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Franco Giraldi

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.


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Born:
Jul 11, 1931 In Comeno, Slovenia
Movie/TV Credits:
4
First Appeared:
In the movie Italian Kings Of B 2003-01-01
Latest Project:
Movie L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo 2010-09-07
Known For
Poster of L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Poster of Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
Poster of Western all'italiana
Poster of Italian Kings Of B
Filmography
Movie L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo Self 2010-09-07
Movie Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things Self 2006-03-08
Movie Western all'italiana 2004-01-01
Movie Italian Kings Of B Self 2003-01-01