Edoardo Mulargia

{{Short description|Italian film director and screenwriter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Edoardo Mulargia | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth-date|10 December 1925}} | birth_place = [[Torpè]], Italy | death_date = {{death-date and age|7 September 2005|10 December 1925}} | death_place = [[Rome]], Italy | resting_place = | spouse = | children = | years_active = | occupation = Director <br> Screenwriter }} '''Edoardo Mulargia''' (10 December 1925 – 7 September 2005) was an Italian director and screenwriter.

== Life and career == Born in [[Torpè]], [[Nuoro]], Mulargia graduated in Law, first working as a journalist, then directing numerous scientific and industrial short films.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|last1=Roberto Poppi|title=I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|year=2002|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884401712}}</ref><ref name=spaghetti>{{cite book|last=Marco Giusti|title=Dizionario del western all'italiana|year=2007|publisher=Mondadori, 2007|isbn=978-8804572770}}</ref> After being assistant of [[Pietro Germi]] and [[Luciano Emmer]] in 1963, he made his feature film debut with ''Le due leggi''.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|last1=Roberto Poppi|title=I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|year=2002|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884401712}}</ref><ref name=spaghetti>{{cite book|last=Marco Giusti|title=Dizionario del western all'italiana|year=2007|publisher=Mondadori, 2007|isbn=978-8804572770}}</ref> As a film director, Mulargia specialized in the [[Spaghetti Western|spaghetti western]] genre, in which he was usually credited as Tony Moore and Edward G. Muller.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|last1=Roberto Poppi|title=I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|year=2002|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884401712}}</ref><ref name=spaghetti>{{cite book|last=Marco Giusti|title=Dizionario del western all'italiana|year=2007|publisher=Mondadori, 2007|isbn=978-8804572770}}</ref> In the 1980s, he abandoned cinema to work for [[RAI]] television.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|last1=Roberto Poppi|title=I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|year=2002|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884401712}}</ref><ref name=spaghetti>{{cite book|last=Marco Giusti|title=Dizionario del western all'italiana|year=2007|publisher=Mondadori, 2007|isbn=978-8804572770}}</ref>

== Selected filmography ==

* ''[[The Invincible Brothers Maciste]]'' (screenwriter, 1964) * ''[[Three Swords for Rome]]'' (screenwriter, 1964) * ''[[Night of Violence]]'' (screenwriter, 1965) * ''[[Perché uccidi ancora]]'' (director and screenwriter, 1965) * ''[[Cjamango]]'' (director, 1967) * ''[[The Reward's Yours... The Man's Mine]]'' (director and screenwriter, 1969) * ''[[Shango (film)|Shango]]'' (director and screenwriter, 1970) * ''[[W Django!]]'' (director, 1971) * ''[[La figliastra]]'' (director, 1976) * ''[[Orinoco: Prigioniere del sesso]]'' (director, 1979) – American re-edited version: ''[[Savage Island (film)|Savage Island]]'' (1985, with [[Linda Blair]]) * ''[[Escape from Hell (1980 film)|Escape from Hell]]'' (director, 1980)

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{IMDb name|id =0611652}}

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