Ernesto Gastaldi

Ernesto Gastaldi
Born (1934-09-10) 10 September 1934
Graglia, Italy
Occupation Screenwriter, film director

Ernesto Gastaldi (born 10 September 1934) is an Italian screenwriter. Born in Graglia, province of Biella, Italy.

Biography

Ernesto Gastaldi was born on September 10, 1934 in Graglia in the province of Province of Biella, Piedmont.[1] Gastaldi left his job as a clerk at the Sella bank in Biella to move to Rome where he was admitted into Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.[1] After graduating, Gastaldi had trouble finding work.[2]

Gastaldi's debut as a screenwriter and assistant director was with the film The Vampire and the Ballerina by Renato Polselli.[3] Gastaldi reflected on writing the film stating that he his working hours were form 8 in the morning until midnight, stating that "if someone had told me I was making a Gothic film I would have laughed."[3] Other works in gothic horror included Gastaldi writing for Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory, The Horrible Dr. Hichcock and The Whip and the Body.[3][4] Following his gothic works, was his work in giallo film, where Gastaldi worked on films such as Libido.[4]

Selected filmography

TitleYearCredited asNotesRef(s)
ScreenwriterScreen story writerOther
The Vampire and the Ballerina 1960 Yes Yes [5]
Guns of the Black Witch 1961 Yes [6]
Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory Yes [7]
Queen of the Seas Yes [8]
Venus Against the Son of Hercules 1962 Yes [9]
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock Yes Yes [10][11]
Alone Against Rome Yes [12]
Avenger of the Seven Seas Yes [13]
Charge of the Black Lancers Yes [14]
Medusa Against the Son of Hercules 1963 Yes [15][16]
The Whip and the Body Yes Yes [17]
Hercules and the Masked Rider Yes [18]
Terror in the Crypt 1964 Yes [19]
The Vampire of the Opera Yes Yes [20]
The Long Hair of Death Yes [21]
Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus 1965 Yes [22]
The Murder Clinic 1966 Yes Yes [23][24]
Killer's Carnival Yes [25]
Arizona Colt Yes Yes [26][27]
Blood at Sundown Yes Yes [28][29]
Day of Anger 1967 Yes [30]
Flashman Yes Yes [31]
So Sweet... So Perverse 1969 Yes [32][33][34]
The Price of Power Yes [35]
Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming 1970 Yes [36][37]
All the Colors of the Dark 1972 Yes [38]
La morte accarezza a mezzanotte Yes

[39][40]

The Grand Duel Yes [41]
Torso 1973 Yes [42][43]
Milano trema: la polizia vuole giustizia Yes Yes [44]
My Name Is Nobody Yes Yes [45]
Almost Human 1974 Yes [46]
Gambling City 1975 Yes Yes [47]
Kidnap Syndicate Yes [48]
Savage Three Yes Yes Yes Treatment [49]
The Suspicious Death of a Minor Yes Yes [50]
A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe Yes Yes [51][52]
Sahara Cross 1977 Yes [53]
Concorde Affaire '79 1979 Yes [54][55]
Once Upon a Time in America 1984 Yes Uncredited, [56]
Shatterer 1987 Yes [57][58]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Curti 2016, p. 16.
  2. ↑ Curti 2016, p. 17.
  3. 1 2 3 Gastaldi 2015, p. 1.
  4. 1 2 Gastaldi 2015, p. 2.
  5. ↑ Curti 2015, p. 60.
  6. ↑ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 77.
  7. ↑ Curti 2015, p. 64.
  8. ↑ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 133.
  9. ↑ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 113.
  10. ↑ Curti 2015, p. 68.
  11. ↑ Curti 2015, p. 69.
  12. ↑ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 17.
  13. ↑ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 23.
  14. ↑ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 35.
  15. ↑ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 115.
  16. ↑ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 116.
  17. ↑ Curti 2015, p. 102.
  18. ↑ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 87.
  19. ↑ Curti 2015, p. 124.
  20. ↑ Curti 2015, p. 135.
  21. ↑ Curti 2015, p. 128.
  22. ↑ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 76.
  23. ↑ Curti 2015, p. 165.
  24. ↑ Curti 2015, p. 167.
  25. ↑ "Gern hab' ich die Frauen gekillt". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  26. ↑ "Arizona Colt (1966)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  27. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Arizona Colt". Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  28. ↑ "Sartana". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  29. ↑ "1000 dollari sul nero (1966)". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  30. ↑ "Der Tod ritt dienstags" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  31. ↑ Curti 2016, p. 67.
  32. ↑ Firsching, Robert. "Kiss Me, Kill Me". AllMovie. Archived from the original on August 4, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  33. ↑ "Cosi dolce, cosi perversa (1969) Umberto Lenzi" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  34. ↑ Howarth 2015, p. 111.
  35. ↑ Curti 2016, p. 195.
  36. ↑ Curti, Roberto (2018). "If You Meet Sartana...". The Complete Sartana (Booklet). Arrow Video. p. 30. FCD1762 / AV151.
  37. ↑ "Cast & Crew". The Complete Sartana (Booklet). Arrow Video. 2018. p. 12. FCD1762 / AV151.
  38. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 77.
  39. ↑ Firsching, Robert. "La Morte Accarezza a Mezzanotte". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  40. ↑ "La morte accarezza a mezzanotte (1972)". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  41. ↑ "Drei Vaterunser für vier Halunken" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  42. ↑ Binion, Cavett. "Torso". Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  43. ↑ "I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale (1972)". Archivio del cinema italiano (in Italian).
  44. ↑ Curti 2013, p. 102.
  45. ↑ Curti 2016, p. 197.
  46. ↑ Curti 2013, p. 105.
  47. ↑ Curti 2013, p. 171.
  48. ↑ Curti 2013, p. 137.
  49. ↑ Curti 2013, p. 146.
  50. ↑ Curti 2013, p. 151.
  51. ↑ "Nobody ist der Größte". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  52. ↑ "Un genio, due compari, un pollo (1975)". Archviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian). Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  53. ↑ Curti 2013, p. 230.
  54. ↑ "Concorde Affaire '79 (1979)". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian). Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  55. ↑ "Concorde Affaire '79". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  56. ↑ Sconce 2007, p. 161.
  57. ↑ Curti 2016, p. 201.
  58. ↑ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 356.

References

  • Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 0786469765.
  • Curti, Roberto (2015). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957–1969. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1989-7.
  • Curti, Roberto (2016). Diabolika: Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema. Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1-936168-60-6.
  • Curti, Robert (2016). Tonino Valerii: The Films. McFarland. ISBN 1476664684.
  • Gastaldi, Ernesto (2017). "Foreward by Ernesto Gastaldi". Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970-1979. McFarland. ISBN 1476629609.
  • Curti, Roberto (2017). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970-1979. McFarland. ISBN 1476629609.
  • Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 1476628386.
  • Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 1461673747. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  • Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 1476662916.
  • Sconce, Jeffrey, ed. (2007). Sleze Artists: Cinema at the Margins of Taste, Style, and Politics. Duke University Press. ISBN 0822390191.
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