Rino Di Silvestro
# Rino Di Silvestro

Salvatore Di Silvestro, best known as Rino Di Silvestro (30 January 1932 - 3 October 2009) was an Italian director, screenwriter, producer and actor.

## Life and career

Born in Rome, Di Silvestro became first known thanks to Op bop pop nip, a piece he wrote, directed and starred, which was continuously represented at the Teatro delle Muse in Rome from 1962 to 1966. After having collaborated uncredited to the screenplays of a number of genre films, in 1973 he made his debut as director with Women in Cell Block 7, a film which his regarded as the first Italian women in prison film.

## Selected filmography

* Women in Cell Block 7 (1973)
* Prostituzione (1974)
* Deported Women of the SS Special Section (1976)
* Werewolf Woman (1976)
* Hanna D. - The Girl from Vondel Park (1984)
* The Erotic Dreams of Cleopatra (1985)
