Date of Birth: 17 June, 1927
Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Kingdom of Italy
Date of Death: 13 March, 1996
Place of Death: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Ethnicity: Italian/Sicilian
Lucio Fulci was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Beginning as a director of comedies, he achieved fame as a helmer of horror films in the 1970s and 1980s. He directed the films The Thieves, Ragazzi del Juke-Box, Howlers in the Dock, The Swindlers, I due evasi di Sing Sing, Oh! Those Most Secret Agents!, I due pericoli pubblici, How We Got into Trouble with the Army, 002 Operazione Luna, The Two Parachutists, How We Robbed the Bank of Italy, Massacre Time, Come rubammo la bomba atomica, The Long, the Short, the Cat; Operation St. Peter’s, One on Top of the Other, Beatrice Cenci, A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin, The Eroticist, Don’t Torture a Duckling, White Fang (1973), Challenge to White Fang, Four of the Apocalypse, Dracula in the Provinces, My Sister in Law, Sette note in nero, Silver Saddle, Zombi 2, Contraband (1980), City of the Living Dead, The Black Cat, The Beyond (1981), The House by the Cemetery, The New York Ripper, Manhattan Baby, Conquest (1983), Warriors of the Year 2072, Murder Rock, The Devil’s Honey, Zombi 3, Aenigma, A Cat in the Brain, and Voices from Beyond. He wrote or co-wrote most of his films.
He was the son of Lucia Fulci. His mother was from a poor, anti-fascist family, from Messina, Sicily. His father left his mother before Lucio was born. He was raised by her, and a female housekeeper.
Lucio was married to Marina Fulci, until her death, with whom he had two children.
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