Fabrizio De Angelis was born 15 November 1940 in Rome and is an Italian director, screenwriter and producer.

De Angelis started his career in the 1970s as a producer of genre films, often collaborating with Lucio Fulci, Joe D'Amato, Enzo G. Castellari and Umberto Lenzi. In 1983 he adopted the stage name Larry Ludman and debuted as director and screenwriter with the action film Thunder (Thunder Warrior), whose success led to two sequels. He got another major success with Il Ragazzo del Kimono d'oro (Karate Warrior), a ripoff of The Karate Kid which generated six films and a TV miniseries, all written, produced and directed by De Angelis.

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