Gianfranco Baldanello
- Directing
- November 13, 1928 · Merano, Italy
- January 22, 1990
Biography
Gianfranco Baldanello was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and second unit director, sometimes credited as Frank G. Carroll. He was the son of actors Emilio Baldanello and Vanda Vianello. Baldanello began his career in the film industry in the early 1950s, working as an assistant director and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut with 30 Winchester per El Diablo (1965), a Spaghetti Western that marked the beginning of his work in the genre. Baldanello directed several Westerns, including Kill Johnny Ringo (1966) and Long Days of Hate (1968). His films are characterized by their action sequences and adherence to genre conventions, contributing to the popularity of Spaghetti Westerns during the 1960s.
Known for
Filmography
- Very Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind · Director
- The Uranium Conspiracy · Director, Assistant Director
- What a Doctor, Guys! · Director
- The Great Adventure · Director
- L'ingenua · Director
- Quella provincia maliziosa · Director
- Blood River · Director, Writer
- The Son of Zorro · Director
- Da Scaramouche or se vuoi l'assoluzione baciar devi sto... cordone! · Director
- Colt in the Hand of the Devil · Director, Writer
- Yellow: The Cousins · Director
- Black Jack · Director, Writer
- This Man Can't Die · Director, Screenplay
- Volver a vivir · Assistant Director
- Danger!! Death Ray · Director
- Non mi dire mai goodbye · Director
- Kill Johnny Ringo · Director
- Gold Train · Director, Story
- Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West · First Assistant Director
- Sandokan Fights Back · First Assistant Director
- The Lion of St. Mark · First Assistant Director
- Blood of the Executioner · First Assistant Director
- Tiger of the Seven Seas · First Assistant Director
- Planets Around Us · Assistant Director
- The Vengeance of Ursus · First Assistant Director
- Revolt of the Mercenaries · First Assistant Director
- Pirates of the Coast · First Assistant Director
- Knight of 100 Faces · First Assistant Director
- David and Goliath · First Assistant Director
- Cavalcata selvaggia · Assistant Director
- The Pirate and the Slave Girl · First Assistant Director
- The Devil's Cavaliers · First Assistant Director
- Il bacio del sole · First Assistant Director
- Amarti è il mio destino · First Assistant Director
- Adventure in Rio · Assistant Director
- Bitter Waters · First Assistant Director
- Tripoli, bel suol d'amore · First Assistant Director
- Aces to the fore · Assistant Director
- The Barbarians · Second Unit Director
- The Woman Who Invented Love · Assistant Director
- Delitto al luna park · Assistant Director