A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Paolo Heutch
Birthplace:
Rome, Italy
Born:
February 26, 1924
Died:
October 16, 1982
Paolo Heusch (26 February 1924 – 16 October 1982) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, Heush started his career immediately after the World War II as a script supervisor. Between 1949 and 1957 he was active as an assistant director for over twenty films. After directing a number of documentaries, he made his feature film debut in 1958 with The Day the Sky Exploded, the first science fiction film produced in Italy. His third film as a director was Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory. He was then asked to co-direct Violent Life. based on Pier Paolo Pasolini's novel of the same name. He was hired by producer Moris Ergas to direct the film with Brunello Rondi as the produced wanted a technically gifted director to help the screenwriter direct his first film. Heusch was often brought on to co-direct films, and works that were credited to other filmmakers, such as The Commandant, Che fine ha fatto Toto baby? which is only credited to Ottavio Alessi and Toto d'Arabia which is credited to Jose Antonio de la Loma. Heusch continued to work in other genres including heist films, adventures, and erotic dramas in the 1960s. Heusch's last uncredited work was shooting some extra scenes for Massimo Dallamano's Venus in Furs for its 1975 re-release.
Casting Director:
1979 Caligula
Director:
1958 The Day the Sky Exploded
1959 Un uomo facile
1961 Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory
1962 Violent Life
1963 The Commandant
1965 The Desert Renegades
1966 Un colpo da mille miliardi
1968 Bloody Che Contra
1970 Bali
1979 Caligula
First Assistant Director:
1949 Sicilian Uprising
1949 The Emperor of Capri
1950 The Promise
1951 Anna
1951 Il microfono è vostro
1952 Sunday Heroes
1953 I Always Loved You
1953 Perdonami!
1954 Passionately
1954 The Two Orphans
1955 Il padrone sono me
1955 Le signorine dello 04
1955 Roman Tales
1957 Holiday Island
1957 The Most Wonderful Moment
1958 The Day the Sky Exploded
1959 Un uomo facile
1961 Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory
1962 Violent Life
1963 The Commandant
1965 The Desert Renegades
1966 Un colpo da mille miliardi
1968 Bloody Che Contra
1970 Bali
1979 Caligula
Screenplay:
1949 Sicilian Uprising
1949 The Emperor of Capri
1950 The Promise
1951 Anna
1951 Il microfono è vostro
1952 Sunday Heroes
1953 I Always Loved You
1953 Perdonami!
1954 Passionately
1954 The Two Orphans
1955 Il padrone sono me
1955 Le signorine dello 04
1955 Roman Tales
1957 Holiday Island
1957 The Most Wonderful Moment
1958 The Day the Sky Exploded
1959 Un uomo facile
1961 Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory
1962 Violent Life
1963 The Commandant
1965 The Desert Renegades
1966 Un colpo da mille miliardi
1968 Bloody Che Contra
1970 Bali
1979 Caligula
Script Supervisor:
1948 Escape to France
1948 Under the Sun of Rome
1949 Campane a martello
1949 Sicilian Uprising
1949 The Emperor of Capri
1949 The Mill on the Po
1950 The Promise
1950 The White Line
1951 Anna
1951 Il microfono è vostro
1952 Sunday Heroes
1953 I Always Loved You
1953 Perdonami!
1954 Passionately
1954 The Two Orphans
1955 Il padrone sono me
1955 Le signorine dello 04
1955 Roman Tales
1957 Holiday Island
1957 The Most Wonderful Moment
1958 The Day the Sky Exploded
1959 Un uomo facile
1961 Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory
1962 Violent Life
1963 The Commandant
1965 The Desert Renegades
1966 Un colpo da mille miliardi
1968 Bloody Che Contra
1970 Bali
1979 Caligula
Second Assistant Director:
1948 Escape to France
1948 Under the Sun of Rome
1949 Campane a martello
1949 Sicilian Uprising
1949 The Emperor of Capri
1949 The Mill on the Po
1950 The Promise
1950 The White Line
1951 Anna
1951 Il microfono è vostro
1952 Sunday Heroes
1953 I Always Loved You
1953 Perdonami!
1953 Siamo tutti inquilini
1954 A Day in Court
1954 Passionately
1954 The Two Orphans
1955 Il padrone sono me
1955 Le signorine dello 04
1955 Roman Tales
1957 Holiday Island
1957 The Most Wonderful Moment
1958 The Day the Sky Exploded
1959 Un uomo facile
1961 Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory
1962 Violent Life
1963 The Commandant
1965 The Desert Renegades
1966 Un colpo da mille miliardi
1968 Bloody Che Contra
1970 Bali
1979 Caligula
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