FILM DIRECTOR

Riccardo Freda

1909 - 1999

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Riccardo Freda (24 February 1909 – 20 December 1999) was an Italian film director. He worked in a variety of genres, including sword-and-sandal, horror, giallo and spy films. Freda began directing I Vampiri in 1956. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Riccardo Freda has received more than 77,092 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Riccardo Freda is the 695th most popular film director (down from 658th in 2019), the 432nd most popular biography from Egypt (down from 396th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Egyptian Film Director.

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  • 2.01

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Riccardo Freda ranks 695 out of 2,041. Before him are Richard Oswald, Claude Pinoteau, John Stagliano, Bruno Mattei, Timur Bekmambetov, and Fred Niblo. After him are Sergei Bodrov, Walter Salles, Richard Marquand, Dorothy Arzner, Artavazd Peleshyan, and Ruben Östlund.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Riccardo Freda ranks 181. Before him are Régine Pernoud, Ivo Lapenna, Josef Košťálek, Claude Cahen, Max Aub, and Valentina Grizodubova. After him are Martin Lings, Gabrielle Roy, Hans Erni, Sylvère Maes, Nikola Vaptsarov, and Sattar Bahlulzade. Among people deceased in 1999, Riccardo Freda ranks 130. Before him are Paul Sacher, Theodore Hall, Carlos Romero, Milt Jackson, Oswaldo Guayasamín, and Jacques Lecoq. After him are Bing Xin, Susan Strasberg, Taheyya Kariokka, Ian Bannen, Igor M. Diakonoff, and Maxim Munzuk.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Riccardo Freda ranks 432 out of 642. Before him are Al-Mustamsik (null), Guy Béart (1930), Menas of Constantinople (null), Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi (1838), Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam (1893), and Pope Maximus of Alexandria (250). After him are Naguib Sawiris (1954), Domitius Domitianus (300), Taheyya Kariokka (1915), Doria Shafik (1908), Al-Ashraf Sha'ban (1353), and Bat Ye'or (1933).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Egypt

Among film directors born in Egypt, Riccardo Freda ranks 3. Before him are Youssef Chahine (1926), and Moshé Mizrahi (1931). After him are Atom Egoyan (1960), and Alex Proyas (1963).

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Filmography

Lust of the Vampire
Director
A mad scientist captures young women and drains their blood, in order to keep alive an ancient, evil duchess.
Apr 5th 19576.3 / 10
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
Director
The year is 1885, and necrophiliac Dr. Hitchcock likes to drug his wife for sexual funeral games. One day he accidentally administers an overdose and kills her. Several years later he remarries, with the intention of using the blood of his new bride to bring his first wife's rotting corpse back to life.
Aug 1st 19625.9 / 10
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster
Director
Academic researchers are chased by a nuclear-hot specimen of ancient Mayan blob.
Aug 7th 19595.765 / 10