Fabrizio De Angelis

Fabrizio De Angelis
Born 15 November 1940 (1940-11-15) (age 76)
Rome, Italy
Other names Larry Ludman
Occupation Director, screenwriter, producer

Fabrizio De Angelis (born 15 November 1940) is an Italian director, screenwriter and producer.

Life and career

Born in Rome, De Angelis started his career in the 1970s as a producer of genre films, often collaborating with Lucio Fulci, Joe D'Amato, Enzo G. Castellari and Umberto Lenzi.[1] In 1983 he adopted the stage name Larry Ludman and debuted as director and screenwriter with the action film Thunder Warrior, whose success led to two sequels.[1][2] He got another major success with Il ragazzo del kimono d'oro (aka Karate Warrior), a ripoff of The Karate Kid which generated six films and a TV miniseries, all written, produced and directed by De Angelis.[1][2]

Selected filmography

References

  1. 1 2 3 Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
  2. 1 2 Marco Giusti. Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer,1999. ISBN 8820029197.

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