Rino Di Silvestro


Salvatore Di Silvestro, best known as Rino Di Silvestro was an Italian director, screenwriter, producer and actor.

Life and career

Born in Rome, Di Silvestro became first known thanks to Op bop pop nip, a piece he wrote, directed and starred, which was continuously represented at the Teatro delle Muse in Rome from 1962 to 1966. After having collaborated uncredited to the screenplays of a number of genre films, in 1973 he made his debut as director with Women in Cell Block 7, a film which his regarded as the first Italian women in prison film.

Selected filmography