Tonino Cervi

Italian film director, screenwriter and producer

Tonino Cervi
Cervi in 1974
Born	4 June 1929 Rome, Italy
Died	1 April 2002(2002-04-01) (aged 72) Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, film producer

Tonino Cervi (4 June 1929 – 1 April 2002) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer.

Background

Born in Rome, Cervi was the son of actor Gino Cervi and father of Antonia Cervi, Antonio Levesi Cervi, Stefano Cervi and actress Valentina Cervi.^[1] He made his debut as a film producer in 1952, with La Peccatrice dell'isola by Sergio Corbucci;^[1] among others, he produced works of Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Mauro Bolognini, Francesco Rosi, Mario Monicelli.^[2]

Cervi made his directional debut with the spaghetti Western Oggi a me... domani a te starring Bud Spencer; among his films two box office hits both starring Alberto Sordi, The Miser and Il malato immaginario.^[2] He also directed the film Ritratto di borghesia in nero.

Cervi died in Rome of a heart attack.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
^ ^a ^b ^c Fausto Gianì (2 April 2002). "Morto il regista Tonino Cervi". La Repubblica. Retrieved 24 November 2012.