Bruno Mattei

Bruno Mattei (30 July 1931 – 21 May 2007) was an Italian film director and editor who gained a minor cult following for his exploitation films. He used many pseudonyms, including Vincent Dawn (choosing the surname as a nod to George Romero's Dawn of the Dead). The first film directed by Mattei was Armida il dramma di una sposa. Soon after he made the infamous nazi exploitation classic KZ 9 and SS Girls. In the 1980s he created a string of zombi, nun exploitation and knock off films. In total he made over 50 films, many of them were low budget, however they have attracted a cult follwing ever since. Mattei was hospitalized in early May 2007 due to complications from a stomach tumor, and lapsed into a coma shortly after. He died on May 21, 2007.

Selected filmography as director

• (2007)
• Island of the Living Dead (2006)
• (2006)
• Belle Da Morire 2 (2005)
• The Tomb (2004)
• Mondo Cannibale (2003)
• Nella Terra dei Cannibali/Land of Death (2003)
• Snuff Killer-La Morta in diretta (2003)
• L'Altra Donna (2002)
• Capriccio Veneziato (2002)
• Belle Da Morire (2001)
• Ljuba (1996)
• Cruel Jaws (1995)
• Eye without a Face (1994)
• Dangerous Attraction (1994)
• Three for all (1993)
• Desire (1990)
• Shocking Dark/Terminator II (1989)
• Zombi 4: After Death (1988-Co-producer)
• Zombi 3 (1988, co-directed with Lucio Fulci)
• Strike Commando II (1988)
• Robowar (1988)
• Cop Game (1988)
• Nato per Combattere (1987)
• Strike Commando (1987)
• Double Target (1987)
• Scalps (1986)
• White Apache (1986)
• (1983)
• The Seven Magnificent Gladiators (1983, together with Claudio Fragasso)
• Violence in a Women's Prison (1982)
• Emanuelle Escapes from Hell (1982)
• Hell of the Living Dead (1981, aka. Virus Cannibale, aka. Zombie Creeping Flesh)
• The Other Hell (1980)
• KZ9 (1977)
• SS Girls (1977)

References

External links

• Bruno Mattei at the Internet Movie Database