Rino Di Silvestro

Salvatore Di Silvestro, best known as Rino Di Silvestro (30 January 1932 - 3 October 2009) was an Italian director, screenwriter, producer and actor.

Life and career
Born in Rome, Di Silvestro became first known thanks to Op bop pop nip, a play that he wrote, directed and in whose original production he starred: it was continuously represented  at the Teatro delle Muse in Rome from 1962 to 1966. After having collaborated uncredited to the screenplays of a number of genre films, in 1973 he made his debut as director with Women in Cell Block 7, a film which his regarded as the first Italian women in prison film.

Selected filmography

 * Women in Cell Block 7 (1973)
 * Prostituzione (1974)
 * Deported Women of the SS Special Section (1976)
 * Werewolf Woman (1976)
 * Baby Love (1979)
 * Bello di mamma (1980)
 * Hanna D. - The Girl from Vondel Park (1984)
 * The Erotic Dreams of Cleopatra (1985)