Franco Giraldi
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.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (37)
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
as Self
2010
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
as Self
2006
Western all'italiana
2004
Italian Kings Of B
as Self
2003
Rumors
Director (Directing)
2002
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops
Director (Directing)
2002
Buscando a Sherezade
Director (Directing)
1999
El delantero centro fue asesinado al atardecer
Director (Directing)
1999
La frontiera
Director (Directing)
1996
Rome, November 12, 1994
Director (Directing)
1995
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Director (Directing)
1984
Sabatoventiquattromarzo
Director (Directing)
1984
La giacca verde
Director (Directing)
1979
Un anno di scuola
Director (Directing)
1977
Colpita da improvviso benessere
Director (Directing)
1976
La rosa rossa
Director (Directing)
1973
Orders are Orders
Director (Directing)
1972
The Superwitness
Director (Directing)
1971
Lonely Hearts
Director (Directing)
1970
Baby Doll
Director (Directing)
1968
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
Director (Directing)
1968
Sugar Colt
Director (Directing)
1967
Up the MacGregors
Director (Directing)
1967
Seven Guns for the MacGregors
Director (Directing)
1966
The Constancy of Reason
Assistant Director (Directing)
1964
A Fistful of Dollars
Assistant Director (Directing)
1964
Massacre At Grand Canyon
Second Unit Director (Directing)
1964
La leggenda di Fra Diavolo
Screenplay (Writing)
1962
The Slave
Second Unit Director (Directing)
1962
Duel of the Titans
Second Unit Director (Directing)
1961
Pigeon Shoot
First Assistant Director (Directing)
1961
The Hunchback
First Assistant Director (Directing)
1960
The Apartment
Writer (Writing)
1960
Nights of the Teddy Boys
Screenplay (Writing)
1959
Piece of the Sky
Script Supervisor (Directing)
1958
Men and Wolves
Script Supervisor (Directing)
1957
Giovanna
Assistant Director (Directing)
1955
