Beppe Cino
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
Beppe Cino started studying cinema throughout the 1960s in Sicily. He later continued studying at the University of Rome in the early 1970s where he met directing legend Roberto Rossellini and worked for him as an assistant director for several years on various TV productions until Rosselini's death in 1976.
In 1977, Cino started working for the Japanese TV networks NHK General TV and TBS Tokyo Broadcasting Systems until 1982 when he finally started his own directing career with the Arthur Schnitzler adaptation "Il cavaliere, la morte e il diavolo".
He created his very own film production company "MovieMachine" in 1986 and, in collaboration with other producers and distributors, spend the following years shooting various films for cinema and television, like the poetic horror film "The House of the Blue Shadows" (1986), the literary adaptation "Breath of Life" with Franco Nero (1990), the shot-in-Bulgaria road movie "In viaggio verso est" (1992) or the Roberto-Rossellini-themed documentary "Il mestiere di uomo" (1997)
In 1998 he closed the company and went on a hiatus. He returned in 2005 and 2007 with the two dramedies "Miracle in Palermo" and "Maria Venera".
In 1977, Cino started working for the Japanese TV networks NHK General TV and TBS Tokyo Broadcasting Systems until 1982 when he finally started his own directing career with the Arthur Schnitzler adaptation "Il cavaliere, la morte e il diavolo".
He created his very own film production company "MovieMachine" in 1986 and, in collaboration with other producers and distributors, spend the following years shooting various films for cinema and television, like the poetic horror film "The House of the Blue Shadows" (1986), the literary adaptation "Breath of Life" with Franco Nero (1990), the shot-in-Bulgaria road movie "In viaggio verso est" (1992) or the Roberto-Rossellini-themed documentary "Il mestiere di uomo" (1997)
In 1998 he closed the company and went on a hiatus. He returned in 2005 and 2007 with the two dramedies "Miracle in Palermo" and "Maria Venera".
