Overview
Umberto Lenzi
Known For
All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation Titan
A look back at the storied career of the late,...
Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies
2 1/2 hour-documentary on the rise and fall of one...
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
Feature-length in-depth documentary by High Rising Productions chronicling the Giallo...
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
A High Rising Productions documentary on the short-lived craze of...
German Grusel
Documentary examines the extraordinary success of the Edgar Wallace series...
Like a Beast... Almost
Director Umberto Lenzi, writer Ernesto Gastaldi and stars Ray Lovelock...
Biography
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).