Umberto Lenzi

Umberto Lenzi
Umberto Lenzi at the Festival de Cine de Sitges in October 2008.
Born	(1931-08-06)6 August 1931 Massa Marittima, Italy
Died	(2017-10-19)19 October 2017 (aged 86) Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)	Film director and screenwriter
Years active	1958-1993
Spouse	Olga Pehar

Umberto Lenzi (6 August 1931 – 19 October 2017) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and novelist.

A fan of film since young age, Lenzi studied at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and made his first film in 1958 which went unreleased, while his official debut happened in 1961 with Queen of the Seas. Lenzi's films of the 1960s followed popular trends of the era, which led to him directing several spy and erotic thriller films. He followed in suit in the 1970s making giallo films, crime films and making the first Italian cannibal film with Man from the Deep River. He continued making films up until the 1990s and later worked as a novelist writing a series of murder mysteries.