Filippo Ottoni

Filippo Ottoni
Filippo Ottoni
Born	17 May 1938; Cellere, Italy
Died	7 May 2023 (aged 84); Rome, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Education	London Film School
Occupation(s)	Film director ; Screenwriter; Dubbing director

Filippo Ottoni (17 May 1938 – 7 May 2023) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and dubbing director.

Biography

Born in Cellere on 17 May 1938, Ottoni graduated from London Film School and began directing documentaries for the BBC.^[1] He began his career in cinema at the end of the 1960s as an assistant to Romolo Guerrieri and Mario Bava.^[2] He made his directing debut with the 1971 film La grande scrofa nera [it]. He also directed Detective School Dropouts, which became popular in the United States. Additionally, he directed the dubbing of numerous films in foreign languages into Italian.^[3] He served as president of the Associazione Italiana Dialoghisti Cinematografici Adattatori.

Ottoni died in Rome on 7 May 2023, ten days before his 85th birthday.^[4]

Filmography

Director and screenwriter

La grande scrofa nera (1971)
The Night Before Christmas [it] (1978)
Detective School Dropouts (1986)
I giorni randagi [it] (1988)
L'assassino è quello con le scarpe gialle [it] (1995)

Screenwriter

A Bay of Blood (1971)
Jonah Who Lived in the Whale (1993)

References

^ L'Année du cinéma (in French). Calmann-Lévy. 1987. p. 240. ISBN 9782702115831.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
^ Leutrart, Jean-Louis (1994). Mario Bava (in French). Éditions du Céfal. p. 146. ISBN 9782871300427.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
^ Poppi, Roberto (2002). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I Registi (in Italian). Rome: Gremese Editore.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
^ "È morto Filippo Ottoni, storico direttore del doppiaggio: aveva 84 anni". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 8 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[1] L'Année du cinéma (in French). Calmann-Lévy. 1987. p. 240. ISBN 9782702115831.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[2] Leutrart, Jean-Louis (1994). Mario Bava (in French). Éditions du Céfal. p. 146. ISBN 9782871300427.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[3] Poppi, Roberto (2002). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I Registi (in Italian). Rome: Gremese Editore.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[4] "È morto Filippo Ottoni, storico direttore del doppiaggio: aveva 84 anni". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 8 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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