
Franco Giraldi
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.
- Known ForDirecting
- Born11 July 1931 (age 94)
- Place of BirthComeno, Slovenia
Franco Giraldi

- Known ForDirecting
- Born11 July 1931 (age 94)
- Place of BirthComeno, Slovenia

L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
2010

Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
2006
Western all'italiana
2004

Italian Kings Of B
2003
Rumors
2002
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops
2002

Buscando a Sherezade
1999

El delantero centro fue asesinado al atardecer
1999

La frontiera
1996
Rome, November 12, 1994
1995

Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984

Sabatoventiquattromarzo
1984

La giacca verde
1979
Un anno di scuola
1977

Colpita da improvviso benessere
1976

La rosa rossa
1973

Orders are Orders
1972

The Superwitness
1971

Lonely Hearts
1970

A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
1968

Baby Doll
1968

Sugar Colt
1967

Up the MacGregors
1967
