Aldo Lado

Aldo Lado (born 5 December 1934) is an Italian film and television director, screenwriter and author.[1] He is known internationally for his contributions to the giallo genre during the 1970's, through his films Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971) and Who Saw Her Die? (1972). Several of his films are considered cult classics.

Aldo Lado
Born (1934-12-05) 5 December 1934
Fiume, Italy
(present-day Rijeka, Croatia)
Other namesGeorge B. Lewis
Occupations
  • Director
  • screenwriter
  • author
Years active1968–present

Biography

Lado was born in Fiume, Italy (today Rijeka, Croatia) on 5 December 1934.

He came up through the film industry as an assistant director, notably to Bernardo Bertolucci on The Conformist (1970).[2] After writing the story for the 1971 giallo The Designated Victim, he made his directorial debut later that year with Short Night of Glass Dolls. Lado took the job after two previous directors, Maurizio Lucidi and Antonio Margheriti, fell through.[3] The film was a success, and he followed it with another giallo, Who Saw Her Die?.

Lado's subsequent films were in a variety of genres, including drama (Woman Buried Alive,[4] The Cousin), romance (La cosa buffa), and horror (Last Stop on the Night Train). In 1979, he directed the Star Wars cash-in The Humanoid, for which he was credited under the George Lucas-esque pseudonym "George B. Lewis".[5] In 1981, he directed the Alberto Moravia adaptation La disubbidienza.

In 2013, after a 20-year hiatus, he directed the film Il Notturno di Chopin.

Lado published his first short story in 2016, in the anthology Nuovi delitti di lago. In 2017 he published I film che non vedrete mai ('The films you will never see'), a compilation based on Lado's own unproduced screenplays.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Notes
1971 Short Night of Glass Dolls
1972 Who Saw Her Die?
La cosa buffa
1973 Woman Buried Alive
1974 The Cousin
1975 Last Stop on the Night Train
1976 L'ultima volta
1979 The Humanoid
1981 La disubbidienza
1987 Scirocco
1989 Rito d'amore
1992 Alibi perfetto
1993 Venerdì nero
1994 La chance
2013 Il Notturno di Chopin

Television
Year Title Notes
1978 Il prigioniero Television film
1979 Il était un musicien 1 episode
1980 Delitto in Via Teulada Television film
1982 La pietra di Marco Polo
1986 I figli dell'ispettore Television film
1991 La stella del parco 13 episodes

Bibliography
  • Il gigante e la bambina, in Nuovi delitti di lago, Morellini Editore, 2016, ISBN 978-88-6298-439-3
  • Cold Case sul Lago Maggiore, in Delitti di lago, vol. 3, Morellini Editore, 2017, ISBN 978-88-6298-493-5
  • I film che non vedrete mai, Angera Films, 2017, ISBN 978-88-942777-0-8
  • Un pollo da spennare, Angera Films, 2018, ISBN 978-88-942777-2-2
  • Hotel delle cose, Angera Films, 2018, ISBN 978-88-942777-6-0
  • Il mastino, Angera Films, 2018, ISBN 978-88-942777-4-6
  • Ombre scure sotto la Rocca di Angera, in Delitti di lago, vol. 4, Morellini Editore, 2020, ISBN 978-88-6298-744-8
  • Storie di donne: MIRIAM, Edizioni Angerafilm 2020, ISBN 979-12-80098-01-6
  • IL RIDER, Edizioni Angerafilm 2020 , ISBN 979-12-80098-00-9
  • Storie di donne: COSTANZA, Edizioni Angerafilm 2021, ISBN 979-12-80098-02-3

References
  1. "Aldo Lado". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2016. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016.
  2. Jefferson Kline, Thomas (1994). I film di Bernardo Bertolucci: cinema e psicanalisi. Gremese Editore. ISBN 978-88-7605-797-7.
  3. "Aldo Lado: "Monica Vitti? Voleva fare un film con me, ma era una rompiscatole e le dissi di no"". Movieplayer.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  4. "» "Sepolta Viva". Ode alla seduzione". Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  5. Hughes, Howard (2011). Cinema Italiano: The Complete Guide from Classics to Cult. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85771-978-2.


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