Biography
Carlo Vanzina (13 March 1951 – 8 July 2018) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter.Vanzina was born in Rome, the son of Maria Teresa Nati and film director Stefano Vanzina and brother of Enrico Vanzina.
In English-speaking countries, he is likely best known for his 1985 giallo Nothing Underneath, starring Donald Pleasence and Renée Simonsen, which received a substantial home video release and aired on cable frequently. He would effectively remake his own film in 2011 as The Last Fashion Show with Richard E. Grant.
Many of his projects were made for Italian television with English-speaking actors, and in turn these films received English-language home video releases in America. He frequently worked with models-turned-actresses such as Renee Simonsen, Carole Bouquet, Carol Alt, Lauren Hutton, and Elle Macpherson.
Two of his films, Eccezzziunale... veramente (1982) and Vacanze di Natale (1983), were shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.
Filmography
all 109
Movies 103
Director 75
Writer 14
self 9
TV Shows 6
Producer 5
Screenplay 2
Creator 1
Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa (2019)
Caccia al tesoro (2017)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts (2017)
Non si ruba a casa dei ladri (2016)
Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life (2016)
Miami Beach (2016)
Torno indietro e cambio vita (2015)
Ma tu di che segno 6? (2014)
Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori (2014)
C'era una volta il prossimamente (2014)
A Fairy Tale Wedding (2014)
Per amore del mio popolo (2014)
Taste of You (2014)
Alberto il grande (2013)
Us in the U.S. (2013)
Buona giornata (2012)
Monicelli: La versione di Mario (2012)
Vacanze di Natale a Cortina (2011)
Ex 2: Still Friends (2011)
Nothing Under the Dress - The Last Show (2011)
Faccio un salto all'Avana (2011)
Meet My Friend (2010)
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo (2010)
Life Is a Wonderful Thing (2010)
A Summer in the Caribbean (2009)
VIP (2008)
A summer at the sea (2008)
Matrimonio alle Bahamas (2007)
2061 - Un anno eccezionale (2007)
Piper (2007)
Olé (2006)
Eccezzziunale... veramente - Capitolo secondo... me (2006)
Il ritorno del Monnezza (2005)
Un ciclone in famiglia (2005)
In questo mondo di ladri (2004)
The Jokes (2004)
Natale in India (2003)
Il pranzo della domenica (2003)
Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting (2002)
Un maresciallo in gondola (2002)
South Kensington (2001)
And now sex (2001)
Quello che le ragazze non dicono (2000)
Vacanze di Natale 2000 (1999)
Anni '60 (1999)
Tifosi (1999)
Il cielo in una stanza (1999)
Anni '50 (1998)
Simpatici & antipatici (1998)
A spasso nel tempo - L'avventura continua (1997)
Banzai (1997)
Fratelli coltelli (1997)
A Walk in Time (1996)
Call Girl (1996)
Savages (1995)
Christmas Vacation '95 (1995)
I Don't Speak English (1995)
S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago (1994)
I mitici - Colpo gobbo a Milano (1994)
Pretty Princess (1993)
Sognando la California (1992)
Piedipiatti (1991)
Millions (1991)
Tre colonne in cronaca (1990)
Life with the Kids (1990)
Fratelli d'Italia (1989)
Mano rubata (1989)
Le finte bionde (1989)
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato (1989)
To Save Nine (1989)
The Gamble (1988)
Il vizio di vivere (1988)
Montecarlo Gran Casinò (1987)
My First 40 Years (1987)
Via Montenapoleone (1987)
I Ragazzi della 3ª C (1987)
Italian Fast Food (1986)
Yuppies (1986)
Nothing Underneath (1985)
Vacanze in America (1984)
Amarsi un po'... (1984)
A Boy and a Girl (1984)
Il Ras del quartiere (1983)
Christmas Holidays (1983)
Taste of the Sea 2: One Year Later (1983)
Dagger Eyes (1983)
Taste of the Sea (1983)
I'm Going to Live by Myself (1982)
Viuuulentemente mia (1982)
Eccezzziunale... veramente (1982)
Che fai... ridi? (1982)
I Fichissimi (1981)
Una vacanza bestiale (1980)
Arrivano i gatti (1980)
Figlio delle stelle (1979)
Per vivere meglio, divertitevi con noi (1978)
Luna di miele in tre (1976)
Colpita da improvviso benessere (1976)
My Friends (1975)
While There's War There's Hope (1974)
Come Home and Meet My Wife (1974)
Stardust (1973)
We Want the Colonels (1973)
Lady Liberty (1971)
Brancaleone at the Crusades (1970)
Transplant (1970)
Oh, Grandmother's Dead (1969)
Toto and the Women (1952)
Once Upon A Time...
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1951-03-13
Deathday2018-07-08 (67 years old)
Birth PlaceRome, Italy
FatherStefano Vanzina
SiblingsEnrico Vanzina
CitizenshipsItaly
ResidencesRome, Italy
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