Giorgio Ferroni
Giorgio Ferroni (born April 12, 1908 in Perugia , † August 17, 1981 in Rome ) was an Italian film director and documentary filmmaker .
Life
Ferroni had studied law and in 1932 held the post of vice-priest in Naples for a few months and worked for some time as a film critic. In 1933 he became Gennaro Righelli's assistant and made short documentary films, two of which were awarded, for the Istituto Luce ; then he was technical manager at Incom (1938) and at his own company Ferroni Cortometraggi . His feature film debut in 1937 was the Italian version of Kurt Gerron's The Three Wishes . The semi-documentary L'ebbrezza del cielo that followed, some of which was shot in color, received enthusiastic reviews from contemporary critics. Ferroni remained connected to documentary film - another highlight was his Vertigine bianca , made in 1956 - until the end of the 1950s; again and again he sprinkled feature films into his work. From 1960 he turned exclusively to the genre film and created above-average entertainment, including the early horror film The Mill of Petrified Women and three spaghetti westerns with the main actor Giuliano Gemma . From 1965 he used the pseudonym Calvin Jackson Padget .
Ferroni was married to actress Nada Fiorelli .
Awards
At the Venice Film Festival he received an award in 1936 for Pompeii and in 1938 for the short film Armonie pucciniane .
Movies
Documentaries (selection)
- 1936: Pompei
- 1938: Criniere al vento
- 1938: Armonie pucciniane (short film)
- 1940: In vacanza con i principini
- 1940: Cinque minuti colla nazionale di calcio
- 1941: L'accademia dei vent'anni (documentary film)
- 1956: The White Victory (Vertigine bianca) (documentary about the 1956 Olympic Games)
- 1957: L'oceano ci chiama (documentary)
- 1958: Ricordi Pucciniani (documentary)
Feature films
- 1937: De drie wensen (I tre desideri)
- 1938: Terra di fuoco
- 1939: L'ebbrezza del cielo
- 1942: Il fanciullo del West
- 1943: Arcobaleno
- 1944: Macario contro Zagomar
- 1945: Casello N. 3
- 1946: Senza famiglia
- 1946: Ritorno al nido
- 1946: Pian delle stelle
- 1947: Tombolo, paradiso nero
- 1949: Vivere a sbafo
- 1949: Marechiaro
- 1960: The Mill of Petrified Women (Il mulino delle donne di pietra)
- 1961: The Bacchantes (Le baccanti)
- 1961: The battle for Troy (La guerra di Troia)
- 1963: The conquest of Mycenae (Ercole contro Molock)
- 1964: Spartacus - The hero with the iron fist (Il colosso di Roma)
- 1964: The Lion of Thebes (Leone di Tebe)
- 1964: The battle of the gladiators (Coriolano: eroe senza patria)
- 1965: A Hole in the Dollar (Un dollaro bucato)
- 1966: Hell hunt for hot goods (New York chiama Superdrago)
- 1966: Tampeko - A dollar has two sides (Per pochi dollari ancora)
- 1967: Wanted (Wanted)
- 1968: Il pistolero segnato da Dio
- 1969: King Tiger in front of El Alamein (La battaglia di El Alamein)
- 1970: The fiery arrow of vengeance (L'arciere di fuoco)
- 1972: La notte dei diavoli
- 1975: The Tomato War (Antonio e Placido - Attenti ragazzi… chi rompe paga)
Web links
- Giorgio Ferroni in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ferroni at mymovies (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi, Gremese 2002, pp. 175f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ferroni, Giorgio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Padget, Calvin Jackson (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film director and documentary filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Perugia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th August 1981 |
| Place of death | Rome |