Antonio Leonviola

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1913-05-13

Deathday 1995-08-04 (82 years old)

Place of Birth Montagnana, Veneto, Italy

Also Known As Antonio Leone Viola, Leone Antonio Viola

Antonio Leonviola

Biography

Antonio Leonviola, born Antonio Leone Viola, was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He began his career in 1934, winning a gold medal at the Venice Film Festival for his silent film Fiera di tipi, which he shot at a fair in Padua. During World War II, he worked as a war photographer, an experience that influenced his short films such as La battaglia dell'Amba Alagi and La marcia degli eroi. After the war, Leonviola directed several films, including Rita da Cascia (1942) and The Temptress (1951). In the 1960s, he directed mythological peplum films like Atlas in the Land of the Cyclops (1961) and Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules (1961). In 1983, he co-founded the "Libera Università del Cinema di Roma" for actors and directors in San Cesareo.

Known For

Writer

1976
Evil Thoughts

as Screenplay

1970
1969
Unknown Woman

as Novel

1969
The Appointment

as Writer

1969
Unknown Woman

as Screenplay

1968
The Young Tigers

as Screenplay

1963
1963
Taur the Mighty

as Screenplay

1962
1958
Angel in a Taxi

as Writer

1951
The Two Truths

as Screenplay

1950
Outlaw Girl

as Story

Director

1968
The Young Tigers

as Director

1963
Taur the Mighty

as Director

1958
Angel in a Taxi

as Director

1954
Human Torpedoes

as Director

1953
1953
Noi cannibali

as Director

1951
The Two Truths

as Director

1943
Rita da Cascia

as Director