Bruno Mattei
Born
30 July 1931 (94)
Place of Birth
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Also known as
Andy Lamar, Bob Hunter
Biography
Bruno Mattei (30 July 1931 – 21 May 2007) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor who directed exploitation films in many genres, including women in prison, nunsploitation, zombie, mondo, cannibal, and Nazisploitation films. Born in 1931, Bruno Mattei grew up in Rome, Italy, where his father owned a small film editing studio. Mattei made his debut as a director with the drama Armida, il dramma di una sposa(1970) under the alias "Jordon B. Matthews". He eventually had more pseudony...
Bruno Mattei (30 July 1931 – 21 May 2007) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor who directed exploitation films in many genres, including women in prison, nunsploitation, zombie, mondo, cannibal, and Nazisploitation films. Born in 1931, Bruno Mattei grew up in Rome, Italy, where his father owned a small film editing studio. Mattei made his debut as a director with the drama Armida, il dramma di una sposa(1970) under the alias "Jordon B. Matthews". He eventually had more pseudonyms than any working director in the world. He returned to editing before making another comeback in 1976 with two low-budget Nazi exploitation films, Women's Camp 119 (1977) (aka "Women's Camp 119") and Casa privata per le SS (1977) (aka "SS Girls"). Mattei followed these taboo-breaking films with excursions into porno films and mondo "shockumentaries", all directed under his many pseudonyms, concentrating on "shock value" with films such as Mondo erotico (1973), "Libiodomania" and "Libidomania 2". Always on the lookout for new exploitation avenues, Mattei followed with "nunsploitation", with the softcore sex film La vera storia della monaca di Monza (1980) and the violent sex thriller The Other Hell (1981). Both films involved a partnership with writer/director Claudio Fragasso, who helped him write and direct the back-to-back productions. Using yet another alias, "Vincent Dawn", Mattei directed Hell of the Living Dead (1980) (aka "Hell of the Living Dead"), a low-budged zombie picture inspired by other zombie cannibal movies such as Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Lucio Fulci's Zombi 2 (1979). "Virus" was filmed in Spain and used jungle footage from New Guinea and a patch soundtrack from Goblins "Dawn of the Dead" soundtrack, which was a minor hit in Italy and abroad. After directing two women's prison films starring Laura Gemser, Mattei moved to directing sword-and-sorcery flicks, starting with I sette magnifici gladiatori (1983). Both Mattei and Fragasso collaborated on the sci-fi/horror flick Rats - Notte di terrore (1984), inspired by the futuristic movies of the early 1980s. Mattei considers this his best work, despite his still having to work with a very low budget. He worked relentlessly through the 1980s, directing a pair of "spaghetti westerns", some action flicks and about half of Zombi 3 (1988) after Lucio Fulci was taken off the production, though Mattei was not credited with it. In the early 1990s Mattei directed a series of erotic thrillers and a made-for-TV movie, Cruel Jaws (1995) (TV), which was inspired by Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975). Mattei continued making films, with more than 50 to his credit by the 200s. In early 2007 his health becan to decline rapidly after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Despite his doctor's warnings, he went through with a surgical operation to have the tumor removed in May of that year. After the surgery he fell into a coma from complications, and died a few days later on May 21, 2007 at age 75.
Filmography (40)
Viaggio ai confini dell'eros
2017
🎬 Director
The Films of Bruno Mattei
2016
Cannibali - Leggenda o realtà
2009
🎬 DirectorMy Sweet Misery
2009
🎬 Director
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
2008
Zombies: The Beginning
2007
Island of the Living Dead
2007
The Jail: The Women's Hell
2006
The Tomb
2006
Fellini dice...
2006
🎬 Director
Belle da morire 2
2005
A Shudder On The Skin
2005
Secrets of Women
2005
The Dark Side of a Woman
2005
Fuga Orientale
2005
In the Land of the Cannibals
2004
Cannibal World
2004
Snuff Trap
2004
Killing Striptease
2002
Venetian Caprice
2002
The Other Woman
2002
Body and Soul
1997
Cruel Jaws
1995
Legittima vendetta
1995
Telephone Murder
1994
Madness
1994
Dangerous Attraction
1993
Three for One
1990
Desire
1990
Night Killer
1990
Born to Fight
1989
Shocking Dark
1989
Strike Commando 2
1988
Zombie Flesh Eaters 2
1988
Cop Game
1988
Robowar
1988
Sortis de route
1988
🎬 Director
Scalps
1987
Strike Commando
1987
White Apache
1987