[3] Civirani continued working as still photographer for other Italian directors such as Alessandro Blasetti (Fabiola), Federico Fellini (The White Sheik), Roberto Rossellini (The Flowers of St. Francis) and Carlo Lizzani (Chronicle of Poor Lovers).

[5][6] It started in 1963 when Civirani convinced the producer Gino Mordini to co-finance with himself the low-budget night report Sexy proibito consisting of about 15 variety show numbers and six ballet numbers and compositions by Gino Landi, which Civirani directed with a troupe of 12 people in 12 days mostly at the De Paolis studio and pioneered using an Arriflex 35, a cheaper and lighter camera normally only used for news and documentaries, for a proper film.

[9] In 1965, Civirani co-wrote, produced and directed the sword-and-sandal film Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun starring Mark Forest and Giuliano Gemma, which was shot in four weeks,[10] and subsequently a second adventure film, Kindar the Invulnerable, starring, again, Mark Forest as well as Rosalba Neri, Mimmo Palmara and Orchidea De Santis and shot on location in Egypt with 300 horses and 200 camels and riders from the Egyptian cavalry.

[13] Civirani remembers relentlessly and unsuccessfully courting main actress Josè Greci during the shoot, contrary to his own code of conduct.

It starred Lang Jeffries and was co-produced with a French company, who helped with the shooting in Paris and sent Civirani two actors: Ivan Desny and Krista Nell.

[16] There followed Civirani's second western, Son of Django starring Guy Madison, Gabriele Tinti, Daniele Vargas and Gordon Mitchell.

[17] Civirani's psychological giallo titled The Devil Has Seven Faces starred Carroll Baker, Stephen Boyd and George Hilton.

[18] Le Mans, Shortcut to Hell, based on a story by Tito Carpi, starred again Lang Jeffries flanked by Edwige Fenech, who was only on set for three days, and Erna Schürer.

[19] With the trio Sandra Milo, George Hilton and John Ireland, Civirani produced and directed the comedic western Trusting Is Good...

[22] Lucrezia was shot at the De Paolis studio in Rome, then in the woods of Manziana, where Fiorella Mannoia acted as body double for Schoberová in a nude riding scene, and finally at the Villa Farnese in Caprarola, where Landi also staged a dance choreography.

[23] When the case of Matthias Defregger was in the news, the auxiliary bishop of Munich who in 1944 as Hauptmann of the 114th Jäger Division had been forced to shoot 17 hostages in the Italian hamlet Filetto di Camarda near L'Aquila, Civirani decided to make a film about it titled Quel giorno Dio non c'ero (literal translation: "That day God was not there"), founding the production company "Escalation Film".

He started with the intent of shooting only two, Two Sons of Trinity and I due gattoni a nove code... e mezza ad Amsterdam, founding the production company "Production International Films" for the purpose and convincing Giulio Sbarigia from "Fono Roma" to co-produce the films with him at 30 percent participation, who in turn managed to secure 20th Century Fox as distributor for Two Sons of Trinity.

[30] Civirani then shot two more films with the comedic duo, the mafia-themed I due pezzi da 90, and I 2 della Formula 1 alla corsa più pazza del mondo.

[32] After a brief return to Rome came back on 20 September 1974 and shot the voodoo-themed Il pavone nero (literal: "The Black Peacock") starring Karin Schubert mostly on location at Boca Chica and at the hotel "Viña del Mar", where a pagan altar was erected with the help of Haitian sugarcane harvesters who still practised the religion more than the locals.

[33] In 1975, Civirani decided to shoot a second film there, La ragazza dalla pelle di corallo (literal: "The Girl with the Coral Skin"), again in co-production with Hugo Mateo.