[1] Among the people Girolami met was Anna Magnani who took her son Luca to meet him which led to close relationship between them.
[3] Girolami gave her the script he had been working on of Campo de'fiori which was passed on to Aldo Fabrizi.
[3] He debuted as an actor in 1940, and became an assistant director for Mario Soldati, Marcello Marchesi, Vittorio Metz.
[1][4] In 1949 he debuted as a director with La strada buia, a variation on the film Fugitive Lady.
[1] Girolami worked in several genres and trends such as the Western with Between God, the Devil and a Winchester, the crime film (Violent Rome) and horror with Zombie Holocaust.