Tanio Boccia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tanio Boccia

Italian film director

Date of Birth: 04-Apr-1912

Place of Birth: Potenza, Basilicata, Italy

Date of Death: 01-Aug-1982

Profession: screenwriter, film director, film editor

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Camillo Tanio Boccia (1912–1982), born in Potenza, was an Italian film director and screenwriter active in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s.
From 1960 onwards, he was regularly credited as Amerigo Anton.Boccia directed about 20 films in his career.
He is best known for his work in the (mostly historical) adventure film genre, particularly peplum, in the early 1960s with films such as Caesar the Conqueror (1962), Samson Against the Pirates (1963) and Hercules of the Desert (1964).
In 1965 he directed the spy adventure Agente X 1-7 operación Océano. He died in 1982 in Rome.