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Paolo Heusch
Rome, Italy
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 sc…
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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.
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1979
Caligula
Movie Casting Director
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1973
Pulcinella - Ieri e oggi
Movie Director
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1970
Bali
Movie Director
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1968
Bloody Che Contra
Movie Director
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1966
Un colpo da mille miliardi
Movie Director
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1965
The Desert Renegades
Movie Director
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1963
The Commandant
Movie Director
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1962
Violent Life
Movie Director
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1961
Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory
Movie Director
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1959
Un uomo facile
Movie Director
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1958
The Day the Sky Exploded
Movie Director
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1957
Holiday Island
Movie First Assistant Director
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1957
The Most Wonderful Moment
Movie First Assistant Director
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1955
Roman Tales
Movie First Assistant Director
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1955
Il padrone sono me
Movie First Assistant Director
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1955
The Young Ladies of 04
Movie First Assistant Director
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1954
The Two Orphans
Movie First Assistant Director
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1954
Passionately
Movie First Assistant Director
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1954
A Day in Court
Movie Second Assistant Director
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1953
I Always Loved You
Movie First Assistant Director
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1953
Siamo tutti inquilini
Movie Second Assistant Director
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1953
Perdonami!
Movie First Assistant Director
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1952
Sunday Heroes
Movie First Assistant Director
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1951
Anna
Movie First Assistant Director
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1951
Il microfono è vostro
Movie First Assistant Director
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1950
The Promise
Movie First Assistant Director
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1950
The White Line
Movie Script Supervisor
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1949
The Emperor of Capri
Movie First Assistant Director
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1949
Sicilian Uprising
Movie First Assistant Director
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1949
The Mill on the Po
Movie Script Supervisor
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1949
Campane a martello
Movie Script Supervisor
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1948
Under the Sun of Rome
Movie Script Supervisor
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1948
Escape to France
Movie Script Supervisor
