{{Short description|Italian film director and archeologist (1933–2015)}} {{Infobox person | name = Mario Caiano | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1933|02|13}} | birth_place = [[Rome]], Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|9|20|1933|02|13}} | death_place = | other_names = | years_active = 1954–2002 | spouse = | website = | occupation = {{hlist|Director|producer|screenwriter}} }} '''Mario Caiano''' (February 13, 1933 – September 20, 2015)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mario Caiano |url=https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/142140/mario-caiano |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=en.unifrance.org}}</ref> was an Italian [[film director]], [[screenwriter]], [[Film producer|producer]], art director and [[second unit director]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dagostini.blogautore.repubblica.it/2015/09/20/mario-caiano/|title=Mario Caiano|work=Corazzata Potemkin|access-date=2015-09-21|archive-date=2015-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923060434/http://dagostini.blogautore.repubblica.it/2015/09/20/mario-caiano/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Career== Born in [[Rome]], he directed nearly 50 films between 1961 and 2001 and wrote some 27 films and TV scripts since 1954.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ercolani |first=Eugenio |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ss2qDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Mario+Caiano%22+%22Rome%22 |title=Darkening the Italian Screen: Interviews with Genre and Exploitation Directors Who Debuted in the 1950s and 1960s |date=2019-08-21 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-6738-6 |language=en}}</ref>
He is primarily known for his work on [[Spaghetti Westerns]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wong |first=Aliza S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tUNvDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Mario+Caiano%22+%22Rome%22 |title=Spaghetti Westerns: A Viewer's Guide |date=2018-12-15 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-6904-0 |language=en}}</ref> [[Sword and Sandal|Pepla]], [[Euro Crime]] and to a slightly lesser degree on [[horror film]]s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brizio-Skov |first=Flavia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j-MXEAAAQBAJ&q=%22Mario+Caiano%22+%22Pepla%22 |title=Ride the Frontier: Exploring the Myth of the American West on Screen |date=2021-02-17 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-8306-5 |language=en}}</ref> Caiano directed (as Allen Grünewald) and wrote the script for ''[[Nightmare Castle]]'' (''Amanti d'oltretomba'', 1965), which stars [[Barbara Steele]]. ''[[Eye in the Labyrinth]]'' (1972) is a later film in the genre that he directed.
==Partial filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! width="15%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title ! width="4%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year ! colspan="4" scope="col" | Credited as ! width="10%" 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" | {{sort|Pirate of the Black Hawk|''[[The Pirate of the Black Hawk]]''}} | rowspan="2" | 1958 | | {{yes}} | | | | style="text-align:center;" | {{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=129}} |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Pia of Ptolemy]]'' | | | | {{yes}} | rowspan="2" | Assistant director | style="text-align:center;" | {{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=128}} |- ! scope="row" | {{sort|Loves of Salammbo|''[[The Loves of Salammbo]]''}} | 1960 | | {{yes}} | | {{yes}} | style="text-align:center;" | {{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=110}} |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Journey Beneath the Desert]]'' | 1961 | | | | {{yes}} | 2nd Unit Director | style="text-align:center;" | {{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=102}}{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=103}} |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules]]'' | 1962 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | style="text-align:center;" | {{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=186}} |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Medusa Against the Son of Hercules]]'' | rowspan="2" | 1963 | | {{yes}} | | | | style="text-align:center;" | {{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=115}}{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=116}} |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Goliath and the Rebel Slave]]'' | {{yes}} | | | | | style="text-align:center;" | {{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=183}} |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Bullets Don't Argue]]'' | rowspan="3" | 1964 | {{yes}} | | | | | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG1503|website=Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Las pistolas no discuten [Le pistole non discutono] (1964)|access-date=24 September 2018|language=Italian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/die-letzten-zwei-vom-rio-bravo_ea43d4a6add95006e03053d50b37753d|website=[[Filmportal.de]]|title=Die letzten Zwei vom Rio Bravo|access-date=24 September 2018|language=German}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | {{sort|Two Gladiators|''[[The Two Gladiators]]''}} | {{yes}} | | | | | style="text-align:center;" | {{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=181}} |- ! scope="row" | {{sort|Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules|''[[The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules]]''}} | {{yes}} | | | | | style="text-align:center;" | {{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=172}} |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Nightmare Castle]]'' | rowspan="2" | 1965 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=143}} |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Vengeance of the Vikings]]'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | | style="text-align:center;" | {{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=187}} |- ! scope="row" | {{sort|Coffin for the Sheriff|''[[A Coffin for the Sheriff]]''}} | {{n/a}} | {{yes}} | | | | | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG1644|publisher=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Una bara per lo sceriffo (1965)|access-date=December 29, 2018|language=Italian}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''{{ill|Spies Strike Silently - Le spie uccidono in silenzio|it}}'' | 1966 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>pp. 230-1 Blake, Matt ''The Eurospy Guide'' Luminary Press 2004</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''[[7 pistole per un massacro]]'' | 1967 | {{yes}} | | | | | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-RE5AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA286 |title=Spaghetti Westerns--the Good, the Bad and the Violent: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961-1977 |first=Thomas |last=Weisser |publisher=[[McFarland Publishing]] |date=22 August 2005 |page=286 |isbn=9780786424429}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Ringo the Lone Rider]]'' | {{n/a}} | | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG2435|website=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Dos hombres van a morir [Ringo, il cavaliere solitario] (1968)|access-date=December 29, 2018|language=Italian}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Love Birds (1969 film)|Love Birds - Una strana voglia d'amare]]'' | 1969 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | | style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/liebesvogel_ea43d4a6c98c5006e03053d50b37753d|publisher=Filmportal.de|title=Liebesvögel|access-date=December 29, 2018|language=German}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Shadow of Illusion]]'' | 197? | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=17}}{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=18}}{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=19}} |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Eye in the Labyrinth]]'' | 1972 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/film/locchio-nel-labirinto_cf48e91719f94742ac7d8a55dcd14aa7|publisher=[[Filmportal.de]]|title=L'Occhio nel labirinto|access-date=December 29, 2018|language=German}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG3327|website=Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=L'occhio nel labirinto (1972)|access-date=December 29, 2018|language=Italian}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''[[My Name Is Shanghai Joe]]'' | {{n/a}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG3527|website=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Il mio nome è Shangai Joe (1973)|access-date=December 29, 2018|language=Italian}}</ref> |-
! scope="row" | ''[[Calling All Police Cars]]'' | 1975 | {{yes}} | | | | | style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=128}} |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Bloody Payroll]]'' | 1976 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=161}}{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=162}} |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Nazi Love Camp 27]]'' | {{n/a}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG4245|website=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=La svastica nel ventre (1976)|access-date=December 29, 2018|language=Italian}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Napoli spara!]]'' | rowspan="2" | 1977 | {{yes}} | | | | | style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=235}} |- ! scope="row"|{{sort|Malavita attacca|''[[La malavita attacca... la polizia risponde!]]''}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | | style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=224}} |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
== Works cited == {{Refbegin}} * {{cite book|last=Curti|first=Roberto|title=Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0786469765|year=2013}} * {{cite book|last=Curti|first=Roberto|title=Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957–1969|publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]]|isbn=978-1-4766-1989-7|year=2015}} * {{cite book|last=Curti|first=Roberto|title=Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970-1979|publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]]|isbn=978-1476629605|year=2017}} * {{cite book|last1=Kinnard|first1=Roy|last2=Crnkovich|first2=Tony|title=Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1476662916|year=2017}} {{refend}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0128764}}
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