Other names James Reed Years active 1954 - 1970 | Name Guido Malatesta Role Film director | |
Movies Samoa - Queen of the Jungle, Fire Monsters Against th, Goliath Against the Giants, Tarzana - the Wild Girl, Fury of the Pagans Similar People Andrea Aureli, Kirk Morris, Brad Harris, Nello Pazzafini, Mario Caiano | ||
Formula 1 (Nell'inferno del Grand Prix) - Alessandro Alessandroni - 1970
COLOSSUS OF THE STONE AGE (1962) - excerpts
Guido Malatesta (1919 - 14 June 1970) was born in Gallarate, Italy and was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Contents
- Formula 1 Nellinferno del Grand Prix Alessandro Alessandroni 1970
- COLOSSUS OF THE STONE AGE 1962 excerpts
- Selected filmography
- References
He began working as a professional journalist, after he moved to Rome he was drawn to cinema, as creator of treatments, then scriptwriter and assistant director, and finally becoming director in 1957 with the film The Billionaires. He continued to make films until a few days before his death in 1970. He was known for his Peplum movies and having a simple fun style without being overdone by plot.
His most popular of the present remains Colossus and the Headhunters and Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules. The former is notable for having no monsters which went against the tradition of the sword and sandal genre as well as being the subject of a 1994 episode of the popular movie-mocking television show Mystery Science Theater 3000. He wrote the story and screenplay of Devil of the Desert Against the Son of Hercules.
In the sixties, following the fashion of the time, he signed a few films with the Americanized name of "James Reed".