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Fernando Di Leo

Born
Jan 11, 1932 · Aged 71
Died
Dec 1, 2003
Place of birth
San Ferdinando di Puglia, Italy
Gender
Male
Movie credits
16
TV credits
0
Directing credits
21
Also known as (4)
  • Ferdinando Di Leo
  • Fernando DiLeo
  • Fernand Lion
  • Fred Munch

Biography

Fernando Di Leo (11 January 1932 – 2 December 2003) was an Italian film director and script writer. He made 17 films as a director and about 50 scripts from 1964 to 1985. Fernando Di Leo was born on 11 January 1932 in San Ferdinando di Puglia. After briefly working in Rome's film school Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, di Leo made his debut as a director as part of the omnibus comedy "Gli eroi di ieri, oggi, domani" with his episode titled "Un posto in paradiso" (transl. "A Place in Heaven"). Following this Di Leo wrote several scripts for Westerns, often uncredited. This included work…