Ubaldo Ragona (1 December 1916 in
Catania
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– 15 August 1987 in
Rome
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) was an
Italian film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
and
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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.
During his early life, Ragona was very interested by movies and became the director of an Italian cinematography journal "Passo Ridotto".
At the beginning of his career he focused on documentaries, moving to feature films after a period of break.
Filmography
Director
* ''Il fiume dei Faraoni'' (1955) - Documentary
* ''Baldoria nei Caraibi'' (1957) - Documentary
* ''
The Last Man on Earth'' (with
Sidney Salkow) (1964)
* ''Sweet Smell of Love'' (1966)
Screenwriter
* ''Baldoria nei Caraibi'' (1957) - Documentary
* ''
The Last Man on Earth'' (1964)
* ''Sweet Smell of Love'' (1966)
Trivia
He is brother of cinematographer Claudio Ragona.
He used the alias Ubaldo B. Ragona in some of his movies.
External links
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Italian film directors
Film people from Catania
1916 births
1987 deaths
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