
Sergio Sollima
Biography
Sergio Sollima (April 17, 1921 – July 1, 2015) was an Italian film director and script writer.
Like many Italian cult directors, Sollima started his career by directing mostly sword and sandal movies that were very popular in the early 1960s. After the genre's popularity quickly died out, Sollima was among the first ones to move to spaghetti westerns. The Big Gundown (starring Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian) was released in 1966 with big success, despite the fact that it had to compete with Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Sergio Corbucci's Django. Sollima soon filmed two more westerns. Face to Face (Milian and Gian Maria Volonté) was released in 1967 and Run, Man, Run! (Milian) in 1968. Although Sollima directed only three westerns and they never reached the level of popularity as the ones by the other Sergios (Leone and Corbucci), each of them are highly regarded among genre enthusiasts.
In 1970, Sollima switched genres again and directed the Charles Bronson and Telly Savalas starred Violent City, which was one of the first violent and fast-paced Italian crime films often known as poliziotteschi. Like for all of his westerns, the soundtrack was provided by Ennio Morricone. Sollima's last well-known film is Revolver, a poliziotteschi film starring Oliver Reed and Fabio Testi.
Acting (6 movies)
Directing (15 movies)

Revolver
1973

Violent City
1970

Berlin '39
1993

The Big Gundown
1967

Face to Face
1967

Run, Man, Run
1968

The Tiger Is Still Alive: Sandokan to the Rescue
1977

The Black Corsair
1976

Requiem for a Secret Agent
1966

Sex Can Be Difficult
1962

Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun
1966

Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell
1965

Love Steps
1990

Devil in the Brain
1972

Solo per Dirti Addio
1992
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Behind Closed Shutters | 1951 | Screenplay |
| Tripoli, bel suol d'amore | 1954 | Screenplay |
| Ricordati di Napoli | 1958 | Screenplay |
| Carousel of songs | 1958 | Screenplay |
| I teddy boys della canzone | 1960 | Screenplay |
| Madri pericolose | 1960 | Screenplay |
| Knight of 100 Faces | 1960 | Screenplay |
| Sword in the Shadows | 1961 | Writer |
| Goliath Against the Giants | 1961 | Screenplay |
| The Secret of the Black Falcon | 1961 | Writer |
| Ursus | 1961 | Screenplay |
| Samson Against the Sheik | 1962 | Screenplay |
| The Rebel Gladiators | 1962 | Writer |
| The Ten Gladiators | 1963 | Writer |
| Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell | 1965 | Writer |
| Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun | 1966 | Screenplay |
| Requiem for a Secret Agent | 1966 | Screenplay |
| The Big Gundown | 1967 | Screenplay |
| Face to Face | 1967 | Screenplay |
| Run, Man, Run | 1968 | Screenplay |
| Violent City | 1970 | Screenplay |
| Devil in the Brain | 1972 | Screenplay |
| Revolver | 1973 | Screenplay |
| The Black Corsair | 1976 | Screenplay |
| Berlin '39 | 1993 | Screenplay |





