His father was Mario Bava, at the time a struggling production designer finding work hard to come by in wartime Italy but soon to become of the most iconic horror directors of the 20th century.
Lamberto started to visit his father on the set and help out with the production. He would receive his first on-screen credit on Terrore Nello Spazio (1965) as assistant to the director and subsequently worked as assistant director on almost all of his father's productions including some of his best films.
On Lisa and the Devil (1973) he was tasked with shooting the nude scenes along with producer Alfredo Leone when his father refused to stay on the set. In the early 1970s he gained his first work on other director's productions, working as assistant director on Mario Lanfranchi's drama Il bacio (1974).
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