Mario Morra


Mario Morra was an Italian film editor, director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in Rome, Morra began working as an assistant editor in the early 1960s, and made his debut as film editor in 1964. He gradually established himself as one of the most representative of his profession, very active in art films as well as in less ambitious works. In 1990 he was nominated to BAFTA Award for Best Editing for Giuseppe Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso.
In the 1970s and 1980s, Morra was also director or writer of several successful documentaries and Mondo films, often in collaboration with Antonio Climati, notably Turbo Time, a documentary about the world of car and motorcycle racing.
Morra died in October 2024, at the age of 89.
At the 97th Academy Awards, his name was mentioned in the In Memoriam section.

Selected filmography

The Glory Brigade Mondo Cane 2 The Tough One Seven Guns for the MacGregors The Battle of Algiers Red Roses for the Fuhrer It's Your Move The Cats Burn! A Woman on Fire The Anonymous Venetian Death Occurred Last Night Let's Have a Riot Short Night of Glass Dolls Black Belly of the Tarantula A Girl in Australia Winged Devils Secret Fantasy Indian Summer Where Does It Hurt? Una cavalla tutta nuda Man Called Amen Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears Tony Arzenta Little Funny Guy The Heroes Dear Parents Rugantino Bread and Chocolate Virility Three Tough Guys Blood Brothers The Gamecock Puzzle Zorro Savage Man Savage Beast Flatfoot in Hong Kong The Left Hand of the Law Apache Woman Savana violenta Sexycop Death Rage Cara sposa Flatfoot in Africa Faces of Death Tesoromio Ogro The Humanoid Life Is Beautiful Flatfoot in Egypt Red Bells Dolce e selvaggio Turbo Time Cut and Run The Professor Blood Ties Cinema Paradiso What if Gargiulo Finds Out? Everybody's Fine There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs