1. Michele Soavi, sometimes known as Michael Soavi was born on 3 July 1957 and is an Italian filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter best known for his work in the horror film genre, working alongside directors like Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci.
11 Facts About Michele Soavi
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Michele Soavi took acting lessons at Milan's Fersen Studios, and served as a cameraman.
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Michele Soavi continued to act in films such as Alien 2: On Earth and Lucio Fulci's City of the Living Dead, and served as an assistant director to Aristide Massacessi, and occasionally appeared in bit parts in some of D'Amato's films.
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Michele Soavi later came into his own when he started his collaboration with famed Italian horror director Dario Argento, who used him as second assistant director on the film Tenebrae.
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Michele Soavi continued to work with Argento for several years; with his first credit as director being the documentary Dario Argento's World of Horror, followed by a pop promo for Bill Wyman.
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Michele Soavi directed his first feature film with 1987's Stage Fright for producer Joe D'Amato.
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Michele Soavi worked as assistant director to Terry Gilliam on The Adventures of Baron Munchausen in 1988, and followed this with his second feature film as director, 1989's La Chiesa.
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Michele Soavi retreated from the film industry in the mid-1990s to care for his ailing son, before returning to work in Italian television.
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In 2008, it was announced that Michele Soavi was working on a new feature film, The Catacombs Club.
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Michele Soavi makes cameos in almost all the films he directed and assistant directed prior to 2000, Cemetery Man being an example of a movie he did have a part in.
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Michele Soavi has acted, usually uncredited, in numerous films from other Italian horror directors.