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Eugenio Bava (4 June 1886, Italy – 23 October 1966, Rome, Italy) was an Italian film cinematographer. His son was film director Mario Bava and his grandson is Italian horror film director Lamberto Bava. Selected filmography. Cabiria (1914) Black Shirt (1933) References
- Mario Bava (son)
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Jul 7, 2017 · He took after his father Eugenio in this way, as Bava expert Tim Lucas exhaustively details in his definitive biography All the Colors of the Dark. Eugenio was also a sculptor turned filmworker that contributed to such historic Italian films as " Cabiria " and "Quo Vadis."
- Filmography
- Articles in Senses of Cinema
- Web Resources
Note: I have cobbled together this filmography based on information I have gathered re: the year of production (as opposed to year of release) and the order in which they were made. There is no uniformity amongst the various filmographies that were consulted. Much of this information comes from the wonderful liner notes which Tim Lucas has written ...
Mario Bava’s Black Sunday aka The Mask of Satanby Christopher J. Jarmick Whips and Bodies: The Sadean Cinema Textby Lindsay Hallam Barbara Steele’s Ephemeral Skin: Feminism, Fetishism and Filmby Patricia MacCormack
Mario Bava Webpage Nice site, with reviews, biography, image gallery, “Bava speaks”, guestbook, links and filmography. Mario Bava: il piu grande Good overview (in English), with lots of links. A Short Biography of Mario Bava Article by Tim Lucas for Imagesjournal. Classic Horror Masters – Mario Bava Page features a filmography with links to article...
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- I Coltelli del Vendicatore (Knives of the Avenger, 1966) It is the end of the year 1964 when director Leopoldo Savona abandons the production of the viking epic “I Coltelli del Vendicatore”, and Mario Bava is called to finally bring the project to a conclusion.
- Gli Orrori del Castello di Norimberga (Baron Blood, 1972) In this horror film Bava tells the story of Peter von Kleist, a young Austrian university student that during his investigations on his family’s mysterious past accidentally brings back to life his legendary ancestor Otto, that very same Baron that gives this enjoyable flick its international title.
- Le Spie Vengono dal Semifreddo (Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs, 1966) The comedy duo composed of Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia were the absolute stars of the Italian comic cinema of the 60s and 70s.
- Roy Colt e Winchester Jack (Roy Colt and Winchester Jack, 1970) The second and last contribution to the western genre in Bava’s filmography, “Roy Colt e Winchester Jack” is a better film than “La Strada per Fort Alamo”, probably because of its constant refusal to maintain a serious approach to its derivative plot.
Oct 30, 2021 · The son of famous cinematographer Eugenio Bava, Mario was introduced to the world of cinema from an early age and learnt how to master the elusive craft of special effects from his extremely talented father. Starting out as a cinematographer himself, Bava worked on some of the landmark projects in the history of Italian cinema.
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Italian director Mario Bava was born on July 31, 1914 in the coastal northern Italian town of Sanremo. His father, Eugenio Bava (1886-1966), was a cinematographer in the early days of the Italian film industry. Bava was trained as a painter, and when he eventually followed his father into film photography his artistic background led him to a ...
Eugenio Bava was born on 4 June 1886 in Italy. He was a cinematographer, known for Cabiria (1914), Le ultime avventure di Galaor (1921) and La farfalla della morte (1920). He died on 23 October 1966 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
