Riccardo Freda

Directing·Feb 24, 1909·Alexandria, Egypt

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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.

Film	Credit
Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento2022 · self	self
IIntervista a Riccardo Freda sul suo cinema2007 · Actor	Actor
Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co2000 · Self	Self
UUn uomo solo: Incontro con Riccardo Freda1998 · Actor	Actor
The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors1997 · Self	Self
Once Around the Park1989 · Ricardo, le réalisateur	Ricardo, le réalisateur
Murder Obsession1981 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tragic Ceremony1972 · Director	Director
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire1971 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tamar Wife of Er1971 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Double Face1969 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Mexican Slayride1967 · Director	Director
Death at Owell Rock1967 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Trap for the Assassin1966 · Director	Director
The Exterminators1965 · Director	Director
The Two Orphans1965 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Revenge of the Crusader1964 · Producer, Screenplay	Producer, Screenplay
Romeo e Giulietta1964 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Magnificent Adventurer1963 · Director	Director
The Ghost1963 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Gold for the Caesars1963 · Director	Director
The Seventh Sword1962 · Director	Director
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock1962 · Director	Director
The Witch's Curse1962 · Director	Director
Manhunt1961 · Director	Director
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World1961 · Director	Director
The Mongols1961 · Director	Director
The Giants of Thessaly1960 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster1959 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The White Warrior1959 · Director	Director
Lust of the Vampire1957 · Il dottore (uncredited), Director, Screenplay	Il dottore (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
Ambush in Tangier1957 · Director	Director
Castle of the Banned Lovers1956 · Director	Director
From Here to the Inheritance1955 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Theodora, Slave Empress1954 · Director, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Screenplay
MMosaici a Ravenna, I1954 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Sins of Rome1953 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
The Legend of Piave1952 · Director	Director
Revenge of the Black Eagle1951 · Director	Director
Double Cross1951 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Vedi Napoli e poi muori1951 · Director	Director
MMagia a prezzi modici1950 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Son of d'Artagnan1950 · Director	Director
The Iron Swordsman1949 · Director	Director
O Caçula do Barulho1949 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Mysterious Rider1948 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris1948 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Les Misérables1948 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay