Piero Regnoli
Biography
Piero Regnoli was a prolific Italian screenwriter and film director, born in Rome in 1921, who left an indelible mark on Italian genre cinema. Notable among his credits are the first Italian horror film, I Vampiri (1957), and the directorial debut of The Playgirls and the Vampire (1960). Regnoli's versatility spanned sword-and-sandal, westerns, horror, and sexy comedies, with his work often exploring themes of eroticism. He directed his final film, La principessa sul pisello, in 1976.