Stelvio Massi

Italian film director
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroItalian film director
PlacesItaly
wasFilm director Screenwriter Cinematographer
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Male
Birth26 March 1929, Civitanova Marche, Province of Macerata, Marche, Italy
Death26 March 2004Velletri, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy (aged 75 years)
The details

Biography

Stelvio Massi (26 March 1929 – 26 March 2004), sometimes credited "Max Steel", was an Italian director known for his "poliziotteschi" films.

Career

Massi entered the cinema industry in 1952 as assistant camera operator, and in 1954 he became a cameraman. Ten years later he began to work as cinematographer, and in 1973 he debuted as film director with Macrò. He obtained a great commercial success with the Mark il poliziotto film series, then with a series of poliziotteschi starred by Maurizio Merli.

Massi also worked on television, directing the 1987 TV series Due assi per un turbo. His son Danilo is also a film director.

Filmography

  • Tears on Your Face (1964)
  • Emergency Squad (1974)
  • Five Women for the Killer (1974)
  • Mark of the Cop (1975)
  • Mark Shoots First (1975)
  • Mark Strikes Again (1976)
  • Cross Shot (1976)
  • Highway Racer (1977)
  • Destruction Force (1977)
  • Fearless (1978)
  • Convoy Busters (1978)
  • The Iron Commissioner (1978)
  • Convoy Busters (1978)
  • Hunted City (1979)
  • Speed Cross (1980)
  • The Rebel (1980)
  • Speed Driver (1980)
  • Mondo cane 3 (1985)
  • Black Cobra (1987)
  • Mondo cane 2000 (1988)
  • Arabella the Black Angel (1989) aka Angela the Black Angel
  • Droga: Sterco di Dio (Droga: Viaje sin retorno) (1989)
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