Aldo Lado
Aldo Lado was born in Fiume, Italy (today Rijeka, Croatia) on 5 December 1934. Lado came up through the film industry as an assistant director, notably to Bernardo Bertolucci on The Conformist (1970). After writing the story for the 1971 giallo The Designated Victim, he made his directorial debut later that year with Short Night of Glass Dolls. Lado took the job after two previous directors, Maurizio Lucidi and Antonio Margheriti, fell through. The film was a success, and he followed it with another giallo, Who Saw Her Die?. Lado's subsequent films were in a variety of genres, including drama (Woman Buried Alive, The Cousin), romance (La cosa buffa), and horror (Last Stop on the Night Train). In 1979, he directed the Star Wars cash-in The Humanoid, for which he was credited under the George Lucas-esque pseudonym "George B. Lewis". In 1981, he directed the Alberto Moravia adaptation La disubbidienza. In 2013, after a 20-year hiatus, he directed the film Il Notturno di Chopin. Lado published his first short story in 2016, in the anthology Nuovi delitti di lago. In 2017 he published I film che non vedrete mai ('The films you will never see'), a compilation based on Lado's own unproduced screenplays. Lado died at his home in Rome on the morning of 25 November 2023, at the age of 88.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
December 5, 1934Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
29Place of birth
Fiume, Istria, Italy [now Rijeka, Croatia]Also known as
George B. LewisCast credits
Crew credits
Born Winner
Director, ScreenplayDay of the Cobra
Story, ScreenplayLate Night Trains
Director, WriterShort Night of Glass Dolls
Director, Story, ScreenplayThe Humanoid
Director, WriterCircle of Fear
Director, ScreenplayBlessed Are the Rich
Screenplay, StoryLa cosa buffa
Director, ScreenplayDisobedience
Director, ScreenplayThe Cousin
DirectorMillion Dollar Eel
Writer, First Assistant DirectorRitual of Love
Director, ScreenplayIl notturno di Chopin
Director, Writer, Producer, EditorIl prigioniero
DirectorSahara Heat
Director, WriterPower and Lovers
Director, WriterCrime in Via Teulada
Director, WriterDark Friday
Director, WriterWho Saw Her Die?
Director, WriterWoman Buried Alive
Director, ScreenplayColt in the Hand of the Devil
Assistant Director