Romano Scavolini
# Romano Scavolini

Romano Scavolini (born 18 June 1940) is an Italian film director and the younger brother of screenwriter Sauro Scavolini.

## Career

He has been directing since the 1960s. Most of his films are shot independently and with an experimental style. His best known horror films are Nightmare (1981), a gruesome horror film that was banned as a video nasty in the UK, and his 1972 A White Dress for Marialé.

## Filmography

* The Devastated One (I devastati) – 1958/1959
* Blind Fly (A mosca cieca) (Ricordati di Haron) – 1966
* The Dress Rehearsal (La prova generale) – 1968
* Entonce – 1969
* L'amore breve [it] (Lo stato d'assedio) (also known as State of Siege – Besieged) – 1969
* The long march (La lunga marcia)
* A White Dress for Marialé; aka Un bianco vestito per Marialé (also known as Spirits of Death) – 1972
* Heart (Cuore) – 1973
* Your Honor (Servo suo) – 1973
* The Savage Hunt (also known as Condor's Run) – 1980
* Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (also known as Nightmare – Blood Splash) – 1981
* Dog Tags – 1988
* Ustica: a thorn in the heart (Ustica. Una spina nel cuore) – 2001/2002/2003
* "Che" The Last Hours (Le ultime ore del Che) – 2003
* Apocalisse delle scimmie – A TRILOGY – 2004/2005/2006/2007/2008
* Two Families – 2007
* Two Days – 2012

as interviewed:

* Ban the Sadist Videos! – 2005
* The Diabolikal Super-Kriminal – 2007
