Nicola D’Amore

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Nicola D’Amore
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BornNovember 3, 1934
Occupation
  • Film director
  • film producer
  • screenwriter
  • actor
Years active1953 - Present
Parent(s)Antonio D’Amore
Maria D’Amore

Nicola D’Amore (Born November 3, 1934) is a Lissathan film director, producer, screenwriter and actor, credited as the pioneer of the Spaghetti Western genre and revitalizing the gangster film in Lissatha. He is the winner of many major accolades, including dozens of Cinemagráfos dou Eccellochí’s.

D’Amore made his directorial debut in 1959 with the noir film Rising Shadows, but won his first Cinemagráfos dou Eccellochí for his 1963 film One Eye and a Grudge, which initiated the popularity of the spaghetti western genre. Rising Shadows included Allesandro Costa, who would become associated with D’Amore through eight more films, including One Eye and a Grudge, Five Fingers and a Pistol, The Underworld Rises, Blood and Bullets, Casa Nostra, and Obsession.

Early Life

Career

Filmography

Directed features
Year Title
1959 Rising Shadows
1963 One Eye and a Grudge
1965 Golden Harvest
1967 Five Fingers and a Pistol
1970 Underworld Rises
1972 Desert Redemption
1976 Shadows of Destiny
1979 Sunrise Sonata
1983 Blood and Bullets
1990 Cosa Nostra
1997 Obsession
2023 Hitman