Giorgio Ferroni

Giorgio Ferroni
Born (1908-04-12)April 12, 1908
Perugia, Italy
Died August 17, 1981(1981-08-17) (aged 73)
Italy
Other names Calvin Jackson Padget
Calvin J. Padget
Occupation Film director, film editor, screenwriter

Giorgio Ferroni (April 12, 1908 - August 17, 1981), sometimes credited as Calvin Jackson Padget or Calvin J. Padget,[1] was an Italian film director,[1] film editor and a screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in Perugia, Ferroni started in the mid 1930s as documentary director and assistant director of Gennaro Righelli, then he debuted as director in 1937, specializing in adventure films.[2] After the war he directed a couple of neorealist films, Pian delle stelle and Tombolo, paradiso nero.[3]

Later Ferroni was very active in swords-and-sandals films, achieved critical attention for the horror Mill of the Stone Women[4] and success with a series of spaghetti westerns starring Giuliano Gemma.[1][2]

Selected filmography

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Wanted". The New York Times.
  2. 1 2 Marco Giusti. Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 88-04-57277-9.
  3. ↑ Alberto Farassino. Neorealismo: cinema italiano, 1945-1949. EDT, 1989.
  4. ↑ Marco Giusti. Stracult. Dizionario dei film italiani. Frassinelli, 2004.
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