Sergio Grieco
| Sergio Grieco | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 13, 1917 Codevigo, Veneto, Italy |
| Died | March 30, 1982 (aged 65) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation |
Film director Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1950 - 1977 |
Sergio Grieco (January 13, 1917 - March 30, 1982) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Sergio's father was the Italian Communist Ruggero Grieco,
Grieco first started in film in the Soviet Union in 1931 working as an assistant to Nikolai Ekk on the first Soviet sound film Road to Life. He began his Italian film career as a script supervisor in 1939 working his way up to an assistant director the following year. In 1949 he worked as an assistant to René Clément for his film The Walls of Malapaga (1949).
His directorial debut was Il sentiero dell'odio (1950) beginning a prolific career in a variety of genres. He met his wife Teresa Terrone, renamed Susan Terry by her agent, who appeared his several of his films beginning with The Mysterious Swordsman/Lo spadaccino misterioso in 1955.
He directed nearly 40 films between 1950 and 1977 often writing his own films. Grieco is best known for his adventure, swashbuckler, sword and sandal and Eurospy films with Ken Clark including the Secret Agent 077 series of imitation James Bond films under the name Terence Hathaway. His final film was The Mad Dog Killer (1977). Grieco also co-wrote wrote the screenplay for The Inglorious Bastards (1978).
His nephew is David Grieco who has acted as a writer, producer and director.
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