Gianfranco Baldanello (born 13 November 1928) is an Italian
film director,
screenwriter and
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 sometimes used the alias Frank G. Carroll.
Baldanello is the son of actors Emilio Baldanello and Vanda Vianello (also known as Vanda Baldanello). In 1965 Baldanello directed his first film, ''
30 Winchester per El Diablo'' (also known as ''Gold Train''), a western for which he also wrote the screenplay. He followed this in 1966 with a second Western, ''
Kill Johnny Ringo
''Uccidete Johnny Ringo'', internationally released as ''Kill Johnny Ringo'', is a 1966 Italian western film directed by Gianfranco Baldanello. It is the film debut in the Spaghetti Western genre for Brett Halsey.
Cast
* Brett Halsey: Johnny Ri ...
''.
In 1967 he directed three movies, the comedy ''I Do Not Ever Say Goodbye'', the spy film ''
Danger!! Death Ray'', and another Western, ''
Long Days of Hate''.
External links and sources
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Biography at Mymovies.it
1928 births
Living people
Italian film directors
Italian screenwriters
Italian male screenwriters
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