Biography
Domenico Paolella (18 October 1915 – 7 October 2002) was an Italian director, screenwriter and journalist.
Born in Foggia, between 1933 and 1935 Paolella won several contests for amateur directors; in the same years he started working as a journalist for several newspapers and magazines. In 1937 he entered the film industry as assistant of Carmine Gallone for Scipio the African, and the following year made his debut as a director of short films. During the war he was correspondent from the Soviet front. From 1946 to 1951 he was artistic director and chief editor of the INCOM newsreel production company.In 1939 Paolella directed his first feature film, The Last of the Road. In subsequent years, he first directed a series of musical films of great success produced by Carlo Infascelli, then he specialized in the comic genre. Paolella directed his last film in 1979, and briefly rejoined the industry in the early nineties when he collaborated on several screenplays for films directed by Sergio Sollima, Stelvio Massi, Lamberto Bava and Aldo Lado.
Filmography
all 45
Movies 45
Director 38
Writer 6
self 1
Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co (2000)
Power and Lovers (1994)
Berlin '39 (1993)
High Risk (1993)
Body Puzzle (1992)
Belli e brutti ridono tutti (1979)
Three Under the Sheets (1979)
Gardenia (1979)
Stunt Squad (1977)
The Prey (1974)
Story of a Cloistered Nun (1973)
The Nun and the Devil (1973)
La ragazza del prete (1970)
Execution (1968)
Il sole è di tutti (1968)
Hate for Hate (1967)
Danger!! Death Ray (1967)
Operation Atlantis (1965)
Challenge of the Gladiator (1965)
Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus (1965)
Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon (1964)
Canzoni, bulli e pupe (1964)
Hercules Against the Barbarians (1964)
Hercules Against the Mongols (1963)
Maskenball bei Scotland Yard (1963)
The Rebel Gladiators (1962)
Women of Devil's Island (1962)
Samson Against the Sheik (1962)
Avenger of the Seven Seas (1962)
The Secret of the Black Falcon (1961)
Guns of the Black Witch (1961)
Pirates of the Coast (1960)
Madri pericolose (1960)
I teddy boys della canzone (1960)
Destinazione Sanremo (1959)
Non sono più guaglione (1957)
Il coraggio (1955)
Destinazione Piovarolo (1955)
Songs from all over Italy (1955)
Rosso e nero (1954)
Gran varietà (1954)
Cavalcade of Song (1953)
Un ladro in paradiso (1952)
Half a Century of Song (1952)
The Thrill of the Skies (1940)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1915-10-15
Deathday2002-10-07 (86 years old)
Birth PlaceFoggia, Italy
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy, Italy
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