Umberto Lenzi (August 6, 1931—October 19, 2017) was an Italian film director who was very active in low budget crime films, peplums, Eurospy films, spaghetti westerns, Macaroni Combat movies, cannibal films and giallo murder mysteries (in addition to writing many of the screenplays himself).
Filmography (85 movies)
10.0
10.0
Deodato vs Lenzi
2024
as self
8.0
8.0
Detective Malone
1991
Director
7.3
7.3
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
2015
7.0
7.0
Almost Human
1974
Director
6.9
6.9
All the Colors of Giallo
2019
as Self - Director (archive footage)
6.9
6.9
Brothers Till We Die
1977
Screenplay
6.8
6.8
The House of Lost Souls
1989
Screenplay
6.7
6.7
Free Hand for a Tough Cop
1976
Writer
6.6
6.6
Rome, Armed to the Teeth
1976
Director
6.6
6.6
The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist
1977
Director
6.6
6.6
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
2016
as Himself
6.6
6.6
A Quiet Place to Kill
1970
Director
6.5
6.5
Gang War in Milan
1973
Screenplay
6.4
6.4
Samson and the Slave Queen
1963
Director
6.4
6.4
Violent Naples
1976
Director
6.3
6.3
Tarzan in the Golden Grotto
1969
Screenplay
6.3
6.3
The Killer Must Kill Again
1975
Producer
6.2
6.2
From Corleone to Brooklyn
1979
Screenplay
6.1
6.1
Love and Chatter
1958
6.1
6.1
Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
1972
Screenplay
6.1
6.1
From Hell to Victory
1979
Director
6.1
6.1
A Gun for One Hundred Graves
1968
Director
6.1
6.1
Knife of Ice
1972
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
Spasmo
1974
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation Titan
2018
as Himself
6.0
6.0
German Grusel
2012
as Self
6.0
6.0
Italian Kings Of B
2003
as Self
6.0
6.0
Temple of the White Elephant
1964
Director
6.0
6.0
Three Sergeants of Bengal
1964
Director
6.0
6.0
The Triumph of Robin Hood
1962
Director
6.0
6.0
Wild Team
1985
Director
5.9
5.9
Syndicate Sadists
1975
Director
5.9
5.9
Paranoia
1969
Director
5.8
5.8
Messalina Against the Son of Hercules
1964
Director
5.8
5.8
Go For Broke
1968
Director
5.8
5.8
The House of Witchcraft
1989
Writer
5.7
5.7
Nightmare City
1980
Director
5.7
5.7
Manhunt in the City
1975
Screenplay
5.7
5.7
Eyeball
1975
Screenplay
5.6
5.6
Man from Deep River
1972
Director
5.5
5.5
Oasis of Fear
1971
Director
5.5
5.5
Duel of Fire
1962
Director
5.5
5.5
Battle of the Commandos
1969
Director
5.5
5.5
So Sweet... So Perverse
1969
Director
5.5
5.5
SuperSeven Calling Cairo
1965
Director
5.5
5.5
Nightmare Beach
1989
Director
5.4
5.4
Cannibal Ferox
1981
Screenplay
5.3
5.3
Death Rage
1976
Producer
5.3
5.3
Eaten Alive!
1980
Screenplay
5.2
5.2
Primal Rage
1988
Writer
5.2
5.2
Bridge to Hell
1986
Director
5.1
5.1
Sandokan the Great
1963
Writer
5.1
5.1
Ghosthouse
1988
Director
5.0
5.0
Catherine of Russia
1963
Director
5.0
5.0
The Pirates of Malaysia
1964
Director
5.0
5.0
Temple of a Thousand Lights
1965
Director
5.0
5.0
An Italian in Greece
1958
Director
4.9
4.9
Desert Commandos
1967
Screenplay
4.9
4.9
Ironmaster
1983
Director
4.8
4.8
Kriminal
1966
Screenplay
4.8
4.8
The Spy Who Loved Flowers
1966
Screenplay
4.6
4.6
Cop Target
1990
Director
4.6
4.6
The Hell's Gate
1989
Director
4.5
4.5
Hitcher in the Dark
1989
Director
4.4
4.4
The Biggest Battle
1978
Director
4.3
4.3
Striker
1988
Writer
4.3
4.3
The Invincible Masked Rider
1963
Screenplay
4.2
4.2
Scusi, lei è normale?
1979
Screenplay
4.2
4.2
The Adventures of Mary Read
1961
Director
4.0
4.0
Black Demons
1991
Director
4.0
4.0
Fatty Girl Goes to New York
1982
Director
4.0
4.0
008: Operation Exterminate
1965
Screenplay
3.3
3.3
Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies