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Bruno Mattei (30 July 1931 – 21 May 2007) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor who directed exploitation films in many genres, including women in prison, nunsploitation, zombie, mondo, cannibal, and Nazisploitation films. Born in 1931, Bruno Mattei grew up in Rome, Italy, where his father owned a small film editing studio. Mattei made his debut as a director with the drama Armida, il dramma di una sposa(1970) under the alias "Jordon B. Matthews". He eventually had more pseudonyms than any working director in the world. He returned to editing before making another comeback in 1976 with two low-budget Nazi exploitation films, Women's Camp 119 (1977) (aka "Women's Camp 119") and Casa privata per le SS (1977) (aka "SS Girls"). Mattei followed these taboo-breaking films with excursions into porno films and mondo "shockumentaries", all directed under his many pseudonyms, concentrating on "shock value" with films such as Mondo erotico (1973), "Libiodomania" and "Libidomania 2". Always on the lookout for new exploitation avenues, Mattei followed with "nunsploitation", with the softcore sex film La vera storia della monaca di Monza (1980) and the violent sex thriller The Other Hell (1981). Both films involved a partnership with writer/director Claudio Fragasso, who helped him write and direct the back-to-back productions. Using yet another alias, "Vincent Dawn", Mattei directed Hell of the Living Dead (1980) (aka "Hell of the Living Dead"), a low-budged zombie picture inspired by other zombie cannibal movies such as Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Lucio Fulci's Zombi 2 (1979). "Virus" was filmed in Spain and used jungle footage from New Guinea and a patch soundtrack from Goblins "Dawn of the Dead" soundtrack, which was a minor hit in Italy and abroad. After directing two women's prison films starring Laura Gemser, Mattei moved to directing sword-and-sorcery flicks, starting with I sette magnifici gladiatori (1983). Both Mattei and Fragasso collaborated on the sci-fi/horror flick Rats - Notte di terrore (1984), inspired by the futuristic movies of the early 1980s. Mattei considers this his best work, despite his still having to work with a very low budget. He worked relentlessly through the 1980s, directing a pair of "spaghetti westerns", some action flicks and about half of Zombi 3 (1988) after Lucio Fulci was taken off the production, though Mattei was not credited with it. In the early 1990s Mattei directed a series of erotic thrillers and a made-for-TV movie, Cruel Jaws (1995) (TV), which was inspired by Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975). Mattei continued making films, with more than 50 to his credit by the 200s. In early 2007 his health becan to decline rapidly after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Despite his doctor's warnings, he went through with a surgical operation to have the tumor removed in May of that year. After the surgery he fell into a coma from complications, and died a few days later on May 21, 2007 at age 75.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1931-07-30
- event Death Date 2007-05-21
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 8
- info Birth Place Rome, Lazio, Italy
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Bruno Mattei
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Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
2008-03-06
3.6
Zombies: The Beginning
2007-05-01
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The Films of Bruno Mattei
2016-11-26
5.1
Zombie Flesh Eaters 2
1988-06-01
5.4
Night of the Zombies
1980-11-17
5.2
Night Killer
1990-08-03
5
Legittima Vendetta
1995-01-01
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5
Count Dracula
1970-04-03
5
Night of the Zombies
1980-11-17
5
Caligula and Messalina
1981-12-17
5
Private House of the SS
1977-01-20
5
Violence in a Women's Prison
1982-09-09
5
Violence in a Women's Prison
1982-09-09
5
Devil Fish
1984-09-07
5
Black Velvet
1976-08-06
5
In the Land of the Cannibals
2004-05-20
5
Black Cobra
1976-08-04
5
Secrets of Women
2005-01-11
5
Women's Prison Massacre
1983-05-06
5
Shocking Dark
1989-03-17
5
The True Story of the Nun of Monza
1980-07-03
5
The Jail: The Women's Hell
2006-05-01
5
Rats: Night of Terror
1984-08-03
5
Night Killer
1990-08-03
5
The Tomb
2006-01-18
5
Cruel Jaws
1995-05-05
5
Zombie Flesh Eaters 2
1988-06-01
5
Tua per la vita
1955-10-04
5
Cop Game
1991-12-31
5
Strike Commando
1987-08-26
5
Strike Commando
1987-08-26
5
Double Target
1987-06-11
5
Double Target
1987-06-11
5
Killing Striptease
2002-09-25
5
Libidomania
1979-12-21
5
Island of the Living Dead
2007-05-01
5
Robowar
1988-01-01
5
Telephone Murder
1994-01-01
5
Zombies: The Beginning
2007-05-01
5
Uno storico pasticcio
1983-01-01
5
Cannibal World
2004-03-16
5
Cannibal World
2004-03-16
5
Snuff Trap
2004-03-16
5
Strike Commando 2
1988-08-17
5
The Other Hell
1981-01-22
5
The Other Hell
1981-01-22
5
Legittima Vendetta
1995-01-01
5
Legittima Vendetta
1995-01-01
5
The Seven Magnificent Gladiators
1983-07-31
5
White Apache
1987-08-26
5
Scalps
1987-10-14
5
Scalps
1987-10-14
5
Love Sacrifice
1976-05-19
5
Armida, il dramma di una sposa
1970-02-03
5
Cicciolina my love
1979-01-01
5
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2
1978-05-17
5
Sexy Night Report
1977-12-20
5
Nero and Poppea - An Orgy of Power
1982-03-18
5
Sesso Perverso, Mondo Violento
1980-06-25
5
Sortis de route
1988-01-01
5
Sortis de route
1988-01-01
5
Born to Fight
1989-07-17
5
Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun
1966-05-20
5
The Other Woman
2002-01-30
5
The Magnificent Tony Carrera
1969-01-01
5
Figaro, il barbiere di Siviglia
1955-07-29
5
Revenge of the Black Knight
1963-01-01
5
Rats: Night of Terror
1984-08-03
5
The Deserter
1970-06-01
5
The Dark Side of a Woman
2005-01-01
5
Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2
1978-05-17
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Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2
1978-05-17
5
Goldface, the Fantastic Superman
1967-12-22
5
The Violent Patriot
1956-09-14
5
The Seven Magnificent Gladiators
1983-07-31
5
Non è vero... ma ci credo!
1952-12-28
5
Mondo caldo di notte
1962-01-01
5
The Nights of Lucretia Borgia
1959-03-19
5
Women's Prison Massacre
1983-05-06
5
Three for One
1990-08-08
5
Venetian Caprice
2002-09-13
5
Venetian Caprice
2002-09-13
5
Venetian Caprice
2002-09-13
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Nero and Poppea - An Orgy of Power
1982-03-18
5
Snuff Trap
2004-03-16
5
Snuff Trap
2004-03-16
5
La collegiale
1975-01-01
5
Desire
1990-08-06
5
Dangerous Attraction
1993-01-01
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Sexy Night Report
1977-12-20
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Body and Soul
1997-07-22
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Body and Soul
1997-07-22
5
Sexy Night Report
1977-12-20
5
The Other Woman
2002-01-30
5
Killing Striptease
2002-09-25
5
Killing Striptease
2002-09-25
5
Love Sacrifice
1976-05-19
5
Snuff Trap
2004-03-16
5
Private House of the SS
1977-01-20
5
Nero and Poppea - An Orgy of Power
1982-03-18
5
Women's Camp 119
1977-03-18
5
Women's Camp 119
1977-03-18
5
Emanuelle and Françoise
1975-05-17
5
Lesbo
1969-06-20
5
Sortis de route
1988-01-01
5
Giovanna
1955-01-01
5
Island of the Living Dead
2007-05-01
5
Strike Commando
1987-08-26
5
Fellini dice...
2006-01-01
5
Cruel Jaws
1995-05-05
5
Cruel Jaws
1995-05-05
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Belle da morire 2
2005-09-21
5
Hanna D: The Girl from Vondel Park
1984-11-02
5
The Mighty Crusaders
1957-12-23
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Target Frankie
1967-08-10
5
La provinciale a lezione di sesso
1980-02-22
5
Zombie Flesh Eaters 2
1988-06-01
5
Telephone Murder
1994-01-01
5
Madness
1994-01-01
5
Madness
1994-01-01
5
Yellow: The Cousins
1969-10-06
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Triumph of the Ten Gladiators
1964-11-26
5
Inconsolable Widows Are Looking For Distractions
1968-01-01
5
In the Land of the Cannibals
2004-05-20
5
In the Land of the Cannibals
2004-05-20
5
99 Women
1969-03-05
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Viaggio ai confini dell'eros
2017-02-23
5
Cannibali - Leggenda o realtà
2009-12-07
5
La sposa
1958-01-01
5
Three for One
1990-08-08
5
Night Killer
1990-08-03
5
Born to Fight
1989-07-17
5
The French Sex Murders
1972-06-15
5
Double Target
1987-06-11
5
Appointment in Trieste
1989-10-03