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{{Short description|Italian film director (born 1922)}}

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| birth_place = Rodi Garganico, Apulia, Italy| death_date = | death_place = | othername = | yearsactive = | spouse = | website = | occupation = Film director}}Domenico Massimo Pupillo{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=152}} (born 1922) is an Italian film director.

Career

Puplillo was born in Rodi Garganico, Apulia in 1922.{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=152}}{{efn|Many reference books and websites including the Internet Movie Database carry incorrect information about Pupillo's place of birth and birth year and full name.{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=153}}}} He started his career in film through his acquaintance Fernandel as Marcel Pagnol's assistant.{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=152}} He claims to have made over 250 short films before the release of his film Gli amichi dell'Isola, a feature film set in Sardinia with unprofessional actors.{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=152}} After directing Terror-Creatures from the Grave, he went on two direct two more horror films in a row: Bloody Pit of Horror and La vendetta di Lady Morgan.{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=152}}After making these horror films, Pupillo stated that he originally made them to get out of making documentary films and enter the commercial film market.{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=155}} After making La vendetta di Lady Morgan he declared he was finished with making horror films with his following directorial work becoming scarce.{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=155}} His follow-ups included the Western Django Kills Softly released in 1967 and the mondo film (Love: The Great Unknown).{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=155}} Pupillo also wrote a few mondo films prior to directing including Primitive Love and (Sweden: Heaven and Hell) which were both directed by Luigi Scattini and Taboos of the World by Romolo Marcellini.{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=155}}Pupillo later described himself as "disgusted" by the type of cinema he was making and primarily worked in television during the 1970s.{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=155}} His last feature film was Sa Jana which was shot in Sardinia.{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=155}} According to Merrill Aldighieri and Lucas Balbo's documentary Mondo Pupillo - Une conversation avec Massimo Pupillo, it is likely that Pupillo died on December 29, 1999, but no evidence has been found to confirm this.{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=155}}

Partial filmography{| class"wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

! width="15%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title !! width="4%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year!! colspan="2" 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% | Other!scope="row"|Terror-Creatures from the Grave|1965| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| Producer{{sfn2015|p=149}}!scope="row"|Bloody Pit of Horror|1965| {{yes}}|| {{sfn2015|p=138}}!scope="row"||1965| {{yes}}|| {{sfn2015|p=153}}!scope="row"|Django Kills Softly|1967| {{yes}}|| {{sfn2011|p=445}}

Notes and references

Notes

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References

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Sources

• BOOK

• BOOK, Grant, Kevin, Any Gun Can Play, 2011, Fab Press, 9781903254615,

External links

• {{IMDb name|0700659}}

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