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Umberto Scarpelli(1904-1980)

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Director
  • Writer
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Umberto Scarpelli was born on 25 May 1904 in Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. He was an assistant director and director, known for Le Voleur de bicyclette (1948), Le Géant de Métropolis (1961) and Les hommes ne regardent pas le ciel (1952). He died on 15 May 1980 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
BornMay 25, 1904
DiedMay 15, 1980(75)
BornMay 25, 1904
DiedMay 15, 1980(75)
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Known for

Le Voleur de bicyclette (1948)
Le Voleur de bicyclette
8.2
  • Production Manager
  • 1948
Le Géant de Métropolis (1961)
Le Géant de Métropolis
4.6
  • Director(as R. Nichols)
  • 1961
Les hommes ne regardent pas le ciel (1952)
Les hommes ne regardent pas le ciel
6.1
  • Director
  • 1952
Gran premio
  • Director
  • 1944

Credits

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Second Unit or Assistant Director



  • Le Christ interdit (1951)
    Le Christ interdit
    7.1
    • assistant director
    • 1951
  • Miracle à Milan (1951)
    Miracle à Milan
    7.6
    • assistant director
    • 1951
  • Les hommes perdus
    • assistant director
    • 1947
  • Sciuscia (1946)
    Sciuscia
    8.0
    • assistant director
    • 1946
  • Don Giovanni (1942)
    Don Giovanni
    • assistant director
    • 1942
  • Phares dans le brouillard (1942)
    Phares dans le brouillard
    6.9
    • assistant director
    • 1942
  • Capitaine Tempête (1942)
    Capitaine Tempête
    5.8
    • assistant director
    • 1942
  • Amedeo Nazzari in Caravaggio, le peintre maudit (1941)
    Caravaggio, le peintre maudit
    • assistant director
    • 1941
  • Il capitano degli ussari
    • assistant director
    • 1940
  • Le pont de verre (1940)
    Le pont de verre
    • assistant director
    • 1940
  • L'apôtre du désert (1939)
    L'apôtre du désert
    6.6
    • assistant director
    • 1939
  • La vedova (1939)
    La vedova
    4.4
    • assistant director
    • 1939
  • Luciano Serra, pilote (1938)
    Luciano Serra, pilote
    5.8
    • assistant director
    • 1938
  • I due misantropi
    • assistant director
    • 1937
  • La cavalerie héroïque (1936)
    La cavalerie héroïque
    5.9
    • assistant director
    • 1936

Director



  • Le Géant de Métropolis (1961)
    Le Géant de Métropolis
    4.6
    • Director (as R. Nichols)
    • 1961
  • Le bal des espions (1960)
    Le bal des espions
    6.3
    • Director (Italian version)
    • 1960
  • Les hommes ne regardent pas le ciel (1952)
    Les hommes ne regardent pas le ciel
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1952
  • Gran premio
    • Director
    • 1944
  • Sant'Elena, piccola isola (1943)
    Sant'Elena, piccola isola
    5.1
    • Director
    • 1943

Writer



  • Les Complexés (1965)
    Les Complexés
    7.2
    • story (segment "Il complesso della schiava nubiana")
    • 1965
  • Le Géant de Métropolis (1961)
    Le Géant de Métropolis
    4.6
    • dialogue
    • 1961
  • Livio Lorenzon, Rossana Podestà, and Edmund Purdom in Toryok (1960)
    Toryok
    4.8
    • screenplay
    • 1960
  • David et Goliath (1960)
    David et Goliath
    4.8
    • freely adapted by
    • 1960
  • Les hommes ne regardent pas le ciel (1952)
    Les hommes ne regardent pas le ciel
    6.1
    • scenario
    • 1952

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • R. Nichols
  • Born
    • May 25, 1904
    • Orvieto, Umbria, Italy
  • Died
    • May 15, 1980
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy(undisclosed)

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