Mario Caiano

Mario Caiano (February 13, 1933 – September 20, 2015)^[1] was an Italian film director, screenwriter, producer, art director and second unit director.^[2]

Mario Caiano
Born	(1933-02-13)February 13, 1933 Rome, Italy
Died	September 20, 2015(2015-09-20) (aged 82)
Occupations	Director producer screenwriter
Years active	1954–2002

Career

Born in Rome, he directed nearly 50 films between 1961 and 2001 and wrote some 27 films and TV scripts since 1954.^[3]

He is primarily known for his work on Spaghetti Westerns,^[4] Pepla, Euro Crime and to a slightly lesser degree on horror films.^[5] Caiano directed (as Allen Grünewald) and wrote the script for Nightmare Castle (Amanti d'oltretomba, 1965), which stars Barbara Steele. Eye in the Labyrinth (1972) is a later film in the genre that he directed.

Partial filmography

Title	Year	Credited as				Notes	Ref(s)
		Director	Screenwriter	Screen story writer	Other
The Pirate of the Black Hawk	1958		Yes				[6]
Pia of Ptolemy					Yes	Assistant director	[7]
The Loves of Salammbo	1960		Yes		Yes		[8]
Journey Beneath the Desert	1961				Yes	2nd Unit Director	[9][10]
Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules	1962	Yes	Yes	Yes			[11]
Medusa Against the Son of Hercules	1963		Yes				[12][13]
Goliath and the Rebel Slave		Yes					[14]
Bullets Don't Argue	1964	Yes					[15][16]
The Two Gladiators		Yes					[17]
The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules		Yes					[18]
Nightmare Castle	1965	Yes	Yes	Yes			[19]
Vengeance of the Vikings		Yes	Yes				[20]
A Coffin for the Sheriff	—	Yes					[21]
Spies Strike Silently - Le spie uccidono in silenzio [it]	1966	Yes	Yes				[22]
7 pistole per un massacro	1967	Yes					[23]
Ringo the Lone Rider	—		Yes	Yes			[24]
Love Birds - Una strana voglia d'amare [it]	1969	Yes	Yes				[25]
Shadow of Illusion	197?	Yes	Yes	Yes			[26][27][28]
Eye in the Labyrinth	1972	Yes	Yes	Yes			[29][30]
My Name Is Shanghai Joe	—	Yes	Yes	Yes			[31]
Calling All Police Cars	1975	Yes					[32]
Bloody Payroll	1976	Yes	Yes	Yes			[33][34]
Nazi Love Camp 27	—	Yes	Yes				[35]
Napoli spara!	1977	Yes					[36]
La malavita attacca... la polizia risponde!		Yes	Yes				[37]