Marino Girolami

Directing·Feb 1, 1914·Rome, Italy

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Marino Girolami (1 February 1914 – 20 February 1994) was an Italian film director and actor. Marino Giorlami was born on 1 February 1914 in Rome, Italy. Formally a professional boxer, Girolami ended his boxing career when he was 20. Following this, he got a degree as a physical therapist and opened a gym which specialized in therapeutic massages. Girolami entered into Italy Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Among the people Girolami met was Anna Magnani who took her son Luca to meet him which led to close relationship between them. Girolami gave her the script he had been working on of Campo de'fiori which was passed on to Aldo Fabrizi. The story was re-written by Girolami and Federico Fellini and directed by Mario Bonnard, which led to Girolami working in film. He debuted as an actor in 1940, and became an assistant director for Mario Soldati, Marcello Marchesi, Vittorio Metz. In 1949 he debuted as a director with La strada buia, a variation on the film Fugitive Lady. He pursued his career as film director with several musical comedies and melodramas. Film historian and critic Roberto Curti described Girolami as one of Italy's most prolific genre directors, directing 78 films in three decades. Girolami worked in several genres and trends such as the Western with Between God, the Devil and a Winchester, the crime film (Violent Rome) and horror with Zombie Holocaust. Girolami also made hardcore pornography such as Sesso profondo.

Film	Credit
Giggi il bullo1982 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Desirable Teacher 21982 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
L'esercito più pazzo del mondo1981 · Director	Director
Desirable Teacher1981 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
College Girl on Vacation1980 · Director	Director
Doctor Butcher M.D.1980 · Director	Director
Flying Sex1980 · Director	Director
Where Can You Go Without the Little Vice?1979 · Director	Director
Nude Odeon1978 · Director	Director
Kakkientruppen1977 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer	Director, Director of Photography, Writer
A Special Cop in Action1976 · Director	Director
Rome, the Other Face of Violence1976 · Director	Director
Friends More Than Before1976 · Director	Director
Violent Rome1975 · Director	Director
Valentina... The Virgin Wife1975 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Lover Boy1975 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Slight1975 · Director	Director
4 Crazy Draftees at the Army1974 · Director	Director
What the Chambermaid Saw1973 · Director	Director
Sexy Sinners1972 · Director	Director
African Story1971 · Director	Director
The Feast of Satan1971 · Writer	Writer
Reverend's Colt1970 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Don Franco and Don Ciccio in a Year of Protest1970 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Raptus1969 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Two Magnificent Fresconi1968 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Between God, The Devil and a Winchester1968 · Director	Director
One by One1968 · Writer	Writer
Franco, Ciccio and the Cheerful Widows1968 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Granada, addio!1967 · Director	Director
Two R-R-Ringos from Texas1967 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Tall, The Short, The Cat1967 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Payment in Blood1967 · Producer	Producer
A Few Dollars for Django1966 · Producer	Producer
7 Golden Monks1966 · Director	Director
Spiaggia libera1966 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Veneri in collegio1965 · Director	Director
Bullet in the Flesh1964 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Venus in the Sun1964 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
These Mad, Mad Women1964 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Le tardone1964 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Badmen of the West1964 · Director	Director
Siamo tutti pomicioni1963 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Le motorizzate1963 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
La donna degli altri è sempre più bella1963 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Gli italiani e le donne1962 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
The Fury of Achilles1962 · Director	Director
Twist, lolite e vitelloni1962 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director