Riccardo Freda, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Riccardo Freda

Italian film director

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1909

Place of Birth: Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

Date of Death: 20-Dec-1999

Profession: screenwriter, actor, film director, director, film editor, producer

Nationality: Italy, Egypt

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Riccardo Freda (Alexandria, Egypt, 24 February 1909 – Rome, Italy, 20 December 1999) was an Italian film director.
He worked in a variety of genres, including sword-and-sandal, horror, giallo and spy films.Freda began directing I Vampiri in 1956 but left the production midway to have it completed by Mario Bava.
The film became the first Italian sound horror film production.