Angelo Iacono

Angelo Iacono

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Napoli, Campania, Italy
November 27, 1936

Biography

Angelo Iacono, or Angelo Jacono (Naples, November 27, 1936), is an Italian film producer and director. Angelo Iacono worked in the film industry at first occasionally in the early sixties (assistant director of Roberto Rossellini in Anima nera; production secretary of Federico Fellini in 8½) and later devoted himself to production. His collaboration with Dario Argento was very important. In 1979 he had his only experience as a director: Profumi e balocchi in which his wife Cintia Lodetti played the female lead.

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Angelo Iacono 1

Representative Works

8½
8.1
/ Italian
Deep Red
Deep Red
7.7
/ Italian
Phenomena
Phenomena
6.8
/ English
Santa Sangre
Santa Sangre
7.2
/ English
Tenebre
Tenebre
6.8
/ Italian
Cyclone
Cyclone
5.2
/ Spanish
Inferno
Inferno
6.6
/ Italian
Red Hot Shot
Red Hot Shot
4.2
/ Italian

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

8½
1963Winner

Best Picture

Deep Red
1975Winner

Best Picture

Deep Red

Phenomena
1985Nominee

Best Picture

Phenomena

Career Highlights

Hospitals: The White Mafia
1973Highlight

Best Picture

Hospitals: The White Mafia

Santa Sangre
1989Highlight

Best Picture

Santa Sangre

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