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Antonio Margheriti (19 September 1930 – 4 November 2002), also known under the pseudonym Anthony M. Dawson, was a prolific Italian filmmaker. He was born in Rome and died in 2002 from a heart attack in Monterosi, Viterbo, near Rome at the age of 72.
Margheriti started out in the Italian film industry in 1956 as a screenwriter. He started directing in 1960, his first film being "Spacemen" (aka "Assignment Outer Space"). Margheriti is known for his science fiction, horror, spaghetti western and action movies. He was the director of such cult movies as Cannibal Apocalypse, Castle of Blood, The Virgin of Nuremberg, Assignment Outer Space, Wild Wild Planet, Naked You Die, Mr. Super Invisible, The Last Hunter, Battle of the Worlds and numerous others. Most of his films were directed under the pseudonym of Anthony M. Dawson. He stopped using his real name in the USA early in his career, when he realized the English translation of the name "Antonio Margheriti" was "Anthony Daisies", and he thought it sounded too effeminate.
He was the only Italian director who worked directly for American production companies like MGM, United Artists, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, etc. with films like: Yor, the Hunter from the Future, Take a Hard Ride, Killer Fish, etc. Margheriti said his action/adventure films were his favorites, and his least favorite movies were the sword-and-sandal peplum films he made in the early 1960s (such as "Devil of the Desert" and "Giants of Rome").
For years, director Richard Morrissey disputed Margheriti's claim that he had directed "Andy Warhol's Frankenstein" in the early 1970s, saying that Margheriti was mostly just a technical advisor on that film. Morrissey said Margheriti did however direct a very, very brief segment of the movie (mostly the scenes involving the two children roaming around in the lab).
Margheriti worked with many well-known genre actors such as Lee Van Cleef, John Saxon, Claude Rains, John Morghen, Klaus Kinski, Barbara Steele, Reb Brown, Donald Pleasence, Yul Brynner, David Warbeck, Luciano Pigozzi, Marvin Hagler, Terence Hill, Fred Williamson, Christopher Lee and many others. Most of his later films were shot in the Philippines (especially his war films). Margheriti also collaborated on the special effects in two Italian cult films which he did not direct, Sergio Leone's "Fistful of Dynamite" (1971) and Aldo Lado's "The Humanoid" (1979).
Margheriti retired from filmmaking in 1996 at age 66. He died in 2002 of natural causes. Margheriti's son Edoardo and his daughter Antonella are both also involved in filmmaking. Eli Roth's character in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film Inglourious Bastards took Margheriti as his namesake.
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Filmography
all 73
Movies 71
Director 59
self 4
Writer 4
TV Shows 2
The Outsider - The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti (2013)
Italian Kings Of B (2003)
'Cannibal Apocalypse' Redux (2002)
Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co (2000)
Incontro con Antonio Margheriti (1999)
Virtual Weapon (1997)
Indio 2 - The Revolt (1991)
The Black Cobra 3 (1990)
Alien from the Deep (1989)
Indio (1989)
The Commander (1988)
Treasure Island in Outer Space (1987)
Commando Leopard (1985)
Jungle Raiders (1985)
Code Name: Wild Geese (1984)
The Ark of the Sun God (1984)
Yor, the Hunter from the Future (1983)
Il Mondo di Yor (1983)
The Last Blood (1983)
Tiger Joe (1982)
The Hunters of the Golden Cobra (1982)
Car Crash (1981)
The Last Hunter (1980)
Invasion of the Flesh Hunters (1980)
Killer Fish (1979)
The Humanoid (1979)
The Squeeze (1978)
Death Rage (1976)
Take a Hard Ride (1975)
Lo sgarbo (1975)
Blood for Dracula (1974)
Whisky and Ghosts (1974)
The Stranger and the Gunfighter (1974)
Manone il ladrone (1974)
Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)
Mr. Hercules Against Karate (1973)
Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eyes (1973)
Treasure Island (1972)
Novelle galeotte d'amore (1972)
1001 Nights of Pleasure (1972)
Duck, You Sucker (1971)
Web of the Spider (1971)
Mr. Superinvisible (1970)
And God Said to Cain (1970)
The Unnaturals (1969)
I Love You (1968)
Vengeance (1968)
The Young, the Evil and the Savage (1968)
Mission Stardust (1967)
Dynamite Joe (1967)
Snow Devils (1967)
Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand (1966)
War Between the Planets (1966)
War of the Planets (1966)
The Wild, Wild Planet (1966)
Lightning Bolt (1966)
Killers Are Challenged (1966)
The Long Hair of Death (1964)
Giants of Rome (1964)
Hercules, Prisoner of Evil (1964)
The Slave Merchants (1964)
Castle of Blood (1964)
Mondo Inferno (1964)
Horror Castle (1963)
The Fall of Rome (1963)
War Gods of Babylon (1962)
The Golden Arrow (1962)
Battle of the Worlds (1961)
Assignment: Outer Space (1960)
Legs of Gold (1958)
A Sailor's Promises (1958)
Class of Iron (1957)
Presentimento (1956)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1930-09-19
Deathday2002-11-04 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceRome, Italy
ChildrenEdoardo Margheriti
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy, Australia, Italy
Also Known AsAnthony M. Dawson, Anthony Dawson, Antony Daisies, Raymond Homer, Anthony Matthews
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