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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-02-08 (111 years old)

Place of Birth

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy

Demofilo Fidani

Biography:

Demofilo Fidani (born 8 February 1914 on a steamship bound for Cagliari; died 4 April 1994) was an Italian film director (24 films), set designer (more than 200 films), painter, and a regarded medium and author.

As director, Fidani specialized in spaghetti westerns and used many different pseudonyms including Miles Deem, Lucky Dickinson, Alex Demos, and Danilo Dani. Many of his films were westerns, in which he used the names of well-known characters such as Butch Cassidy, Macho Callahan, Django and Sartana, as well as titles that were variations of popular titles. Besides his westerns, he directed crime films, sex comedies, and, in 1972, a giallo called A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services. Fidani's regular actors included Jack Betts (also known as Hunt Powers), Gordon Mitchell, Jeff Cameron and Klaus Kinski.

Known For

Acting

1969

1968

1967

Un colpo da Re as Truefinger

1966

Killer 77, Alive or Dead as King's Lawyer

Art

1975

The Schoolgirl as Art Direction

1969

The Avenger, Zorro as Art Direction

1968

1967

Poker with Pistols as Art Direction
Son of Django as Production Design
Il ragazzo che sapeva amare as Production Design

1966

My Name Is Pecos as Production Design
Te lo leggo negli occhi as Production Design

1965

Marauders of the Sahara as Art Direction

1964

The Road to Fort Alamo as Art Direction
Crypt of the Vampire as Production Design
Crypt of the Vampire as Set Decoration
The Monster of the Opera as Production Design

1947

Daniele Cortis as Set Decoration

Costume & Make-Up

1962

Commando as Costume Design