Marco Leto

Marco Leto (18 January 1931 – 21 April 2016) was an Italian film and television director and screenwriter.^[1][2]

Marco Leto
Born	(1931-01-18)18 January 1931 Rome, Italy
Died	21 April 2016(2016-04-21) (aged 85) Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1960–1993

Born in Rome, Leto started his career in the 1950s as an assistant director in a large number of films.^[3] In 1965 he started a collaboration with RAI TV, for which he directed several serials and TV movies.^[3] After signing some screenplays, Leto made his film directorial debut in 1973, with the critically appreciated Black Holiday.^[3] In the following years he kept active both in cinema and in television.^[3]

Selected filmography

• Pistol for a Hundred Coffins (1968, screenwriter)
• Dead Men Don't Count (1968, screenwriter)
• Dear Parents (1973, screenwriter)
• Black Holiday (1973, director and screenwriter)
• Al piacere di rivederla (1976, director and screenwriter)