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Umberto Lenzi

Directing

Born August 6, 1931 · Massa Marittima, Grosseto, Italy

Died October 19, 2017

Also known as Hank Milestone · Humphrey Longan · Humphrey Milestone

Biography

Umberto Lenzi (August 6, 1931—October 19, 2017) was an Italian film director who was very active in low budget crime films, peplums, Eurospy films, spaghetti westerns, Macaroni Combat movies, cannibal films and giallo murder mysteries (in addition to writing many of the screenplays himself).

Filmography39 titles

Wild Team

1985Director

Temple of the White Elephant

1964Director, Screenplay, Screenstory

Almost Human

1974Director

Three Sergeants of Bengal

1964Director, Story

All the Colors of Giallo

2019as Self - Director (archive footage)

Brothers Till We Die

1977Director, Screenplay, Story

Go For Broke

1968Director

Free Hand for a Tough Cop

1976Director, Writer

Gang War in Milan

1973Director, Screenplay

The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist

1977Director, Screenplay

The Tough Ones

1976Director, Story

A Quiet Place to Kill

1970Director

Violent Naples

1976Director

Tarzan in the Golden Grotto

1969Screenplay

The Killer Must Kill Again

1975Producer

Seven Blood-Stained Orchids

1972Director, Screenplay, Story

Spasmo

1974Director, Screenplay

Knife of Ice

1972Director, Screenplay

Syndicate Sadists

1975Director

Paranoia

1969Director, Writer

Battle of the Commandos

1969Director

A Gun for One Hundred Graves

1968Director, Screenplay

Nightmare City

1980as Reporter (uncredited)

Eyeball

1975Director, Screenplay, Story

Desert Commandos

1967Director, Screenplay, Story

Oasis of Fear

1971Director, Writer

So Sweet... So Perverse

1969Director

Nightmare Beach

1989Director, Screenplay, Story, Technical Advisor

Cannibal Ferox

1981Director, Screenplay, Story

Death Rage

1976Producer

The Pirates of Malaysia

1964Director

Primal Rage

1988Writer

Constantine and the Cross

1961First Assistant Director

Eaten Alive!

1980Director, Screenplay, Story

Ghosthouse

1988Director, Story

Kriminal

1966Director, Screenplay

008: Operation Exterminate

1965Director, Screenplay, Story

The Biggest Battle

1978Director, Screenplay, Story

Hitcher in the Dark

1989Director, Screenstory