City
Average
7

Hands over the City

(1963) First Assistant Director
The Lady Medic
Average
4

The Lady Medic

(1976) Writer
The Soldier with Great Maneuvers
Average
5
Long Live the Seal
Average
7

Long Live the Seal

(1982) Director

Acting

Directing

Writing


Join the discussion

Please Log in to comment