Steno

Steno

  • Birthday: 1917-01-19
  • Deathday: 1988-03-13
  • Place of birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
  • Also know as: Stefano Vanzina

Biography

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.

Filmography

Production

Flatfoot in Hong Kong

1975

As Director

The Knock Out Cop

1973

As Director

Flatfoot in Africa

1978

As Director

Flatfoot in Egypt

1980

As Director

Banana Joe

1982

As Director

Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot

1979

As Director

An American in Rome

1954

As Director

Totó in color

1952

As Director

Toto in Madrid

1959

As Director

Cops and Robbers

1951

As Director

Letto a tre piazze

1960

As Director

Horse Fever

1976

As Director

Totò vs the Four

1963

As Director

An Ideal Adventure

1982

As Director

Toto and the Women

1952

As Director

Totò cerca casa

1949

As Director

The Overtaxed

1959

As Director

A Day in Court

1954

As Director

Nero's Mistress

1956

As Director

Totò nella Luna

1958

As Director

Magic Touch

1983

As Director

Rita the Field Marshal

1967

As Director

Caprice Italian Style

1968

As Director

Piccola posta

1955

As Director

Totò diabolicus

1962

As Director

Hot Potato

1979

As Director

Prickly Pears

1980

As Director

Two Colonels

1963

As Director

Execution Squad

1972

As Director

Maid, Thief and Guard

1958

As Director

Susanna tutta panna

1957

As Director

Female Three Times

1957

As Director

Sue Me

1985

As Director

Double Murder

1977

As Director

Dio li fa poi li accoppia

1982

As Director

How to Kill 400 Duponts

1968

As Director

Un mostro e mezzo

1964

As Director

Letti sbagliati

1965

As Director

Twins from Texas

1964

As Director

Heroes of the West

1963

As Director

Uncle Was A Vampire

1959

As Director

The Tango of Jealousy

1981

As Director

Policewoman

1974

As Director

Love Italian Style

1966

As Director

My Loves

1978

As Director

Italy is Rotten

1976

As Director

The Unfaithfuls

1953

As Director

Psycosissimo

1961

As Director

Animali metropolitani

1987

As Director

Man, Beast and Virtue

1953

As Director

È arrivato il Cavaliere

1950

As Director

Musketeers of the Sea

1962

As Director

Transplant

1970

As Director

My Brother Anastasia

1973

As Director

Cose di Cosa Nostra

1971

As Director

The Migratory Bird

1972

As Director

A Dog’s Life

1950

As Director

Sins of Casanova

1954

As Director

Copacabana Palace

1962

As Director

Mia nonna poliziotto

1958

As Director

Cinema of yesteryear

1953

As Director

Quando la coppia scoppia

1982

As Director

Un militare e mezzo

1960

As Director

The Boss and the Worker

1975

As Director

L'ombra nera del Vesuvio

1987

As Director

We Like It Cold

1960

As Director

Rose rosse per Angelica

1966

As Director

Fame and the Devil

1949

As Director

Lo vedi come sei...lo vedi come sei?

1939

As First Assistant Director

Il pirata sono io!

1940

As First Assistant Director

Luce nelle tenebre

1941

As Assistant Director

Risate all'italiana

1964

As Director

Flatfoot in Hong Kong

1975

As Screenplay

Flatfoot in Egypt

1980

As Screenplay

Banana Joe

1982

As Screenplay

Fifa e arena

1948

As Story

Totó in color

1952

As Screenplay

Letto a tre piazze

1960

As Screenplay

I due orfanelli

1947

As Screenplay

Toto Tours Italy

1948

As Screenplay

Magic Touch

1983

As Screenplay

Hot Potato

1979

As Screenplay

Sue Me

1985

As Writer

Totò nella fossa dei leoni

1943

As Screenplay

Basta guardarla

1970

As Screenplay

Beautiful Families

1964

As Screenplay

Italy is Rotten

1976

As Screenplay

Man, Beast and Virtue

1953

As Screenplay

How I Lost the War

1947

As Screenplay

Speed Cross

1980

As Story

Transplant

1970

As Screenplay

Animali metropolitani

1987

As Writer

The Archangel

1969

As Screenplay

Delitto quasi perfetto

1966

As Screenplay

In High Places

1945

As Screenplay

Life Begins Anew

1945

As Screenplay

The Unfaithfuls

1953

As Screenplay

Pleasant Nights

1966

As Story

L'inafferrabile 12

1950

As Screenplay

We Like It Cold

1960

As Writer

È l'amor che mi rovina

1951

As Screenplay

O.K. Nero

1951

As Screenplay

Love Italian Style

1966

As Writer

Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot

1979

As Screenplay

The Tango of Jealousy

1981

As Writer

Aquila Nera

1946

As Screenplay

Totò nella Luna

1958

As Story

Totò nella Luna

1958

As Screenplay

Double Murder

1977

As Screenplay

Soho Conspiracy

1950

As Original Story

A Day in Court

1954

As Screenplay

The Terror with Cross-Eyes

1972

As Screenplay

Mad About Opera

1948

As Writer

Uncle Was A Vampire

1959

As Screenplay

An American in Rome

1954

As Screenplay

Execution Squad

1972

As Story

Execution Squad

1972

As Screenplay

The Dolls

1965

As Story

Nero's Mistress

1956

As Screenplay

Non canto più

1945

As Writer

Les Misérables - Manhunt

1948

As Screenplay

Fame and the Devil

1949

As Screenplay

Cinema of yesteryear

1953

As Screenplay

Sins of Casanova

1954

As Screenplay

Maid, Thief and Guard

1958

As Screenplay

Un militare e mezzo

1960

As Screenplay

Un mostro e mezzo

1964

As Screenplay

Totò cerca casa

1949

As Story

Totò cerca casa

1949

As Screenplay

The Firemen of Viggiù

1949

As Screenplay

È arrivato il Cavaliere

1950

As Screenplay

A Dog’s Life

1950

As Story

A Dog’s Life

1950

As Screenplay

Toto and the Kings of Rome

1952

As Screenplay

Cops and Robbers

1951

As Screenplay

Toto and the Women

1952

As Screenplay

I due orfanelli

1947

As Story

Il pirata sono io!

1940

As Screenplay

Tutta la città canta

1945

As Story

Tutta la città canta

1945

As Screenplay

Toto Tours Italy

1948

As Story

Fifa e arena

1948

As Screenplay

Tizio, Caio, Sempronio

1951

As Screenplay

Non me lo dire!

1940

As Story

Non me lo dire!

1940

As Screenplay

O.K. Nero

1951

As Story

The Captain's Daughter

1947

As Screenplay

Her Favourite Husband

1950

As Screenplay

The Overtaxed

1959

As Story

The Overtaxed

1959

As Screenplay

An American in Rome

1954

As Story

I'll See You on the Balcony

1953

As Screenplay

A Day in Court

1954

As Story

Cinema of yesteryear

1953

As Story

Caprice Italian Style

1968

As Writer

Quarta pagina

1942

As Screenplay

Vivere ancora

1945

As Screenplay

Eravamo sette vedove

1939

As Screenplay

The Iron Swordsman

1949

As Screenplay

Psycosissimo

1961

As Story

Psycosissimo

1961

As Screenplay

L'eroe della strada

1948

As Story

L'eroe della strada

1948

As Screenplay

Lure of the Sila

1949

As Story

Lure of the Sila

1949

As Screenplay

The Lucky Five

1952

As Screenplay

Labbra serrate

1942

As Screenplay

Vendetta... sarda

1952

As Story

Vendetta... sarda

1952

As Screenplay

My Heart Sings

1951

As Story

My Heart Sings

1951

As Screenplay

Abandonment

1940

As Writer

Abandonment

1940

As Screenplay

La donna è mobile

1942

As Writer

Outlaw Girl

1950

As Story

L'avventura di Annabella

1943

As Screenplay

Horse Fever

1976

As Screenplay

Un mostro e mezzo

1964

As Story

Prickly Pears

1980

As Screenplay

Cose di Cosa Nostra

1971

As Story

Cose di Cosa Nostra

1971

As Screenplay

Armiamoci e partite!

1971

As Story

An Ideal Adventure

1982

As Screenplay

Piccola posta

1955

As Story

Piccola posta

1955

As Screenplay

Damn the Taxes!!

1951

As Writer

Damn the Taxes!!

1951

As Screenplay

Sins of Casanova

1954

As Story

The Mysterious Rider

1948

As Story

The Mysterious Rider

1948

As Screenplay

Pleasant Nights

1966

As Screenplay

Totó in color

1952

As Story

Musketeers of the Sea

1962

As Story

Appointment for Murder

1952

As Screenplay

Italy is Rotten

1976

As Story

Uncle Was A Vampire

1959

As Story

Napoleone

1951

As Story

Napoleone

1951

As Screenplay

Italian Fast Food

1986

As Story

Speed Cross

1980

As Screenplay

Heroes of the West

1963

As Story

Heroes of the West

1963

As Screenplay

Io sono la Primula Rossa

1954

As Screenplay

I'm in the Revue

1950

As Writer

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