Sergio Stivaletti
Sergio Stivaletti | |
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| Born | 15 March 1957 (age 67) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Special effects artist |
Sergio Stivaletti (born 15 March 1957) is an Italian special effects artist, make-up artist, director and screenwriter.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Rome, while being a student of medicine at the Sapienza University Stivaletti entered the film industry as an uncredited builder of small props in some Pupi Avati films.[1][2][3] He got his first credit as special effects artist in Riccardo Freda's Murder Obsession.[4] In 1985, he began a long professional association with Dario Argento, handling special effects and make-up in Phenomena.[2][5] He is also a frequent collaborator of Michele Soavi and Lamberto Bava both in their film and television projects, and also worked in films by Matteo Garrone, Gabriele Salvatores, Sergio Castellitto and Julie Taymor.[3]
In 1997, Stivaletti debuted as director with Wax Mask, replacing original director Lucio Fulci who had died during the pre-production phase.[2][4][6]
Selected filmography
[edit]As a make-up artist/special effects technician
[edit]- Murder Obsession (1981)
- The Scorpion with Two Tails (1982)
- Phenomena (1985)
- Demons (1985)
- Hands of Steel (1986)
- Demons 2 (1986)
- Momo (1986)
- Midnight Killer (1986)
- The Inquiry (1986)
- Specters (1987)
- Opera (1987)
- The Spider Labyrinth (1988)
- The Church (1989)
- The Devil's Daughter (1991)
- Fantaghirò (1991)
- Le comiche 2 (1991)
- Fantaghirò 2 (1992)
- Venerdì nero (1993)
- Fantaghirò 3 (1993)
- Cemetery Man (1994)
- Fantaghirò 4' (1994)
- The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
- Fantaghirò 5 (1996)
- Wax Mask (1997)
- Nirvana (1997)
- A spasso nel tempo – L'avventura continua (1997)
- The Phantom of the Opera (1998)
- Titus (1999)
- Gostanza da Libbiano (2000)
- Scarlet Diva (2000)
- Sleepless (2001)
- Witches to the North (2001)
- The Embalmer (2002)
- The Card Player (2004)
- Do You Like Hitchcock? (2005)
- The Goodbye Kiss (2006)
- Hate 2 O (2006)
- Ghost Son (2007)
- Mother of Tears (2007)
- Giallo (2009)
- Ubaldo Terzani Horror Show (2010)
- Morituris (2011)
- Dracula 3D (2012)
- Twice Born (2012)
- Dark Glasses (2022)
As a director
[edit]- Wax Mask (1997)
- The Three Faces of Terror (2004)
- The Profane Exhibit (2013, segment: Tophet Quorom)
- Dogman's Rabies (2018)
References
[edit]- ^ Bonzi, Andrea (19 July 2021). "Sergio Stivaletti: "Mostri e killer, la mia missione è fare paura"". Quotidiano Nazionale (in Italian). Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ a b c Canova, Gianni (2005). "Stivaletti, Sergio". Enciclopedia del cinema. Garzanti. p. 1158. ISBN 978-88-11-50516-7.
- ^ a b Bosetto, Angela (15 March 2017). "Effetti speciali, a scuola dal maestro Stivaletti". L'Arena (in Italian). Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ a b Poppi, Roberto (2002). "Stivaletti, Sergio". I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore. p. 413. ISBN 978-88-8440-171-7.
- ^ Bisti, Valentina (7 January 2001). "Sergio Stivaletti, re degli effetti speciali". Film.it (in Italian). Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ Cooper, L. Andrew (30 November 2012). Dario Argento. University of Illinois Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-252-09438-5.
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