Franco Giraldi

Directing·Jul 11, 1931·Comeno, Slovenia

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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.

Film	Credit
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo2010 · Self	Self
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things2006 · Self	Self
WWestern all'italiana2004 · Actor	Actor
Italian Kings Of B2003 · Self	Self
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops2002 · Director	Director
Voices2002 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Buscando a Sherezade1999 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
El delantero centro fue asesinado al atardecer1999 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
La frontiera1996 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
RRome, November 12, 19941995 · Director	Director
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer1984 · Director	Director
Sabatoventiquattromarzo1984 · Director	Director
La giacca verde1979 · Director	Director
UUn anno di scuola1977 · Director	Director
Colpita da improvviso benessere1976 · Director	Director
La rosa rossa1973 · Director	Director
Orders are Orders1972 · Director	Director
The Superwitness1971 · Director	Director
Lonely Hearts1970 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Baby Doll1968 · Director, Screenplay, Writer	Director, Screenplay, Writer
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die1968 · Director	Director
Sugar Colt1967 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Up the MacGregors1967 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Seven Guns for the MacGregors1966 · Director	Director
LLa leggenda di Fra Diavolo1962 · Screenplay	Screenplay
The Apartment1960 · Writer	Writer
Nights of the Teddy Boys1959 · Screenplay	Screenplay