Steno (director)

Steno, the artistic name of Stefano Vanzina (19 January 1917 – 13 March 1988), was an Italian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Two of his films, Un giorno in pretura (1954) and Febbre da cavallo (1976), were shown in a retrospective section on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.

Selected filmography

 * Abandonment (1940)
 * Fourth Page (1942)
 * Sealed Lips (1942)
 * In High Places (1943)
 * Two Hearts Among the Beasts (1943)
 * Annabella's Adventure (1943)
 * Black Eagle (1946)
 * The Courier of the King (1947)
 * The Captain's Daughter (1947)
 * Fear and Sand (1948)
 * The Wolf of the Sila (1949)
 * Toto Looks for a House (1949)
 * A Night of Fame (1949)
 * A Dog's Life (with Mario Monicelli, 1950)
 * The Knight Has Arrived! (with Mario Monicelli, 1950)
 * Her Favourite Husband (1950)
 * The Elusive Twelve (1950)
 * The Ungrateful Heart (1951)
 * Cops and Robbers (with Mario Monicelli, 1951)
 * Totò in Color (1952)
 * Le infedeli (1953)
 * Man, Beast and Virtue (1953)
 * Un americano a Roma (1954)
 * A Day in Court (1954)
 * Le avventure di Giacomo Casanova (1955)
 * Nero's Weekend (1956)
 * Totò nella luna (1958)
 * I Tartassati (1959)
 * Tempi duri per i vampiri (1959)
 * Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito (1959)
 * Letto a tre piazze (1960)
 * The Two Colonels (1962)
 * Copacabana Palace (1962)
 * Totò Diabolicus (1963)
 * Toto vs the Four (1963)
 * Letti sbagliati (1965)
 * Caprice Italian Style (1968)
 * Execution Squad (1972)
 * Flatfoot (1973)
 * Policewoman (1974)
 * Febbre da cavallo (1976)
 * Double Murder (1977)
 * Amori miei (1978)
 * La patata bollente (1979)
 * Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot (1979)
 * Quando la coppia scoppia (1981)
 * Banana Joe (1982)
 * An Ideal Adventure (1982)