He has been directing since the 1960s. Most of his films are shot independently and with an experimental style. Following his return from Vietnam where he was a freelance photographer, director Romano Scavolini returned to his native Italy where he started his film career again as a genre filmmaker. His best-known horror films are Nightmare (1981), a gruesome horror film that was banned as a video nasty in the UK, and his 1972 A White Dress for Marialé.
Filmography
The Devastated One (I devastati) – 1958/1959
Blind Fly (A mosca cieca) (Ricordati di Haron) – 1966
The Dress Rehearsal (La prova generale) – 1968
Entonce – 1969
L'amore breve[it] (Lo stato d'assedio) (also known as State of Siege – Besieged) – 1969
The long march (La lunga marcia)
A White Dress for Marialé; aka Un bianco vestito per Marialé (also known as Spirits of Death) – 1972
Heart (Cuore) – 1973
Your Honor (Servo suo) – 1973
The Savage Hunt (also known as Condor's Run) – 1980
Nightmare (1981 film) (also known as Nightmares in a Damaged Brain or Blood Splash) – 1981
Dog Tags – 1981 film)
Ustica: a thorn in the heart (Ustica. Una spina nel cuore) – 2001/2002/2003
"Che" The Last Hours (Le ultime ore del Che) – 2003
Apocalisse delle scimmie – A TRILOGY – 2004/2005/2006/2007/2008