Luca Damiano
Luca Damiano is an Italian film director.
Born in Rome, Lo Cascio started his career as the assistant director of Fernando Di Leo in almost all the films he directed between 1967 and 1974. In 1974, he made his directorial debut with the parody film Piedino il questurino starring Franco Franchi.
After having directed a number of comedies and the supernatural thriller Un urlo dalle tenebre in 1976, Lo Cascio withdrew from directing to focus on his distribution company "Patrizia Cinematografica" he founded together with Diego Spadaro. In 1984, he adopted his stage name Luca Damiano and directed and produced numerous pornographic films.
Awards and nominations
- 2000 FICEB Ninfa Award winner – Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2001 FICEB Ninfa Award winner – Special Jury Award
Partial filmography
Piedino il questurino Un urlo dalle tenebre Mark of Zorro Sesso allo specchio Erotic Adventures of Red Riding Hood La Signora dell'Oriente Express Il Marchese de Sade – Oltre ogni perversione Ladri gentiluomini – Donne, gioielli... e culi belli The Erotic Adventures of Marco Polo The Erotic Adventures of Aladdin X Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia Snow White & 7 Dwarfs War Games Napoleon Orient Express The Princess, the Bodyguard and the Stripper C'era una volta il... bordello Rock Erotic Picture Show Don Juan Paolina Borghese ninfomane imperiale Snow White... Ten Years Later- ''Penocchio''