Massimo Pupillo
Domenico Massimo Pupillo born 1922 possibly died 1999, is an Italian film director. Career. Puplillo was born in Rodi Garganico, Apulia in 1922. He started his career in film through his acquaintance Fernandel as Marcel Pagnol's assistant. He claims to have made over 250 short films before the release of his film "Gli amichi dell'Isola", a feature film set in Sardinia with unprofessional actors. After directing "Terror-Creatures from the Grave", he went on two direct two more horror films in a row: "Bloody Pit of Horror" and "La vendetta di Lady Morgan". After making these horror  films, Pupillo stated that he originally made them to get out of making documentary films and enter the commercial film market. After making "La vendetta di Lady Morgan" he declared he was finished with making horror films with his following directorial work becoming scarce. His follow-ups included the Western "Django Kills Softly" released in 1967 and the mondo film "". Pupillo also wrote a few mondo films prior to directing including "Primitive Love" and "" which were both directed by Luigi Scattini and "Taboos of the World" by Romolo Marcellini. Pupillo later described himself as "disgusted" by the type of cinema  he was making and primarily worked in television during the 1970s. His last feature film was "Sa Jana" which was shot in Sardinia. According to Merrill Aldighieri and Lucas Balbo's documentary "Mondo Pupillo - Une conversation avec Massimo Pupillo", it is likely that Pupillo died on December 29, 1999, but no evidence has been found to confirm this.