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Filippo Ottoni

1938 – 2023

Italian director, dubbing director, screenwriter

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Lived 1938 – 2023 (aged 84). Filippo Ottoni was an Italian film director, screenwriter and dub director.

Filippo Ottoni (17 May 1938 – 7 May 2023) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and dubbing director.

Biography Born in Cellere on 17 May 1938, Ottoni graduated from London Film School and began directing documentaries for the BBC. He began his career in cinema at the end of the 1960s as an assistant to Romolo Guerrieri and Mario Bava. He made his directing debut with the 1971 film . He also directed Detective School Dropouts, which became popular in the United States. Additionally, he directed the dubbing of numerous films in foreign languages into Italian. He served as president of the Associazione Italiana Dialoghisti Cinematografici Adattatori.

Ottoni died in Rome on 7 May 2023, ten days before his 85th birthday.

Filmography Director and screenwriter La grande scrofa nera (1971) (1978) Detective School Dropouts (1986) (1988) (1995)

Screenwriter A Bay of Blood (1971) Jonah Who Lived in the Whale (1993)

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Italian director, dubbing director, screenwriter

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Filippo Ottoni was born on 17 May 1938 in Cellere.

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Filippo Ottoni died on 7 May 2023 in Rome.

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Filippo Ottoni was a film director, screenwriter and dub director.

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Filippo Ottoni was Italian.

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· Wikipedia: Filippo Ottoni

· Wikidata: Q15051526

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