Giorgio Ferroni | |
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Born | |
Died | 17 August 1981 Rome, Italy | (aged 73)
Other names | Calvin Jackson Padget |
Occupation(s) | Film director, film editor, screenwriter |
Giorgio Ferroni (12 April 1908 – 17 August 1981) was an Italian film director.
Life and career
[edit]Giorgio Ferroni was born in Perugia on 12 April 1908.[1] Ferroni began his career in film with short documentaries during World War II.[1] He directed his first dramatic film The Thrill of the Skies in 1939.[1]
At the time of filming The Night of the Devils, Ferroni was almost completely deaf and had to direct the film with the help of a hearing aid.[2] Following the release of the film, a new project titled E i mostri uscirono dalle loro tane (transl. And the Monsters Came Out of Their Lair).[2][3] Ferroni only helmed one more film with the comedy Antonio e Placido: attenti ragazzi...chi rompe paga which he is credited as Calvin Jackson Padget, a name he used for directing Westerns in the 1960s.[3] Ferroni died in 1981.[3]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological.
Title | Year | Credited as | Notes | Ref(s) | ||||
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Director | Screenwriter | Screen story writer | Editor | Other | ||||
The Three Wishes | — | Yes | [4] | |||||
Terra di fuoco | — | Yes | [5] | |||||
Il fanciullo del West | — | Yes | [6] | |||||
Macario Against Zagomar | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Acting role | [7] | ||
Ritorno al nido | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | [8] | |||
Senza famiglia | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | [9] | |||
Posto di blocco | — | Yes | Acting role | [10] | ||||
Pian delle stelle | — | Yes | Yes | [11] | ||||
Tombolo, paradiso nero | 1947 | Yes | Yes | [12][13] | ||||
Marechiaro | — | Yes | [14] | |||||
Vivere a sbafo | — | Yes | Yes | [15] | ||||
I quattro del Getto Tonante | — | Yes | [16] | |||||
Vertigine bianca (English: White Vertigo) | 1956 | Yes | Yes | Yes | [17][18] | |||
L'oceano ci chiama | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | [19] | ||
1940, fuoco nel deserto | — | Yes | [20] | |||||
Mill of the Stone Women | 1960 | Yes | Yes | [21] | ||||
The Bacchantes | 1961 | Yes | Yes | Yes | [22] | |||
The Trojan Horse | 1961 | Yes | Yes | [23] | ||||
Hercules vs. Moloch | 1963 | Yes | Yes | [24] | ||||
Thunder of Battle | 1964 | Yes | [25][26] | |||||
Hero of Rome | 1964 | Yes | [27] | |||||
The Lion of Thebes | 1964 | Yes | [28] | |||||
Blood for a Silver Dollar | 1965 | Yes | Yes | [29][30][31][32] | ||||
Fort Yuma Gold | 1966 | Yes | [33][34] | |||||
Secret Agent Super Dragon | 1966 | Yes | Yes | .[35][36] | ||||
Wanted | 1967 | Yes | [37][31] | |||||
Il pistolero segnato da Dio | 1967 | Yes | Yes | Yes | [38][1] | |||
The Battle of El Alamein | 1969 | Yes | [39][40] | |||||
Long Live Robin Hood | 1971 | Yes | [28][41] | |||||
The Night of the Devils | 1972 | Yes | [42] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Lucas 2013, p. 758.
- ^ a b Curti 2017, p. 76.
- ^ a b c Curti 2017, p. 77.
- ^ "I tre desideri (1937)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "Terra di fuoco (1939)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "Il fanciullo del West (1942)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "Macario contro Zagomar (1944)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "Ritorno al nido (1946)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "Senza famiglia (1946)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "Posto di blocco (1946)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "Pian delle stelle (1946)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "Tombolo, paradiso nero (1947)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ Wagstaff 2007, p. 436.
- ^ "Marechiaro (1949)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "Vivere a sbafo (1950)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "I quattro del Getto Tonante (1955)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "Vertigine bianca (1956)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 : official film, International Olympic Committee. Lausanne, 2017, retrieved 2022-10-28
- ^ "L'oceano ci chiama (1957)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "1940, fuoco nel deserto (1958)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ Curti 2015, p. 49.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 24.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 179.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 96.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 176.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 177.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 98.
- ^ a b Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 107.
- ^ "Un dollaro bucato (1965)". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- ^ Grant 2011, p. 446.
- ^ a b Grant 2011, p. 447.
- ^ Grant 2011, p. 448.
- ^ "Per Pocchi Dollari Ancora (Fort Yuma Gold)". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 35, no. 417. British Film Institute. October 1968. p. 159.
- ^ Firsching, Robert. "Per Pochi Dollari Ancora (1967)". AllMovie. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
- ^ "New York chiama Superdrago (1966)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
- ^ "Höllenjagd auf heiße Ware". Filmportal.de. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
- ^ "Wanted". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 37, no. 433. British Film Institute. February 1970. p. 38.
- ^ "Il pistolero segnato da Dio (1968)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ "La battaglia di El Alamein (1968)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Battle of El Alamein on AllMovie". AllMovie. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
- ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 109.
- ^ Curti 2017, p. 74.
Sources
[edit]- Curti, Roberto (2015). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476619897.
- Curti, Roberto (2017). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970–1979. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476629605.
- Grant, Kevin (2011). Any Gun Can Play. Fab Press. ISBN 9781903254615.
- Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.
- Lucas, Tim (2013). Mario Bava - All the Colors of the Dark. Video Watchdog. ISBN 978-0-9633756-1-2.
- Wagstaff, Christopher (January 2007). Italian Neorealist Cinema: An Aesthetic Approach. University of Toronto. ISBN 978-0802095206.
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