Known for Editing
Mario Morra (born 1935) is an Italian film editor, director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, Morra began working as an assistant editor in the early 1960s, and made his debut as film editor in 1964. He gradually established himself up as one of the most representative of his profession, very active in art films as well as in less ambitious works. In 1990 he was nominated to BAFTA Award for Best Editing for Giuseppe Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso. In the 1970s and 1980s, Morra was also director or writer of several successful documentaries and Mondo films, often in collaboration with Antonio Climati like Turbo Time a documentary about the world of car and motorcycle racing. Source: Article "Mario Morra" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Born
January 1, 1935
Died
October 11, 2024 (age 89)
Birthplace
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Filmography
116 films, 3 shows


Soccer Shoot-Out
1991 · 1h 38m
country: Italy
Italia 90 was another fascinating tournament, a melting pot of different styles, culture and technique. The biggest tournament to date, it saw the emergence of the African nations with the free-flowing Cameroon capturing everyone's hearts. The final was tight and not for the squeamish, but the well-drilled and better-disciplined Germans prevailed 1-0 winners to claim the crown for the third time.


Savage Zone
1984 · 1h 41m
country: Italy
Documentary looking at death, destruction, and weird customs around the world.


Sweet and Savage
1983 · 1h 33m
country: Italy
A Mondo documentary that juxtaposes footage of death, carnage, and unpleasantness with scenes of inspiring and beautiful imagery.


Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978 · 1h 35m
country: Italy
Interspersed with interviews that the actress Sydne Rome gives to some of the most famous "Formula 1" champions - from Lauda to Regazzoni, from Andretti to Fittipaldi, from Villeneuve to Reutemann - the film shows some moments of the races on the most famous tracks of the world, and above all, the accidents that have caused it.


This Violent World
1976 · 1h 32m
country: Italy
An attempted exposé of worldly violence using various scenes of graphic human and animal behaviors.


Savage Man Savage Beast
1975 · 1h 34m
country: Italy
A notorious mondo film depicting unbelievable and bizarre rituals, animal killing and cruelty, and people being killed and eaten, all by either animals or humans against each other or themselves.


Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
1975 · 1h 37m
country: Italy
Anthological movie with some of the most famous movie sequences in Italian cinema produced by glorious Titanus Film from 1947 to 1962.