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.
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]
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] |