Umberto Lenzi

Biography

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).

Most Famous Work

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Cannibal Ferox

(1981) Screenplay

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Eaten Alive!

(1980) Story

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Nightmare City

(1980) Director

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Almost Human

(1974) Director

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Desert Commandos

(1967) Story

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Death Rage

(1976) Producer

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The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist

(1977) Screenplay

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Sandokan the Great

(1963) Writer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2019	Self - Director (archive footage)	All the Colors of Giallo 2019-01-29 Movie
2018	Himself	All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation Titan 2018-08-27 Movie
2017	Himself	Meet the Maker: Umberto Lenzi on Almost Human 2017-04-24 Movie
2016	N/A	Mondo Cannibale 2016-11-29 Movie
	N/A	Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies 2016-03-01 Movie
	Himself	Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo 2016-02-23 Movie
	N/A	Armed to the Teeth... Again 2016-01-01 Movie
2013	Self	I Tarantiniani 2013-02-21 Movie
2012	Himself	German Grusel 2012-11-16 Movie
2008	Self	Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 2008-03-06 Movie
2005	Himself	Like a Beast... Almost 2005-07-26 Movie
2003	Self	Italian Kings Of B 2003-01-01 Movie
1990	Card Player in Casino	Cop Target 1990-01-01 Movie
1980	Reporter (uncredited)	Nightmare City 1980-12-11 Movie
1958	N/A	Love and Chatter 1958-01-31 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1992	Director	Mean Tricks 1992-07-17 Movie
1991	Director	Hunt for the Golden Scorpion 1991-03-01 Movie
	Director	Black Demons 1991-01-05 Movie
	Director	Detective Malone 1991-01-01 Movie
1990	Director	Cop Target 1990-01-01 Movie
1989	Director	Nightmare Beach 1989-09-01 Movie
	Director	Hitcher in the Dark 1989-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Hell's Gate 1989-01-01 Movie
	Director	The House of Lost Souls 1989-01-01 Movie
	Director	The House of Witchcraft 1989-01-01 Movie
1988	Director	Ghosthouse 1988-05-21 Movie
1987	Director	Wartime 1987-08-26 Movie
1986	Director	Bridge to Hell 1986-01-01 Movie
1985	Director	Wild Team 1985-06-01 Movie
1983	Director	Ironmaster 1983-03-10 Movie
1982	Director	Cicciabomba 1982-11-28 Movie
	Director	Daughter of the Jungle 1982-08-14 Movie
	Director	Pierino the Pest to the Rescue 1982-01-09 Movie
1981	Director	Cannibal Ferox 1981-04-24 Movie
1980	Director	Nightmare City 1980-12-11 Movie
	Director	Eaten Alive! 1980-03-19 Movie
1979	Director	Scusi, lei è normale? 1979-11-16 Movie
	Director	From Corleone to Brooklyn 1979-04-13 Movie
	Director	From Hell to Victory 1979-03-15 Movie
1978	Director	The Biggest Battle 1978-02-07 Movie
1977	Director	Brothers Till We Die 1977-08-18 Movie
	Director	The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist 1977-02-03 Movie
1976	Director	Rome, Armed to the Teeth 1976-10-10 Movie
	Director	Free Hand for a Tough Cop 1976-08-27 Movie
	Director	Violent Naples 1976-08-07 Movie
1975	Director	Syndicate Sadists 1975-08-16 Movie
	Director	Manhunt in the City 1975-05-08 Movie
	Director	Eyeball 1975-01-24 Movie
1974	Director	Almost Human 1974-08-08 Movie
	Director	Spasmo 1974-02-16 Movie
1973	Director	Gang War in Milan 1973-02-21 Movie
1972	Director	Knife of Ice 1972-08-24 Movie
	Director	Man from Deep River 1972-08-07 Movie
	Director	Seven Blood-Stained Orchids 1972-02-24 Movie
1971	Director	Oasis of Fear 1971-08-18 Movie
1970	Director	A Quiet Place to Kill 1970-02-20 Movie
1969	Director	So Sweet... So Perverse 1969-10-31 Movie
	Director	Battle of the Commandos 1969-08-12 Movie
	Director	Paranoia 1969-02-07 Movie
1968	Director	A Gun for One Hundred Graves 1968-08-24 Movie
	Director	Go For Broke 1968-03-27 Movie
1967	Director	Desert Commandos 1967-09-01 Movie
1966	Director	Kriminal 1966-12-23 Movie
	Director	A Million Dollars for 7 Murders 1966-11-18 Movie
	Director	The Spy Who Loved Flowers 1966-08-12 Movie
1965	Director	SuperSeven Calling Cairo 1965-12-30 Movie
	Director	008: Operation Exterminate 1965-09-03 Movie
	Director	Temple of a Thousand Lights 1965-01-16 Movie
1964	Director	Three Sergeants of Bengal 1964-12-29 Movie
	Director	The Pirates of Malaysia 1964-10-16 Movie
	Director	Messalina Against the Son of Hercules 1964-06-27 Movie
	Director	Temple of the White Elephant 1964-03-28 Movie
1963	Director	Sandokan the Great 1963-11-19 Movie
	Director	Samson and the Slave Queen 1963-08-23 Movie
	Director	The Invincible Masked Rider 1963-03-29 Movie
	Director	Catherine of Russia 1963-01-12 Movie
1962	Director	The Triumph of Robin Hood 1962-09-14 Movie
	Director	Duel of Fire 1962-04-21 Movie
1961	Director	Queen of the Seas 1961-12-01 Movie
	First Assistant Director	I Kiss... You Kiss 1961-03-09 Movie
	First Assistant Director	Guns of the Black Witch 1961-02-24 Movie
1958	Director	An Italian in Greece 1958-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1991	Screenstory	Hunt for the Golden Scorpion 1991-03-01 Movie
	Story	Black Demons 1991-01-05 Movie
1989	Story	Nightmare Beach 1989-09-01 Movie
	Screenplay	Nightmare Beach 1989-09-01 Movie
	Screenplay	The House of Lost Souls 1989-01-01 Movie
	Story	The House of Lost Souls 1989-01-01 Movie
	Writer	The House of Witchcraft 1989-01-01 Movie
	Screenstory	Hitcher in the Dark 1989-01-01 Movie
1988	Writer	Primal Rage 1988-12-01 Movie
	Story	Ghosthouse 1988-05-21 Movie
1987	Screenplay	Wartime 1987-08-26 Movie
	Screenstory	Wartime 1987-08-26 Movie
	Writer	Striker 1987-01-01 Movie
1986	Screenstory	Bridge to Hell 1986-01-01 Movie
	Screenplay	Bridge to Hell 1986-01-01 Movie
1981	Story	Cannibal Ferox 1981-04-24 Movie
	Screenplay	Cannibal Ferox 1981-04-24 Movie
1980	Screenplay	Eaten Alive! 1980-03-19 Movie
	Story	Eaten Alive! 1980-03-19 Movie
1979	Story	Scusi, lei è normale? 1979-11-16 Movie
	Screenplay	Scusi, lei è normale? 1979-11-16 Movie
	Story	From Corleone to Brooklyn 1979-04-13 Movie
	Screenplay	From Corleone to Brooklyn 1979-04-13 Movie
	Story	From Hell to Victory 1979-03-15 Movie
1978	Screenplay	The Biggest Battle 1978-02-07 Movie
	Story	The Biggest Battle 1978-02-07 Movie
1977	Story	Brothers Till We Die 1977-08-18 Movie
	Screenplay	Brothers Till We Die 1977-08-18 Movie
	Screenplay	The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist 1977-02-03 Movie
1976	Story	Rome, Armed to the Teeth 1976-10-10 Movie
	Writer	Free Hand for a Tough Cop 1976-08-27 Movie
1975	Story	Manhunt in the City 1975-05-08 Movie
	Screenplay	Manhunt in the City 1975-05-08 Movie
	Story	Eyeball 1975-01-24 Movie
	Screenplay	Eyeball 1975-01-24 Movie
1974	Screenplay	Spasmo 1974-02-16 Movie
1973	Screenplay	Gang War in Milan 1973-02-21 Movie
1972	Screenplay	Knife of Ice 1972-08-24 Movie
	Story	Seven Blood-Stained Orchids 1972-02-24 Movie
	Screenplay	Seven Blood-Stained Orchids 1972-02-24 Movie
1971	Writer	Oasis of Fear 1971-08-18 Movie
1969	Screenplay	Tarzan in the Golden Grotto 1969-06-12 Movie
	Writer	Paranoia 1969-02-07 Movie
1968	Screenplay	A Gun for One Hundred Graves 1968-08-24 Movie
	Story	Son of Black Eagle 1968-08-23 Movie
1967	Screenplay	Desert Commandos 1967-09-01 Movie
	Story	Desert Commandos 1967-09-01 Movie
1966	Screenplay	Kriminal 1966-12-23 Movie
	Screenplay	A Million Dollars for 7 Murders 1966-11-18 Movie
	Screenplay	The Spy Who Loved Flowers 1966-08-12 Movie
	Screenstory	The Spy Who Loved Flowers 1966-08-12 Movie
1965	Novel	SuperSeven Calling Cairo 1965-12-30 Movie
	Screenplay	008: Operation Exterminate 1965-09-03 Movie
1964	Screenstory	Three Sergeants of Bengal 1964-12-29 Movie
	Screenplay	Temple of the White Elephant 1964-03-28 Movie
	Screenstory	Temple of the White Elephant 1964-03-28 Movie
1963	Writer	Sandokan the Great 1963-11-19 Movie
	Story	Samson and the Slave Queen 1963-08-23 Movie
	Screenplay	Samson and the Slave Queen 1963-08-23 Movie
	Screenplay	Slave Girls of Sheba 1963-05-24 Movie
	Story	Slave Girls of Sheba 1963-05-24 Movie
	Screenplay	The Invincible Masked Rider 1963-03-29 Movie
	Story	Catherine of Russia 1963-01-12 Movie
	Screenplay	Catherine of Russia 1963-01-12 Movie
1958	Writer	An Italian in Greece 1958-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1991	Camera Operator	Black Demons 1991-01-05 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1989	Technical Advisor	Nightmare Beach 1989-09-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1976	Producer	Death Rage 1976-10-22 Movie
1975	Producer	The Killer Must Kill Again 1975-03-07 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Editing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1958	Editor	An Italian in Greece 1958-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv