Biography
Sergio Grieco (13 January 1917 – 30 March 1982) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Sergio's father was the Italian Communist Ruggero Grieco.
Grieco first started in film in the Soviet Union in 1931, working as an assistant to Nikolai Ekk on the first Soviet sound film Road to Life. He began his Italian film career as a script supervisor in 1939, working his way up to an assistant director the following year. In 1949 he worked as an assistant to René Clément on his film The Walls of Malapaga (1949).
His directorial debut was Il sentiero dell'odio (1950), beginning a prolific career in a variety of genres. He met his wife Teresa Terrone (renamed Susan Terry by her agent), who appeared in several of his films, beginning with The Mysterious Swordsman/Lo spadaccino misterioso in 1955.He directed nearly 40 films between 1950 and 1977, often also writing his own screenplays. Grieco is best known for his adventure, swashbuckler, sword and sandal and Eurospy films with Ken Clark, including the Secret Agent 077 series of imitation James Bond films, which he directed under the pseudonym 'Terence Hathaway' (see filmography). His final film was The Mad Dog Killer (1977). Grieco also co-wrote the screenplay for The Inglorious Bastards (1978).
His nephew is David Grieco, who has worked as a writer, producer and director.
Filmography
all 42
Movies 42
Director 41
Writer 1
The Inglorious Bastards (1978)
The Mad Dog Killer (1977)
Il signor Ministro li pretese tutti e subito (1977)
Violence for Kicks (1976)
La nipote del prete (1976)
One Man Against the Organization (1975)
The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine (1974)
Where the Bullets Fly (1972)
Sergeant Klems (1971)
Fuller Report, Base Stockholm (1968)
Tiffany Memorandum (1967)
Argoman the Fantastic Superman (1967)
Rififi ad Amsterdam (1966)
Special Mission Lady Chaplin (1966)
Password: Kill Agent Gordon (1966)
From the Orient with Fury (1965)
Mission Bloody Mary (1965)
Sword of the Empire (1964)
Il figlio del circo (1963)
La chica del trébol (1963)
The Iron Captain (1962)
Caesar Against the Pirates (1962)
Slave of Rome (1961)
The Huns (1960)
The Loves of Salammbo (1960)
Hello, Hello Baby! (Rains) (1959)
The Nights of Lucretia Borgia (1959)
Pia de' Tolomei (1958)
The Pirate of the Black Hawk (1958)
The Black Devil (1957)
The Violent Patriot (1956)
The Mysterious Swordsman (1956)
Tua per la vita (1955)
Loving you is my sin (Sister Celeste) (1954)
Fermi tutti... arrivo io! (1953)
Non è vero... ma ci credo! (1952)
La peccatrice dell'isola (1952)
I morti non pagano tasse (1952)
Il tallone di Achille (1952)
Il sentiero dell'odio (1950)
Tragic Hunt (1947)
Giuliano de' Medici (1941)
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GenderMale
Birthday1917-01-13
Deathday1982-03-30 (65 years old)
Birth PlaceCodevigo, Italy
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy, Italy
Also Known AsAldo Segri
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