Rino Di Silvestro

Salvatore Di Silvestro, best known as Rino Di Silvestro (30 January 1932 - 3 October 2009) was an Italian director, screenwriter, producer and actor.

Life and career Born in Rome, Di Silvestro became first known thanks to Op bop pop nip, a play that he wrote, directed and in whose original production he starred: it was continuously represented at the Teatro delle Muse in Rome from 1962 to 1966. After having collaborated uncredited to the screenplays of a number of genre films in 1973, he made his debut as director with Women in Cell Block 7, a film which is regarded as the first Italian women in prison film.

Selected filmography Women in Cell Block 7 (1973) Prostituzione (1974) Deported Women of the SS Special Section (1976) Werewolf Woman (1976) Baby Love (1979) Bello di mamma (1980) Hanna D. - The Girl from Vondel Park (1984) The Erotic Dreams of Cleopatra (1985)