Franco Giraldi
Born: 1931-07-11 in Comeno, Slovenia
Died: 2020-12-02
Known For: Directing
Biography
Franco Giraldi (11 July 1931 – 2 December 2020) was an Italian director and screenwriter. Born in Komen , Giraldi spent his childhood and adolescence between the Carso, Trieste and Gorizia. During the Second World War , still in minor age, he helped the Italian partisans. His first professional contact with the world of cinema was as a film critic from the pages of the newspaper L'Unità. Later Giraldi had the opportunity to work as assistant director of, among others, Gillo Pontecorvo, Giuseppe De Santis, Sergio Corbucci and Sergio Leone . Shortly after his work with Leone in A Fistful of Dollars Giraldi directed his first Spaghetti Western, Seven Guns for the MacGregors , released in 1966. After four westerns, in which he used the pseudonyms of Frank Garfield and Frank Prestand, in 1968 Giraldi directed his first film with his real name, the commedia all'italiana La bambolona . After some other comedies he dedicated himself to literary adaptations.
Filmography
2010
2006
2004
2003
- Italian Kings Of B as Self
2002
- Rumors ... (Director)
- The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops ... (Director)
1999
- Buscando a Sherezade ... (Director)
- El delantero centro fue asesinado al atardecer ... (Writer)
1997
- L'avvocato Porta ... (Director)
1996
- La frontiera ... (Writer)
1995
- Rome, November 12, 1994 ... (Director)
1984
- Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer ... (Director)
- Sabatoventiquattromarzo ... (Director)
1979
- La giacca verde ... (Director)
1977
- Un anno di scuola ... (Director)
1976
- Colpita da improvviso benessere ... (Director)
1973
- La rosa rossa ... (Director)
1972
- Orders are Orders ... (Director)
1971
- The Superwitness ... (Director)
1970
- Lonely Hearts ... (Director)
1968
- Baby Doll ... (Screenplay)
- A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die ... (Director)
1967
- Sugar Colt ... (Director)
- Up the MacGregors ... (Director)
1966
- Seven Guns for the MacGregors ... (Director)
1964
- A Fistful of Dollars ... (Assistant Director)
- Massacre At Grand Canyon ... (Second Unit Director)
- The Constancy of Reason ... (Assistant Director)
1962
- The Slave ... (Second Unit Director)
- La leggenda di Fra Diavolo ... (Screenplay)
1961
- Duel of the Titans ... (Second Unit Director)
- Pigeon Shoot ... (First Assistant Director)
1960
- The Hunchback ... (First Assistant Director)
- The Apartment ... (Writer)
1959
- Nights of the Teddy Boys ... (Screenplay)
1958
- Piece of the Sky ... (Script Supervisor)
1957
- Men and Wolves ... (Script Supervisor)
1955
- Giovanna ... (Assistant Director)