FILM DIRECTOR

Riccardo Freda

1909 - 1999

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Riccardo Freda (24 February 1909 – 20 December 1999) was an Italian film director. He worked in a variety of genres, including sword-and-sandal, horror, giallo and spy films. Freda began directing I Vampiri in 1956. The film became the first Italian sound horror film production. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Riccardo Freda is the 786th most popular film director (down from 695th in 2019), the 450th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 432nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Egyptian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Riccardo Freda ranks 786 out of 2,041. Before him are Joshua Logan, Richard Oswald, Laura Mulvey, Eli Roth, Stuart Rosenberg, and Fatih Akin. After him are Edmund Goulding, Sean S. Cunningham, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, David Miller, Robert Towne, and Wolfgang Staudte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Riccardo Freda ranks 219. Before him are Hans Hotter, C. N. Annadurai, Lev Artsimovich, John Wright, Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, and Nikola Vaptsarov. After him are Wang Zhen, David Miller, Eva Justin, Vagn Holmboe, Aruna Asaf Ali, and Ferenc Fejtő. Among people deceased in 1999, Riccardo Freda ranks 156. Before him are Harry Edison, Susan Strasberg, Nilde Iotti, Giuseppe Delfino, Umberto Maglioli, and Jehan Buhan. After him are Art Farmer, John Bromwich, Louis Boyer, Paris Pişmiş, Betty Robinson, and Albert Charles Smith.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Riccardo Freda ranks 450 out of 642. Before him are Naguib Sawiris (1954), Pope Theodosius I of Alexandria (450), Osorkon IV (-800), Al-Ashraf Sha'ban (1353), Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni (1940), and Mike Beuttler (1940). After him are Zakaria Mohieddin (1918), Georges Schehadé (1905), Thrasyllus of Mendes (-100), Hafez Ibrahim (1872), Antigone Costanda (1934), and Hossam Hassan (1966).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Egypt

Among film directors born in Egypt, Riccardo Freda ranks 3. Before him are Youssef Chahine (1926), and Moshé Mizrahi (1931). After him are Atom Egoyan (1960), and Alex Proyas (1963).

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