# Marino Girolami

Marino Girolami (1 February 1914 – 20 February 1994) was an Italian film director and actor.

## Biography

Marino Giorlami was born on 1 February 1914 in Rome, Italy. Formally a professional boxer, Girolami ended his boxing career when he was 20. Following this, he got a degree as a physical therapist and opened a gym which specialized in therapeutic massages. Girolami entered into Italy Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Among the people Girolami met was Anna Magnani who took her son Luca to meet him which led to close relationship between them. Girolami gave her the script he had been working on of Campo de'fiori which was passed on to Aldo Fabrizi. The story was re-written by Girolami and Federico Fellini and directed by Mario Bonnard, which led to Girolami working in film. He debuted as an actor in 1940, and became an assistant director for Mario Soldati, Marcello Marchesi, Vittorio Metz. In 1949 he debuted as a director with La strada buia, a variation on the film Fugitive Lady. He pursued his career as film director with several musical comedies and melodramas.
Film historian and critic Roberto Curti described Girolami as one of Italy's most prolific genre directors, directing 78 films in three decades. Girolami worked in several genres and trends such as the Western with Between God, the Devil and a Winchester, the crime film (Violent Rome) and horror with Zombie Holocaust. Girolami also made hardcore pornography such as Sesso profondo. He died on 20 February 1994 in Rome.

## Personal life

Girolami was the older brother of director Romolo Girolami, who worked with Marino as an assistant director on some of his films such as Il Mio amico Jekyll and later directed under the name Romolo Guerrieri. Marino Girolami is also the father of actor Ennio Girolami and director Enzo G. Castellari.

## Select filmography

    Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological.
| Title | Year | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Notes | Ref(s) |
| Title | Year | Director | Screenwriter | Producer | Other | Notes | Ref(s) |
| Beatrice Cenci | — | | | | Yes | Actor | |
| L'ultimo combattimento | — | | | | Yes | Actor | |
| Villa da vendere | — | | | | Yes | Actor, as brigadiere di polizia | |
| Giarabub | — | | | | Yes | Actor | |
| Violette nei capelli | — | | | | Yes | Actor | |
| The Peddler and the Lady | 1943 | | | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Miss Italia | — | | | | Yes | Film editor | |
| Fugitive Lady | — | Yes | | | | | |
| Love and Blood | 1951 | Yes | | | | | |
| Era lui... sì! sì! | — | Yes | | | | | |
| We Two Alone | — | Yes | | | | | |
| Era lei che lo voleva | — | Yes | | | | | |
| Lasciateci in pace | — | Yes | | | | | |
| Riscatto | — | Yes | | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Canto per te | — | Yes | | | | | |
| Il cantante misterioso | — | Yes | | | | | |
| Ore 10 lezione di canto | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| La ragazza di via Veneto | — | Yes | | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Cantando sotto le stelle | — | Yes | | | | | |
| Buongiorno primo amore! | — | Yes | | | | | |
| La canzone del destino | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| C'è un sentiero nel cielo | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Serenate per 16 bionde | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| 7 canzoni per 7 sorelle | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Vivendo, cantando... che male ti fo? | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Quando gli angeli piangono | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Il romanzo di un giovane povero | — | Yes | Yes | | | | |
| Un canto nel deserto | — | Yes | | | | | |
| Quanto sei bella Roma | — | Yes | Yes | | | | |
| Quel tesoro di papà | — | Yes | | | | | |
| Caccia al marito | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Ferragosto in bikini | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| My Friend, Dr. Jekyll | 1960 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Bellezze sulla spiaggia | — | Yes | | | | | |
| Un figlio d'oggi | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Le magnifiche 7 | — | Yes | | | | | |
| La ragazza sotto il lenzuolo | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Scandali al mare | — | Yes | | | | | |
| Walter e i suoi cugini | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| L'assassino si chiama Pompeo | — | Yes | | | | | |
| The Fury of Achilles | — | Yes | | | | | |
| l medico delle donne | — | Yes | | | | | |
| Twist, lolite e vitelloni | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| La donna degli altri è sempre più bella | — | Yes | | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Le motorizzate | — | Yes | | | | | |
| Siamo tutti pomicioni | — | Yes | | | | | |
| I magnifici Brutos del West | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Bullet in the Flesh | 1964 | Yes | | | | | |
| Queste pazze, pazze donne | — | Yes | | | | | |
| Le tardone | — | Yes | | | | | |
| Veneri al sole | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Veneri in collegio | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| I 7 monaci d'oro | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Spiaggia libera | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Due Rrringos nel Texas | — | Yes | | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Granada, addio! | — | Yes | | | | | |
| The Long, the Short, the Cat | — | | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Renegade Riders | 1967 | | | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| One by One | 1968 | | Yes | | | | |
| Between God, the Devil and a Winchester | 1968 | Yes | Yes | | | | |
| Franco, Ciccio e le vedove allegre | — | Yes | | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| I due magnifici fresconi | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer, film editor | |
| Raptus | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Don Franco e Don Ciccio nell'anno della contestazione | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| African Story | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Los amantes del diablo | — | | Yes | | | | |
| Decameron proibitissimo | — | Yes | | | | | |
| Maria Rosa la guardona | — | Yes | | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| 4 marmittoni alle grandi manovre | — | Yes | | | | | |
| Rudeness | 1975 | Yes | | | | | |
| Lover Boy | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| La moglie vergine | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Violent Rome | 1975 | Yes | | | | | |
| Amici più di prima | — | Yes | | | | | |
| Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza | 1976 | Yes | | | | | |
| Special Cop in Action | 1976 | Yes | | | | | |
| Kakkientruppen | 1977 | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Nudeodeon | — | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Where Can You Go Without the Little Vice? | — | Yes | | | | | |
| Hunted City | 1979 | | | | Yes | Screen story writer | |
| Sesso profondo | — | Yes | | | | | |
| Zombie Holocaust | 1980 | Yes | | | | | |
| La liceale al mare con l'amica di papà | — | Yes | | | | | |
| L'esercito più pazzo del mondo | — | Yes | | | | | |
| Pierino contro tutti | — | Yes | | Yes | | | |
| Giggi il bullo | — | Yes | | Yes | | | |
| Pierino colpisce ancora | — | Yes | | Yes | | | |