Steno (director)

Steno, the artistic name of Stefano Vanzina (19 January 1917 – 13 March 1988), was an Italian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Two of his films, Un giorno in pretura (1954) and Febbre da cavallo (1976), were shown in a retrospective section on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.[1]

Steno
Born
Stefano Vanzina

(1917-01-19)19 January 1917
Rome, Italy
Died13 March 1988(1988-03-13) (aged 71)
Rome, Italy
NationalityItalian
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • cinematographer
Years active1949–1988
ChildrenCarlo Vanzina
Enrico Vanzina

Selected filmography
  • Abandonment (1940)
  • Fourth Page (1942)
  • In High Places (1943)
  • Two Hearts Among the Beasts (1943)
  • Annabella's Adventure (1943)
  • Black Eagle (1946)
  • The Courier of the King (1947)
  • The Captain's Daughter (1947)
  • Fear and Sand (1948)
  • The Wolf of the Sila (1949)
  • Toto Looks for a House (1949)
  • A Night of Fame (1949)
  • A Dog's Life (with Mario Monicelli, 1950)
  • The Knight Has Arrived! (with Mario Monicelli, 1950)
  • Her Favourite Husband (1950)
  • The Elusive Twelve (1950)
  • The Ungrateful Heart (1951)
  • Cops and Robbers (with Mario Monicelli, 1951)
  • Totò in Color (1952)
  • Le infedeli (1953)
  • Man, Beast and Virtue (1953)
  • Un americano a Roma (1954)
  • A Day in Court (1954)
  • Le avventure di Giacomo Casanova (1955)
  • Nero's Weekend (1956)
  • Totò nella luna (1958)
  • I Tartassati (1959)
  • Tempi duri per i vampiri (1959)
  • Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito (1959)
  • Letto a tre piazze (1960)
  • The Two Colonels (1962)
  • Copacabana Palace (1962)
  • Totò Diabolicus (1963)
  • Toto vs the Four (1963)
  • Letti sbagliati (1965)
  • Caprice Italian Style (1968)
  • Execution Squad (1972)
  • Flatfoot (1973)
  • Policewoman (1974)
  • Febbre da cavallo (1976)
  • Double Murder (1977)
  • Amori miei (1978)
  • La patata bollente (1979)
  • Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot (1979)
  • Quando la coppia scoppia (1981)
  • Banana Joe (1982)
  • An Ideal Adventure (1982)

References
  1. "Italian Comedy - The State of Things". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2010.


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