Alfonso Balcázar
Alfonso Balcázar ( Alfonso Balcázar Granada ; born March 2, 1926 in Barcelona , † December 28, 1993 in Sitges ) was a Spanish film director , screenwriter and film producer .
Life
Balcázar was born into a family of fur traders. He wrote the screenplays for a total of 46 films from 1958 to 1983 and worked as a director for 30 films between 1960 and 1984 - for the first time in 1959 in the drama La encrucijada . Together with his brothers Francisco Balcázar and Jaime Jesus Balcázar, who also worked as a director, he founded the film production company PC Balcázar and later the distribution organization Filmax , with which he distributed his films. He was one of the first to film westerns in Spain ; a total of around 20 films of this genre were made with his participation. From the mid-1970s he switched to films with erotic content.
In some films he used the pseudonyms I. Albagran and Al Bagran .
Movies
Director
- 1959: La encrucijada
- 1960: ¿Dónde vas triste de ti?
- 1960: Sueños de mujer
- 1962: Cena de matrimonios
- 1962: Solteros de verano
- 1962: La bella Lola
- 1964: Piso de soltero
- 1964: The hunted of the Sierra Nevada (El ranch de los implacables)
- 1965: ( Cuatro dólares de venganza ) (& production)
- 1965: The Man Who Came to Kill (L'uomo dalla pistola d'oro)
- 1965: The Canyon City Deadmines (¡Que viva Carrancho!)
- 1966: Dinamita Jim
- 1967: Valley of Hope (Clint el solitario)
- 1967: Operation Typhoon (Con la muerte a la espalda)
- 1968: For a few more corpses (Sonora)
- 1972: The lonely returns (El retorno di Clint el solitario)
- 1972: Judas… ¡toma tus monedas!
- 1973: Le llamaban Calamidad
Screenplay (selection)
- 1958: Amore a prima vista - Director: Franco Rossi
- 1964: Spartacus and the 10 Gladiators (Gli invincibili dieci gladiatori) - Director: Nick Nostro
- 1964: Oklahoma John - The Sheriff of Rio Rojo (Oklahoma John)
- 1965: A pistol for Ringo (Una Pistola per Ringo)
- 1965: Agent 3S3 knows no mercy (Agente 3S3: Passaporto per l'inferno) - Director: Sergio Sollima
- 1965: Sancho - death kisses you (Sette magnifiche pistole)
- 1965: retaliation in Catano (Tierra de fuego)
- 1965: $ 100,000 for Ringo ($ 100,000 per Ringo)
- 1966: Yankee (Yankee)
- 1966: Gemini 13 - Death Rays on Cape Canaveral (Operazione Goldman)
- 1966: Agent Pik As - Zeitbombe Orient (Asso di picche operazione controspionaggio) - Director: Nick Nostro
- 1966: The Relentless Five (I cinque della vendetta)
- 1967: A quick prayer for three cannons (Professionisti per un massacro)
- 1968: Sicario 77 - dead or alive (Sicario 77, vivo o morto) - directed by Mino Guerrini
- 1969: La legge della violenza
- 1973: The night of the rolling heads (Passi di danza su una lama di rasoio)
production
- 1966: Faster than 1000 Colts (Thompson 1880)
Web links
- Alfonso Balcázar in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Balcázar, Alfonso |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | I. Albagran; Al Bagran |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barcelona |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1993 |
| Place of death | Sitges |