Tonino Cervi
- Production
- June 4, 1929 · Rome, Italy
- April 1, 2002
Biography
Born on June 14, 1929, in Rome, Italy, Tonino Cervi was a prominent film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was the son of renowned actor Gino Cervi. Cervi began his career as a film producer in 1952 with Sergio Corbucci's La Peccatrice dell'isola. He produced works by esteemed directors such as Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, and Bernardo Bertolucci. Transitioning to directing, Cervi made his debut with the spaghetti Western Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! (1968), starring Bud Spencer. He achieved box office success with films like The Miser (1990) and Il malato immaginario (1979), both featuring Alberto Sordi. Cervi passed away on April 1, 2002, in Rapolano Terme, Italy.
Known for
Filmography
- Household Accounts · Director, Producer
- Butterfly · Director, Writer
- The Miser · Director, Screenplay
- The Spider Labyrinth · Producer, Screenplay
- Italiani a Rio · Writer
- The Naked Sun · Director
- Il turno · Director, Screenplay
- Hypochondriac · Director, Screenplay
- Nest of Vipers · Director, Screenplay
- Chi dice donna, dice donna · Sandro Bertini, Director
- The Long Night · Director, Story
- Story of a Cloistered Nun · Writer, Producer
- The Nun and the Devil · Dialogue, Writer
- Torso · Executive producer
- Queens of Evil · Director, Screenplay
- Excuse Me, Do You Like Sex? · Producer
- Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! · Director, Story Editor
- Maigret at the Pigalle · Producer
- The Moment of Truth · Producer
- Red Desert · Producer
- I 4 tassisti · Producer
- Sweet and Sour · Producer
- Mafioso · Producer
- La Commare Secca · Producer
- East Zone, West Zone · Producer
- Boccaccio '70 · Producer
- Long Night in '43 · Producer
- The Employee · Producer
- The Big Night · Producer
- I ragazzi dei Parioli · Producer
- The Window to Luna Park · Producer
- Ambush in Tangier · Producer
- The Best Part · Producer
- La peccatrice dell'isola · Production Manager