Fabrizio De Angelis

Fabrizio De Angelis
Born	15 November 1940 (1940-11-15) (age 76) Rome, Italy
Other names	Larry Ludman
Occupation	Director, screenwriter, producer

Fabrizio De Angelis (born 15 November 1940) is an Italian director, screenwriter and producer.

Born in Rome, De Angelis started his career in the 1970s as a producer of genre films, often collaborating with Lucio Fulci, Joe D'Amato, Enzo G. Castellari and Umberto Lenzi. In 1983 he adopted the stage name Larry Ludman and debuted as director and screenwriter with the action film Thunder Warrior, whose success led to two sequels. He got another major success with Il ragazzo del kimono d'oro (aka Karate Warrior), a ripoff of The Karate Kid which generated six films and a TV miniseries, all written, produced and directed by De Angelis.

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