Directing
Riccardo Freda
IT, DE, EN, FR cinema · 71 credits
Born
24 February 1909
Died
20 December 1999 (aged 90)
Birthplace
Alexandria, Egypt
Also known as Robert Hampton
Riccardo Freda (24 February 1909 – 20 December 1999) was an Italian film director. He worked in a variety of genres, including sword-and-sandal, horror, giallo and spy films. Freda began directing I Vampiri in 1956. The film became the first Italian sound horror film production. Riccardo Freda was born in 1909 in Alexandria, Egypt to Italian parents. Freda attended school in Milan where he took art classes at the Centro Sperimantale. After school he took on work as a sculptor and art critic. Freda first began working in the film industry in 1937 and directed his first film Don Cesare di Bazan in 1942. Freda began directing I Vampiri. I Vampiri was the first Italian horror film of the sound era, following the lone silent horror film Il mostro di Frankenstein (1920) Despite being the first, a wave of Italian horror productions did not follow until Mario Bava's film Black Sunday was released internationally.
Known for
Filmography
For the Love of Nancy
Set Decoration
D'Artagnan's Daughter
Original Story
My Name Is Kate
Set Decoration
Once Around the Park
as Ricardo, le réalisateur
Murder Obsession
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Tragic Ceremony
Director
Tamar Wife of Er
Director, Writer
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
Editor, Director, Screenplay
Double Face
Director, Screenplay
Death at Owell Rock
Director, Screenplay
Mexican Slayride
Director
The Exterminators
Director
The Two Orphans
Director, Writer
Romeo e Giulietta
Director, Screenplay
The Revenge of the Crusader
Story, Producer, Screenplay
The Ghost
Director, Writer
Gold for the Caesars
Director
The Witch's Curse
Director
The Seventh Sword
Director
Alone Against Rome
Second Unit Director
Manhunt
Director
The Mongols
Director, Second Unit Director
The Giants of Thessaly
Director, Screenplay
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster
Director, Writer
The White Warrior
Director, Editor
Sign of the Gladiator
Second Unit Director
Lust of the Vampire
as Il dottore (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
Ambush in Tangier
Director
Castle of the Banned Lovers
Director, Editor
From Here to the Inheritance
Director, Story, Writer
Theodora, Slave Empress
Director, Story, Screenplay, Producer
Mosaici a Ravenna, I
1954
Mosaici a Ravenna, I
Director, Writer
Sins of Rome
Screenplay, Director
The Legend of Piave
Director
Double Cross
Director, Screenplay
Magia a prezzi modici
1950
Magia a prezzi modici
Writer, Director
The Iron Swordsman
Director
O Caçula do Barulho
Director, Writer
Les Misérables
Director, Screenplay
The Mysterious Rider
Director, Screenplay, Story
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
Director, Screenplay
Guarany
Director
Aquila Nera
Director, Screenplay
Non canto più
Writer, Director
L'abito nero da sposa
Screenplay
Tutta la città canta
Story, Screenplay, Director
Don Cesare of Bazan
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Sundown
as Pilot (uncredited)
The Adventuress from the Floor Above
Editor, Screenplay
Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto
Screenplay, Producer
The Little Adventurers
as Il maestro, Editor, Screenplay
In campagna è caduta una stella
Screenplay, First Assistant Director
La voce senza volto
Screenplay
Fuochi d'artificio
Screenplay