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Luca Damiano

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Luca Damiano
Born
Franco Lo Cascio

(1946-08-29)29 August 1946(age 78)
Rome
NationalityItalian
OccupationFilm director
Notable workAh sì? E io lo dico a Zzzzorro!

Luca Damiano(bornFranco Lo Cascio;29 August 1946) is an Italianfilm director.

Born in Rome, Lo Cascio started his career as the assistant director ofFernando Di Leoin almost all the films he directed between 1967 and 1974.[1][2]In 1974, he made his directorial debut with the parody filmPiedino il questurinostarringFranco Franchi.[2]

After having directed a number of comedies and the supernatural thrillerUn urlo dalle tenebrein 1976, Lo Cascio withdrew from directing to focus on his distribution company "Patrizia Cinematografica" he founded together with Diego Spadaro.[2]In 1984, he adopted his stage name Luca Damiano and directed and produced numerouspornographicfilms.[2]

Awards and nominations

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  • 2000FICEBNinfa Awardwinner– Lifetime Achievement Award[3]
  • 2001 FICEB Ninfa Awardwinner– Special Jury Award[4]

Partial filmography

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  • Piedino il questurino(1974)
  • Un urlo dalle tenebre(1975)
  • Mark of Zorro(1975)
  • Sesso allo specchio(1981)
  • Erotic Adventures of Red Riding Hood(1986)
  • La Signora dell'Oriente Express(1989)
  • Il Marchese de Sade – Oltre ogni perversione(1994)
  • Ladri gentiluomini – Donne, gioielli... e culi belli(1994)
  • The Erotic Adventures of Marco Polo(1994)
  • The Erotic Adventures of Aladdin X(1994)
  • Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia(1995)
  • Snow White & 7 Dwarfs(1995)
  • War Games(1996)
  • Napoleon(1996)
  • Orient Express(1996)
  • The Princess, the Bodyguard and the Stripper(1996)
  • C'era una volta il... bordello(1997)
  • Rock Erotic Picture Show(1997)
  • Don Juan(1998)
  • Paolina Borghese ninfomane imperiale(1998)
  • Snow White... Ten Years Later(1999)
  • Penocchio(2002)

References

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  1. ^Marco Giusti (2007).Dizionario del western all'italiana.Mondadori. p. 639.ISBN978-8804572770.
  2. ^abcdRoberto Poppi.I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri.Gremese Editore, 2002. pp. 244–245.ISBN8884401712.
  3. ^"FICEB 2000 Awards".9 June 2007. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007.Retrieved5 May2014.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^"2001 FICEB Award Nominees & Winners".Archived fromthe originalon 9 June 2007.Retrieved21 December2014.
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