Michele Soavi Wyman. He directed his first feature film with 1987's "Stage Fright" for producer Joe D'Amato. He worked as assistant director to Terry Gilliam on "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" in 1988, and followed this with his second feature film as director, 1989's "La Chiesa" ("The Church"). His third feature, "The Sect" (a.k.a. "The Devil's Daughter"), followed in 1990. Soavi has been credited as almost single-handedly continuing the traditions of Italian horror in the 1990s, directing the acclaimed zombie love story "Dellamorte Dellamore" (a.k.a. "Cemetery Man"). The film was based on Tiziano Sclavi's novel of the same name, and the author
Baron Munchausen its imagery was echoed in Cruikshank's depictions of the character. Doré, illustrating a Théophile Gautier "fils" translation in 1862, retained the sharply beaked nose and twirled moustache from the 1792 portrait, but gave the Baron a healthier and more affable appearance; the Doré Baron became the definitive visual representation for the character. The relationship between the real and fictional Barons is complex. On the one hand, the fictional Baron Munchausen can be easily distinguished from the historical figure Hieronymus von Münchhausen; the character is so separate from his namesake that at least one critic, the writer W. L. George, concluded