

Umberto Lenzi
Director · Actor · WriterUmberto Lenzi (August 6, 1931—October 19, 2017) was an Italian film director who was very active in low budget crime films, peplums, Eurospy films, spaghetti westerns, Macaroni Combat movies, cannibal films and giallo murder mysteries (in addition to writing many of the screenplays himself).
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FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR18

Dolce e perverso: Umberto Lenzi e il suo cinema
2026
Self
- Deodato vs Lenzi
Deodato vs Lenzi
2024
self

All the Colors of Giallo
2019
Self - Director (archive footage)

All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation Titan
2018
Himself

Meet the Maker: Umberto Lenzi on Almost Human
2017
Himself
- Mondo Cannibale
Mondo Cannibale
2016

Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies
2016
- Armed to the Teeth... Again
Armed to the Teeth... Again
2016

Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
2016
Self

Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015

I Tarantiniani
2013
Self

German Grusel
2012
Self

Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
2008
Self

Like a Beast... Almost
2005
Himself

Italian Kings Of B
2003
Self

Cop Target
1990
Card Player in Casino

Nightmare City
1980
Reporter (uncredited)

Love and Chatter
1958
DIRECTOR69

Mean Tricks
1992
Director

Black Demons
1991
Director

Detective Malone
1991
Director

Hunt for the Golden Scorpion
1991
Director

Cop Target
1990
Director

Hitcher in the Dark
1989
Director

The Hell's Gate
1989
Director

The House of Lost Souls
1989
Director

The House of Witchcraft
1989
Director

Nightmare Beach
1989
Director

Ghosthouse
1988
Director

Wartime
1987
Director

Bridge to Hell
1986
Director

Wild Team
1985
Director

Ironmaster
1983
Director

Daughter of the Jungle
1982
Director

Pierino the Pest to the Rescue
1982
Director

Fatty Girl Goes to New York
1982
Director

Cannibal Ferox
1981
Director

Eaten Alive!
1980
Director

Nightmare City
1980
Director

From Hell to Victory
1979
Director

From Corleone to Brooklyn
1979
Director

Scusi, lei è normale?
1979
Director

The Biggest Battle
1978
Director

Brothers Till We Die
1977
Director

The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist
1977
Director

Rome, Armed to the Teeth
1976
Director

Free Hand for a Tough Cop
1976
Director

Violent Naples
1976
Director

Eyeball
1975
Director

Syndicate Sadists
1975
Director

Manhunt in the City
1975
Director

Almost Human
1974
Director

Spasmo
1974
Director

Gang War in Milan
1973
Director

Knife of Ice
1972
Director

Man from Deep River
1972
Director

Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
1972
Director

Oasis of Fear
1971
Director

A Quiet Place to Kill
1970
Director

Paranoia
1969
Director

So Sweet... So Perverse
1969
Director

Battle of the Commandos
1969
Director

Go For Broke
1968
Director

A Gun for One Hundred Graves
1968
Director

Desert Commandos
1967
Director

Kriminal
1966
Director

The Spy Who Loved Flowers
1966
Director

A Million Dollars for 7 Murders
1966
Director

Temple of a Thousand Lights
1965
Director

SuperSeven Calling Cairo
1965
Director

008: Operation Exterminate
1965
Director

Temple of the White Elephant
1964
Director

The Pirates of Malaysia
1964
Director

Messalina Against the Son of Hercules
1964
Director

Three Sergeants of Bengal
1964
Director

Sandokan the Great
1963
Director

Samson and the Slave Queen
1963
Director

Catherine of Russia
1963
Director

The Invincible Masked Rider
1963
Director

Duel of Fire
1962
Director

The Triumph of Robin Hood
1962
Director

The Adventures of Mary Read
1961
Director

I Kiss... You Kiss
1961
First Assistant Director

Guns of the Black Witch
1961
First Assistant Director

Constantine and the Cross
1961
First Assistant Director

Ragazzi di Trastevere
1959
Director

An Italian in Greece
1958
Director
WRITER48

Hunt for the Golden Scorpion
1991
Screenstory

Black Demons
1991
Story

The House of Lost Souls
1989
Screenplay, Story

The House of Witchcraft
1989
Writer

Hitcher in the Dark
1989
Screenstory

Nightmare Beach
1989
Story, Screenplay

The Hell's Gate
1989
Story, Writer

Ghosthouse
1988
Story

Primal Rage
1988
Writer

Striker
1988
Writer

Wartime
1987
Screenplay, Screenstory

Bridge to Hell
1986
Screenplay, Screenstory

Cannibal Ferox
1981
Story, Screenplay

Eaten Alive!
1980
Screenplay, Story

Scusi, lei è normale?
1979
Story, Screenplay

From Hell to Victory
1979
Story

From Corleone to Brooklyn
1979
Screenplay, Story

The Biggest Battle
1978
Screenplay, Story

The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist
1977
Screenplay

Brothers Till We Die
1977
Story, Screenplay

Free Hand for a Tough Cop
1976
Writer

Rome, Armed to the Teeth
1976
Story

Manhunt in the City
1975
Story, Screenplay

Eyeball
1975
Screenplay, Story

Spasmo
1974
Screenplay

Gang War in Milan
1973
Screenplay

Knife of Ice
1972
Screenplay

Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
1972
Screenplay, Story

Oasis of Fear
1971
Writer

Paranoia
1969
Writer

Tarzan in the Golden Grotto
1969
Screenplay

A Gun for One Hundred Graves
1968
Screenplay

Son of Black Eagle
1968
Story

Desert Commandos
1967
Screenplay, Story

The Spy Who Loved Flowers
1966
Screenplay, Screenstory

A Million Dollars for 7 Murders
1966
Screenplay

Kriminal
1966
Screenplay

SuperSeven Calling Cairo
1965
Novel

008: Operation Exterminate
1965
Screenplay, Story

Temple of the White Elephant
1964
Screenplay, Screenstory

Three Sergeants of Bengal
1964
Story

Sandokan the Great
1963
Writer

The Invincible Masked Rider
1963
Screenplay

Samson and the Slave Queen
1963
Story, Screenplay

Catherine of Russia
1963
Story, Screenplay

Slave Girls of Sheba
1963
Screenplay, Story

Ragazzi di Trastevere
1959
Story

An Italian in Greece
1958
Writer







