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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Antonio Margheriti (19 September 1930 – 4 November 2002), also known under the pseudonym Anthony M. Dawson, was a prolific Italian filmmaker. He was born in Rome and died in 2002 from a heart attack in Monterosi, Viterbo, near Rome at the age of 72. Margheriti started out in the Italian film industry in 1956 as a screenwriter. He started directing in 1960, his first film being "Spacemen" (aka "Assignment Outer Space"). Margheriti is known for his science fiction, horror, spaghetti western and action movies. He was the director of such cult movies as Cannibal Apocalypse, Castle of Blood, The Virgin of Nuremberg, Assignment Outer Space, Wild Wild Planet, Naked You Die, Mr. Super Invisible, The Last Hunter, Battle of the Worlds and numerous others. Most of his films were directed under the pseudonym of Anthony M. Dawson. He stopped using his real name in the USA early in his career, when he realized the English translation of the name "Antonio Margheriti" was "Anthony Daisies", and he thought it sounded too effeminate. He was the only Italian director who worked directly for American production companies like MGM, United Artists, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, etc. with films like: Yor, the Hunter from the Future, Take a Hard Ride, Killer Fish, etc. Margheriti said his action/adventure films were his favorites, and his least favorite movies were the sword-and-sandal peplum films he made in the early 1960s (such as "Devil of the Desert" and "Giants of Rome"). For years, director Richard Morrissey disputed Margheriti's claim that he had directed "Andy Warhol's Frankenstein" in the early 1970s, saying that Margheriti was mostly just a technical advisor on that film. Morrissey said Margheriti did however direct a very, very brief segment of the movie (mostly the scenes involving the two children roaming around in the lab). Margheriti worked with many well-known genre actors such as Lee Van Cleef, John Saxon, Claude Rains, John Morghen, Klaus Kinski, Barbara Steele, Reb Brown, Donald Pleasence, Yul Brynner, David Warbeck, Luciano Pigozzi, Marvin Hagler, Terence Hill, Fred Williamson, Christopher Lee and many others. Most of his later films were shot in the Philippines (especially his war films). Margheriti also collaborated on the special effects in two Italian cult films which he did not direct, Sergio Leone's "Fistful of Dynamite" (1971) and Aldo Lado's "The Humanoid" (1979). Margheriti retired from filmmaking in 1996 at age 66. He died in 2002 of natural causes. Margheriti's son Edoardo and his daughter Antonella are both also involved in filmmaking. Eli Roth's character in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film Inglourious Bastards took Margheriti as his namesake. Description above from the Wikipedia article Antonio Margheriti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1930-09-19
- event Death Date 2002-11-04
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 1.7
- info Birth Place Rome, Italy
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Incontro con Antonio Margheriti
1999-07-24
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Car Crash
1981-07-24
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The Outsider - The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
2013-04-17
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Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co
2000-01-01
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'Cannibal Apocalypse' Redux
2002-03-19
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Italian Kings Of B
2003-01-01
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Duck, You Sucker
1971-10-20
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Battle of the Worlds
1961-10-30
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Cannibal Apocalypse
1980-08-04
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The Fall of Rome
1963-02-28
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Castle of Blood
1964-02-27
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Alien from the Deep
1989-10-15
6
Snow Devils
1967-01-18
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War Between the Planets
1966-07-29
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War Between the Planets
1966-07-29
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Assignment: Outer Space
1960-08-25
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The Wild, Wild Planet
1966-07-15
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Killer Fish
1979-12-07
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The Stranger and the Gunfighter
1974-01-01
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The Stranger and the Gunfighter
1974-01-01
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Manone il ladrone
1974-01-01
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Manone il ladrone
1974-01-01
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Take a Hard Ride
1975-10-29
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Yor, the Hunter from the Future
1983-08-19
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Yor, the Hunter from the Future
1983-08-19
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Virtual Weapon
1997-08-25
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Web of the Spider
1971-08-26
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Horror Castle
1963-08-15
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Lightning Bolt
1966-04-22
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The Slave Merchants
1964-06-27
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The Last Hunter
1980-08-09
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The Long Hair of Death
1964-12-30
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And God Said to Cain
1970-02-05
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And God Said to Cain
1970-02-05
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Jungle Raiders
1985-08-01
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War of the Planets
1966-07-21
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Whisky and Ghosts
1974-07-12
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The Ark of the Sun God
1984-08-17
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The Hunters of the Golden Cobra
1982-08-11
6
1001 Nights of Pleasure
1972-02-08
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Vengeance
1968-04-19
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Vengeance
1968-04-19
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Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eyes
1973-04-12
6
Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eyes
1973-04-12
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Hercules, Prisoner of Evil
1964-07-31
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The Golden Arrow
1962-09-07
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Tiger Joe
1982-08-12
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The Last Blood
1983-01-01
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Flesh for Frankenstein
1973-11-30
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Death Rage
1976-10-22
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The Commander
1988-04-28
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Commando Leopard
1985-10-24
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Killers Are Challenged
1966-02-24
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Giants of Rome
1964-09-10
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Dynamite Joe
1967-02-15
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Code Name: Wild Geese
1984-10-05
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Mr. Superinvisible
1970-09-17
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Legs of Gold
1958-08-27
6
The Squeeze
1978-10-25
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The Unnaturals
1969-05-30
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The Unnaturals
1969-05-30
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Lo sgarbo
1975-01-01
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Horror Castle
1963-08-15
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Mission Stardust
1967-08-04
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A Sailor's Promises
1958-07-07
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A Sailor's Promises
1958-07-07
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A Sailor's Promises
1958-07-07
6
Car Crash
1981-07-24
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Car Crash
1981-07-24
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Indio 2 - The Revolt
1991-04-17
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Flesh for Frankenstein
1973-11-30
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Mr. Hercules Against Karate
1973-09-14
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Indio
1989-09-07
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The Long Hair of Death
1964-12-30
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Mondo Inferno
1964-01-01
6
War Gods of Babylon
1962-11-24
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Cannibal Apocalypse
1980-08-04
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Legs of Gold
1958-08-27
6
Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eyes
1973-04-12
6
Web of the Spider
1971-08-26
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The Fall of Rome
1963-02-28
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The Fall of Rome
1963-02-28
6
Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand
1966-10-26
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The Black Cobra 3
1990-06-01
6
The Humanoid
1979-04-11
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I Love You
1968-11-04
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I Love You
1968-11-04
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I Love You
1968-11-04
6
1001 Nights of Pleasure
1972-02-08
6
Blood for Dracula
1974-08-13
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War of the Planets
1966-07-21
6
Yor, the Hunter from the Future
1983-08-19
6
The Wild, Wild Planet
1966-07-15
6
Mr. Hercules Against Karate
1973-09-14
6
Legs of Gold
1958-08-27
6
Whisky and Ghosts
1974-07-12
6
Flesh for Frankenstein
1973-11-30
6
Novelle galeotte d'amore
1972-09-28
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Novelle galeotte d'amore
1972-09-28
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Naked You Die
1968-02-20
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Naked You Die
1968-02-20
6
Snow Devils
1967-01-18
6
Treasure Island in Outer Space
1987-11-19
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The World of Yor
1983-07-01
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The World of Yor
1983-07-01