Biography
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Antonio Margheriti (born in Rome, September 19, 1930 - died in Monterosi, Viterbo, November 4, 2002), better known under the pseudonym Anthony M. Dawson, was a prolific Italian filmmaker.
He was born in Rome and died from a heart attack, near Rome at the age of 72.
Margheriti is known for his Science Fiction, Horror, spaghetti western and Action movies. Director of "Cult" movies of the 1960's like "Horror Castle", "Spacemen", "Battle of the Worlds", "The Golden Arrow", "Wild, Wild Planet", "the Unnaturals", "Mr. Superinvisible", and other dozens of films. Most of his films were directed under the anglo-saxon pseudonym of Anthony M. Dawson, with the exception of Io ti amo (1968).
He was the only Italian Director who worked directly for American Majors Productions, like MGM, United Artists, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, etc. with films like: "Yor, the hunter from the future", "Take a Hard Ride", "Andy Warhol's Frankenstein", "Andy Warhol's Dracula", "Killer Fish", and the four SF movies of the series "Gamma 1" (1964).
His son Edoardo is also a filmmaker.
External links
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