Biography
Guido Malatesta (1919 – 14 June 1970), born in Gallarate, Italy, was a film director and screenwriter.
He began working as a professional journalist. After he moved to Rome, he was drawn to cinema, as creator of treatments, then scriptwriter and assistant director, and finally becoming director in 1957 with the film The Billionaires. He continued to make films until a few days before his death in 1970. He was known for his Peplum movies and having a simple fun style without being overdone by plot.
His most popular of the present remains Colossus and the Headhunters and Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules. The former is notable for having no monsters which went against the tradition of the sword and sandal genre as well as being the subject of a 1994 episode of the popular movie-mocking television show Mystery Science Theater 3000. He wrote the story and screenplay of Devil of the Desert Against the Son of Hercules.
In the sixties, following the fashion of the time, he signed a few films with the Americanized name of "James Reed".
Filmography
all 38
Movies 38
Writer 19
Director 18
Riuscirà il nostro eroe a ritrovare il più grande diamante del mondo? (1971)
Maniacs on Wheels (1970)
Tarzana: The Wild Woman (1969)
Poppea's Hot Nights (1969)
Son of Black Eagle (1968)
Samoa, Queen of the Jungle (1968)
Mission Phantom (1967)
Operation Apocalypse (1966)
Maciste, Avenger of the Mayans (1966)
Spies Kill Silently (1966)
Lone and Angry Man (1965)
The Sheriff Won't Shoot (1965)
Fire Over Rome (1965)
The Revolt of the Barbarians (1964)
The Slave Merchants (1964)
The Adventures of Scaramouche (1963)
Samson and the Slave Queen (1963)
Samson and the Sea Beasts (1963)
Colossus of the Stone Age (1963)
Sign of Zorro (1963)
The Invincible Masked Rider (1963)
Catherine of Russia (1963)
Colossus and the Headhunters (1963)
Goliath Against the Giants (1961)
Fury of the Pagans (1960)
Valley of the Doomed (1960)
The Head of a Tyrant (1959)
August, my women, I don't know you (1959)
Serenatella Sciuè Sciuè (1958)
The Tanks of El Alamein (1957)
Guaglione (1956)
Il prezzo della gloria (1956)
Incatenata dal destino (1956)
Human Torpedoes (1954)
Barrier of the Law (1954)
Per salvarti ho peccato (1953)
Sul ponte dei sospiri (1953)
Fuoco nero (1951)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1919-10-02
Deathday1970-06-14 (50 years old)
Birth PlaceGallarate, Italy
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy, Italy
Also Known AsJames Reed
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