Alfonso Brescia

Alfonso Brescia
Born Alfonso Brescia
(1930-01-06)6 January 1930
Rome
Died 6 June 2001(2001-06-06) (aged 71)
Rome
Other names Al Bradley[1]
Occupation Director

Alfonso Brescia (6 January 1930 – 6 June 2001) was an Italian film director. Brescia began working in film against his fathers wishes, and eventually directed his first film Revolt of the Praetorians. Brescia worked in several genres in the Italian film industry, including five science fiction films following the release of Star Wars. Brescia work slowed down towards the late 1980s, and directed his last film Club Vacanze which could not get distribution.

Biography

Alfonso Brescia was born in Rome on January 6, 1930.[2] Brescia was the son of a film producer and entered the film business against his father's will.[2] His father had him work as a production driver, which involved getting up early to persuade him against entering the business which did not work.[2] He began work as an assistant director as well as working in production offices, eventually directing his first film Revolt of the Praetorians in 1964.[2]

Following the release of Star Wars, he shot five science fiction films in a row, The War in Space, War of the Planets, War of the Robots, Star Odyssey, and The Beast in Space.[2] In the 1980s, with the decline of genre cinema in the 1980s, Brescia's output drastically diminished, with his final works being Iron Warrior and Mimai Cops and Omicidio a luci blu.[2] His last film was in 1995 when here directed his last film Club Vacanze which no distributor bought and Brescia could not get his money back. [2]

Brescia died in Rome on May 5, 2001.[2]

Style

Italian film historian Roberto Curti described Brescia as "a hack, but a reliable one." noting that he "never lost money on a film."[2] Film historian Roberto Curti referred to Brescia as "one of the most prolific and versatiles Italian filmmakers of the 1970s"[2] Brescia worked in popular film genres of their respective eras in Italy, including sword and sandal films, Westerns, war films, mondo films, gialli, erotic films, superhero films, children's films, erotic films, and science fiction films.[2]


Selected filmography

Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological.
TitleYearCredited asNotesRef(s)
DirectorScreenwriterScreen story writerOther
Gladiators 7 1962 Yes Assistant director [3][4]
The Magnificent Gladiator 1964 Yes Yes [5]
The Conqueror of Atlantis 1965 Yes Yes [6]
Battle of the Amazons 1973 Yes [7]
Super Stooges vs. the Wonder Women 1974 Yes Yes [8][9]
Blood and Bullets 1976 Yes Yes [10]
The New Godfathers 1979 Yes [11][12]
Iron Warrior 1987 Yes Yes Yes [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 203.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Curti 2013, p. 289.
  3. ↑ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 65.
  4. ↑ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 67.
  5. ↑ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 111.
  6. ↑ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 40.
  7. ↑ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 26.
  8. ↑ Curti 2016, p. 146.
  9. ↑ Gomarasca, Manlio (May 2009). "Beyond the Screen. Il cinema di Ovidio G. Assonitis". Nocturno Dossier. No. 82. p. 20.
  10. ↑ Curti 2013, p. 161.
  11. ↑ Curti 2013, p. 266.
  12. ↑ Curti 2013, p. 267.

References

  • Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 0786469765.
  • Curti, Roberto (2016). Diabolika: Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema. Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1-936168-60-6.
  • Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 1476662916.


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