{{short description|Italian film director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Alberto De Martino | birth_date = {{birth date|1929|6|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Rome]], Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|6|2|1929|6|12|df=yes}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | occupation = Film director, screenwriter | years_active = 1959–1985 | other_names = Martin Herbert }}
'''Alberto De Martino''' (12 June 1929 – 2 June 2015) was an Italian [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]]. Born in Rome, De Martino started as a child actor and later returned to the cinema where he worked as a screenwriter, director and dubbing supervisor. De Martino's films as a director specialised in well-crafted knock-offs of Hollywood hit films.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news|title=Alberto De Martino; Italian director whose films were unrepentantly brazen versions of better-known Hollywood hits|page=27|date=9 June 2015|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11659940/Alberto-De-Martino-film-director-obituary.html}}</ref> These films were specifically created films in Western, horror and mythology genres which were developed for the international market.<ref name="telegraph" /> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' stated that his best known of these film was probably ''[[The Antichrist (film)|The Antichrist]]''.<ref name="telegraph" /> ''The Antichrist'' capitalized on the box-office appeal of ''[[The Exorcist]]'' (1973) and in its first week in the United States earned a greater box office than ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''.<ref name="telegraph" />
==Life and career== Alberto De Martino was born on 12 June 1929 in Rome.<ref name="telegraph" /> De Martino was the son of a film [[make-up artist]].<ref name="bio">{{cite web|last=Stefania Ulivi|url=http://www.pressreader.com/italy/corriere-della-sera/20150603/282707635669682/TextView|work=[[Corriere della Sera]]|title=Addio a De Martino, regista di culto amato da Tarantino|date=3 June 2015|access-date=8 June 2015}}</ref> He started his career as a child actor.<ref name="bio" />
On attending university, De Martino studied law.<ref name="telegraph" /> Martino returned to a career in cinema working as an editor, screenwriter and assistant director.<ref name="telegraph" /> Martino stated he was encouraged to be a director by [[Federico Fellini]] for whom he supervised the dubbing for ''[[La Dolce Vita]]''.<ref name="telegraph" /> De Martino was also very active in the field of dubbing, and he was dubbing director for more than 1,500 films.<ref name="bio" />
De Martino was one of the active directors in the Italian genre cinema between the 1960s and mid-1980s; his films spanned different genres, including [[Peplum film genre|Peplum]] , [[Eurospy]], [[Spaghetti Western]], [[Euro War]], [[Poliziotteschi]], and [[Giallo]] films.<ref name="bio" /><ref name="spaghetti">{{cite book|last=Marco Giusti|title=Dizionario del western all'italiana|year=2007|publisher=Mondadori, 2007|isbn=978-8804572770}}</ref> A real life friend of [[Sergio Leone]], he was [[second unit director]] in ''[[Duck, You Sucker!]]''<ref name="spaghetti"/>
The films he made in the 1980s were all made for the foreign markets. {{sfn|Ercolani|2019|p=107}} These films were all made with a pseudonym of Martin Herbert as De Martino said he felt "a little ashamed" of them.{{sfn|Ercolani|2019|p=107}} In 1980, De Martino nearly lost his home when his film ''[[The Pumaman]]'' failed at the box office.<ref name="telegraph" /> ''Pumaman'' was followed by a few more films, concluding his career with ''Miami Golem''.<ref name="telegraph" /> Martino left the production of ''Miami Golem'' before its completion, saying that "What you see in the film is shot by me, but nothing of the editing process and post-production is mine."{{sfn|Ercolani|2019|p=107}}
He died in Rome on 2 June 2015 at the age of 85.<ref name="telegraph" /><ref name="death">{{cite web |url=http://roma.corriere.it/foto-gallery/cultura_e_spettacoli/15_giugno_02/addio-alberto-de-martino-regista-culto-peplum-horror-9d00c68e-0936-11e5-8a3c-2c409b81767d.shtml |title=Addio a Alberto De Martino, regista culto tra peplum e horror |access-date=2 June 2015 |work=corriere}}</ref><ref name="bio2">{{cite web|url=http://www.pressreader.com/italy/corriere-della-sera/20150603/282707635669682/TextView|work=[[Corriere della Sera]]|title=Addio a De Martino, regista di culto amato da Tarantino}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== :Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological. {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" width="80%" ! width="12%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title !! width="4%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year!! colspan="4" scope="col" | Credited as !! width="5%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes !! width="1%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |- ! width=6% |Director!! width=6% | Screenwriter!! width=6% |Screen story writer!! width=6% | Other |- !scope="row"|''[[Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal]]'' |1937 | | | | {{yes}} | Actor as "Son of Scipio" |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=46}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete]]'' |1960 | | | | {{yes}} | Assistant director |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=120}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Invincible Gladiator|''[[The Invincible Gladiator]]''}} |1961 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | {{yes}} | producer |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=100}}{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=101}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Gladiators 7]]'' |1962 | | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=65}}{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=67}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Medusa Against the Son of Hercules]]'' |rowspan="3"|1963 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=115}}{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=116}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Blancheville Monster|''[[The Blancheville Monster]]''}} | {{yes}} | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=86}} |- !scope="row"|''{{Interlanguage link|Gli invincibili sette|it}}'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=115}}{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=151}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Gladiators Seven]]'' |1964 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=140}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Triumph of Hercules|''[[The Triumph of Hercules]]''}} |1964 | {{yes}} | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG1585|publisher=Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Il trionfo di Ercole (1964)|language=Italian}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[100.000 dollari per Ringo]]'' |1965 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG1654|publisher=Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Sangre sobre Texas [100.000 dollari per Ringo] (1965)|language=Italian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media notes | title =The Complete Sartana | title-link = | others = | year = 2018 | chapter = Westerns, Italian Style: Once Upon a Timeline | url = | last = Hughes | first = Howard | author-link = | first2 = | last2 = | author-link2 = | page = 34 | at = | type = Booklet | publisher = Arrow Video | id =FCD1762 / AV151 | location = }}</ref>
|- !scope="row"|''[[Heroes of Fort Worth]]'' |1965 | {{yes}} | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG1403|publisher=Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Gli eroi di Fort Worth (1964)|language=Italian}}</ref> |-
!scope="row"|{{sort|Spy With Ten Faces|''[[The Spy with Ten Faces]]''}} |rowspan="3"|1966 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/der-mann-mit-den-tausend-masken_ea43d4a6b5c35006e03053d50b37753d|publisher=Filmportal.de|title=Der Mann mit den tausend Masken|access-date=1 May 2016}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Special Mission Lady Chaplin]]'' | {{yes}} | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG1913|publisher=Archviodelcinemaitaliano.com|title=Missione speciale Lady Chaplin (1966)|access-date=10 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com:80/movie/missione-speciale-lady-chaplin-v139060|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009070649/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/missione-speciale-lady-chaplin-v139060|archive-date=9 October 2012|access-date=10 July 2018|publisher=[[AllMovie]]|title=Missione Speciale Lady Chaplin (1966)|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Django Shoots First]]'' | {{yes}} | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG1857|publisher=Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Django spara per primo (1966)|language=Italian}}</ref><ref name="Hughes37">{{Cite AV media notes | title = The Complete Sartana | year = 2018 | chapter =Westerns, Italian Style: Once Upon a Timeline | last = Hughes | first = Howard | page = 37 | type = Booklet | publisher = Arrow Video | id =FCD1762 / AV151 }}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Dirty Heroes]]'' |rowspan="2"|1967 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="filmportal">{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/und-morgen-fahrt-ihr-zur-holle_ea43d4a702035006e03053d50b37753d|publisher=[[Filmportal.de]]|title=...und morgen fahrt ihr zur Hölle|access-date=9 July 2018}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[O.K. Connery]]'' | {{yes}} | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="afi-db">{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=18952|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]|title=Operation Kid Brother|access-date=25 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403041621/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=18952|archive-date=3 April 2014}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Bandits in Rome]]'' |1968 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=14}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Carnal Circuit]]'' |1969 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="60-69-l">{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |author4=Mario Pecorari |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1992|isbn=8876055932|chapter=Femmine insaziabili|year=1991 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/mord-im-schwarzen-cadillac_ea43d4a743be5006e03053d50b37753d|publisher=[[Filmportal.de]]|title=Mord im schwarzen Cadillac|access-date=11 October 2016}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Man with Icy Eyes|''[[The Man with Icy Eyes]]''}} |1971 | {{yes}} | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG3149|publisher=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=L'uomo dagli occhi di ghiaccio (1971)|access-date=10 July 2018|language=Italian}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Crime Boss (film)|Crime Boss]]'' |1972 | {{yes}} | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=55}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Killer Is on the Phone|''[[The Killer Is on the Phone]]''}} |1972 | {{yes}} |{{yes}} | {{yes}} | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Howarth|2015|p=196}}<ref name="archiv-ita">{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG3192|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=1 June 2018|language=Italian|title=L'assassino... è al telefono (1972)}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza?'' |1973 | {{yes}} | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG3456|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=1 June 2018|language=Italian|title=Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza?}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Counselor at Crime]]'' |1973 | {{yes}} |{{yes}} | {{yes}} | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=79}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Antichrist|''[[The Antichrist (film)|The Antichrist]]''}} |1974 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG3642|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=1 June 2018|language=Italian|title=L'anticristo (1974)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com:80/movie/antichrist-v49003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131128161922/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/antichrist-v49003|archive-date=28 November 2013|first=Robert|last=Firsching|publisher=[[AllMovie]]|access-date=10 July 2018|title=Antichrist (1974)|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Strange Shadows in an Empty Room]]'' |1976 | {{yes}} | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=196}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Holocaust 2000]]'' |1977 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Monthly Film Bulletin]]|title=Holocaust 2000|volume=45|issue=528|pages=47–48|year=1978|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|location=London}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Pumaman|''[[The Pumaman]]''}} |1980 | {{yes}} | | {{yes}} | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=160}}{{sfn|Curti|2016|p=161}} |-
!scope="row"|''[[Blood Link]]'' |1982 | {{yes}} | | {{yes}} | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2022|p=376}}{{sfn|Curti|2022|p=9}}{{sfn|Luther Smith|1999|p=12}}
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Formula for a Murder]]'' |1985 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG5200|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=1 June 2018|language=Italian|title=7, Hyden Park. La casa maledetta (1985)}}</ref>{{sfn|Curti|2022|p=377}}{{sfn|Curti|2022|p=9}} |- !scope="row"|''Miami Golem'' |1985 | {{yes}} | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG5352|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano|access-date=1 June 2018|language=Italian|title=* * Mi ami Golem (1986)}}</ref> |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
===Sources=== * {{cite book
|last=Curti |first=Roberto |title=Italian Crime Filmography, 1968–1980 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |isbn=978-0786469765 |year=2013 }} * {{cite book
|last=Curti |first=Roberto |title=Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957–1969 |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=978-1476619897 |year=2015 }} * {{cite book |last=Curti |first=Roberto |title=Diabolika: Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema |publisher=Midnight Marquee Press |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-936168-60-6 }} * {{cite book|last=Curti|first=Roberto|title=Italian Giallo in Film and Television|year=2022|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-1-4766-8248-8}} * {{cite book|first=Eugenio|last=Ercolani|title=Darkening the Italian Screen|publisher=McFarland & Company|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|LCCN=2019027210|ISBN=978-1-4766-6738-6|year=2019}} * {{cite book |last=Howarth |first=Troy |title=So Deadly, So Perverse |publisher=Midnight Marquee Press |date=2015 |volume=1 |isbn=978-1936168507 }} * {{cite book |last1=Kinnard |first1=Roy |last2=Crnkovich |first2=Tony |title=Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908–1990 |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=978-1476662916 |year=2017 }} * {{cite book|title=Blood & Black Lace|isbn=0-9533261-1-X|publisher=Stray Cat Publishing|year=1999|last=Luther Smith|first=Adrian}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0210130}}
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