Aug 6, 1931 - Massa Marittima, Grosseto, Italy
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).
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| Movie | 2016 | Mondo Cannibale | ||
| Movie | 2008 | Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 | Self | |
| Movie | 1958 | Love and Chatter | ||
| Movie | 1990 | Cop Target | Card Player in Casino | |
| Movie | 2013 | I Tarantiniani | Self | |
| Movie | 2012 | German Grusel | Self | |
| Movie | 2016 | Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies | ||
| Movie | 2005 | Like a Beast... Almost | Himself | |
| Movie | 2017 | Meet the Maker: Umberto Lenzi on Almost Human | Himself | |
| Movie | 2016 | Armed to the Teeth... Again | ||
| Movie | 2019 | All the Colors of Giallo | Self - Director (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2016 | Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo | Himself | |
| Movie | 2018 | All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation Titan | Himself | |
| Movie | 1980 | Nightmare City | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 2003 | Italian Kings Of B | Self | |
| Movie | 2015 | Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film | ||
| Movie | 2024 | Deodato vs Lenzi | self |
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| Movie | 1964 | Temple of the White Elephant | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1964 | Temple of the White Elephant | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1963 | Sandokan the Great | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1963 | Sandokan the Great | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1973 | Gang War in Milan | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1973 | Gang War in Milan | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1988 | Ghosthouse | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1988 | Ghosthouse | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1980 | Eaten Alive! | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1980 | Eaten Alive! | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1981 | Cannibal Ferox | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1989 | Hitcher in the Dark | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1975 | Eyeball | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1972 | Knife of Ice | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1972 | Knife of Ice | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1975 | Syndicate Sadists | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1989 | The Hell's Gate | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1983 | Ironmaster | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1971 | Oasis of Fear | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1989 | The House of Lost Souls | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1989 | The House of Lost Souls | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1989 | The House of Lost Souls | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1969 | Paranoia | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1969 | Paranoia | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1972 | Man from Deep River | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1991 | Black Demons | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1974 | Almost Human | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1976 | Rome, Armed to the Teeth | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1977 | Brothers Till We Die | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1977 | The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1977 | The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1978 | The Biggest Battle | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1976 | Free Hand for a Tough Cop | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1976 | Free Hand for a Tough Cop | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1988 | Primal Rage | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1964 | The Pirates of Malaysia | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1969 | So Sweet... So Perverse | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1989 | The House of Witchcraft | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1989 | The House of Witchcraft | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1974 | Spasmo | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1976 | Violent Naples | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1987 | Wartime | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1979 | From Hell to Victory | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1970 | A Quiet Place to Kill | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1979 | From Corleone to Brooklyn | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1975 | Manhunt in the City | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1961 | Queen of the Seas | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1965 | Temple of a Thousand Lights | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1966 | Kriminal | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1986 | Bridge to Hell | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1991 | Detective Malone | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1976 | Death Rage | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1963 | Samson and the Slave Queen | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1979 | Scusi, lei è normale? | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1968 | Go For Broke | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1985 | Wild Team | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1968 | A Gun for One Hundred Graves | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1964 | Messalina Against the Son of Hercules | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1958 | An Italian in Greece | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1958 | An Italian in Greece | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1967 | Desert Commandos | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1967 | Desert Commandos | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1966 | The Spy Who Loved Flowers | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1966 | The Spy Who Loved Flowers | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1965 | SuperSeven Calling Cairo | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1982 | Daughter of the Jungle | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1981 | Cannibal Ferox | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1981 | Cannibal Ferox | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1963 | Catherine of Russia | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1965 | 008: Operation Exterminate | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1962 | Duel of Fire | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1990 | Cop Target | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1988 | Striker | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1992 | Mean Tricks | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1969 | Battle of the Commandos | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1969 | Tarzan in the Golden Grotto | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1961 | I Kiss... You Kiss | First Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1968 | A Gun for One Hundred Graves | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1962 | The Triumph of Robin Hood | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1963 | The Invincible Masked Rider | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1963 | The Invincible Masked Rider | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1964 | Three Sergeants of Bengal | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1964 | Three Sergeants of Bengal | Screenstory | Writing |
| Movie | 1967 | Desert Commandos | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1975 | Manhunt in the City | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1975 | Manhunt in the City | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1964 | Temple of the White Elephant | Screenstory | Writing |
| Movie | 1965 | SuperSeven Calling Cairo | Novel | Writing |
| Movie | 1966 | The Spy Who Loved Flowers | Screenstory | Writing |
| Movie | 1966 | A Million Dollars for 7 Murders | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1966 | A Million Dollars for 7 Murders | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1982 | Pierino the Pest to the Rescue | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1982 | Fatty Girl Goes to New York | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1986 | Bridge to Hell | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1986 | Bridge to Hell | Screenstory | Writing |
| Movie | 1987 | Wartime | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1987 | Wartime | Screenstory | Writing |
| Movie | 1989 | Hitcher in the Dark | Screenstory | Writing |
| Movie | 1991 | Hunt for the Golden Scorpion | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1991 | Hunt for the Golden Scorpion | Screenstory | Writing |
| Movie | 1963 | Samson and the Slave Queen | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1963 | Samson and the Slave Queen | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1980 | Eaten Alive! | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1965 | 008: Operation Exterminate | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1961 | Guns of the Black Witch | First Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1963 | Catherine of Russia | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1963 | Catherine of Russia | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1979 | Scusi, lei è normale? | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1979 | Scusi, lei è normale? | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1979 | From Hell to Victory | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1966 | Kriminal | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1971 | Oasis of Fear | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1978 | The Biggest Battle | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1978 | The Biggest Battle | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1975 | Eyeball | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1975 | Eyeball | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1977 | Brothers Till We Die | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1977 | Brothers Till We Die | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1979 | From Corleone to Brooklyn | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1979 | From Corleone to Brooklyn | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1976 | Rome, Armed to the Teeth | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1958 | An Italian in Greece | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 1974 | Spasmo | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1968 | Son of Black Eagle | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1991 | Black Demons | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1991 | Black Demons | Camera Operator | Camera |
| Movie | 1989 | Nightmare Beach | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1989 | Nightmare Beach | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1989 | Nightmare Beach | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1989 | Nightmare Beach | Technical Advisor | Crew |
| Movie | 1963 | Slave Girls of Sheba | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1963 | Slave Girls of Sheba | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1980 | Nightmare City | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1975 | The Killer Must Kill Again | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1972 | Seven Blood-Stained Orchids | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1972 | Seven Blood-Stained Orchids | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1972 | Seven Blood-Stained Orchids | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1961 | Constantine and the Cross | First Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1989 | The Hell's Gate | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1989 | The Hell's Gate | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1965 | 008: Operation Exterminate | Story | Writing |
