Giancarlo Santi (7 October 1939 – 22 February 2021) was an Italian filmmaker. Born in

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, Santi began his career as production assistant of

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, later became

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('' L'ape regina'', '' La Donna scimmia'', ''

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'', ''

Marcia nuziale ''Marcia nuziale'' is a 1965 Italian film directed by Marco Ferreri.Sergio Leone Sergio Leone (; 3 January 1929 – 30 April 1989) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter credited as the pioneer of the Spaghetti Western genre and widely regarded as one of the most influential directors in the history of cin ...

on ''

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' ( it, Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, literally "The good, the ugly, the bad") is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood as "the Good", Lee Van Clee ...

'' and ''

Once Upon a Time in the West ''Once Upon a Time in the West'' ( , "Once upon a time (there was) the West") is a 1968 epic Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone, who co-wrote it with Sergio Donati based on a story by Dario Argento, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Leone ...

''. He was chosen by Leone to direct ''

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'' after

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was fired, but the American production rejected this decision and Leone was forced to direct the movie himself. At any rate, Santi was the

second unit director Second unit is a discrete team of filmmakers tasked with filming shots or sequences of a production, separate from the main or "first" unit. The second unit will often shoot simultaneously with the other unit or units, allowing the filming stag ...

. He finally debuted as director in 1972, with the spaghetti western ''

The Grand Duel ''The Grand Duel'' (Italian: ''Il Grande duello''), also known as ''Storm Rider'' and ''The Big Showdown'', is a 1972 Spaghetti Western film directed by Giancarlo Santi, who had previously worked as Sergio Leone's assistant director on ''The Goo ...

''. He was also

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's '' The Seven Headed Lion'' and

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's '' Cammina, cammina''. Santiago died in Rome on 22 February 2021 at the age of 81.Il mondo del western dice addio a Giancarlo Santi, storico regista di genere

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