Fernando Ghia (July 22, 1935 - June 1, 2005 in

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) was an Italian film producer and talent agent. He was best known for producing films such as '' The Mission'' (1986), '' Lady Caroline Lamb'' (1973), and the television miniseries ''

Nostromo ''Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard'' is a 1904 novel by Joseph Conrad, set in the fictitious South American republic of "Costaguana". It was originally published serially in monthly instalments of '' T.P.'s Weekly''. In 1998, the Modern Libra ...

'' (1997), based on

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's novel. Ghia appeared as an actor in the 1958 film '' La Gerusalemme liberata''. He had a stint working as an agent for the William Morris Agency, and was taught to speak English by

Albert Finney Albert Finney (9 May 1936 – 7 February 2019) was an English actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining prominence on screen in the early 1960s, debuting with '' The Entertainer'' (1960) ...

. In 1972 he read an article about the Jesuit order and political trouble in South America in ''Time'' magazine which generated a lifelong interest in it and formed the basis of several of the films he produced, including ''The Mission'' and the Anglo-Italian series ''Nostromo''. He spent over a decade in Hollywood, returning to his native Italy in the late 1980s and establishing Pixit Productions in Rome. In the 1990s Ghia married actress

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, 35 years his junior; they had a son, Sebastian, in 1996. At his funeral in June 2005,

Ennio Morricone Ennio Morricone (; 10 November 19286 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpeter who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classica ...

's stirring theme for ''The Mission'' was reportedly played.

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PBS interview with Ghia on Nostromo
Italian film producers Italian talent agents 1935 births 2005 deaths Film people from Rome {{film-producer-stub