Alfonso Balcázar (2 March 1926 – 28 December 1993) was a Spanish

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. ...

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, ...

and

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. He wrote for 46 films between 1958 and 1983. He also directed 30 films between 1960 and 1984. He was born and died in

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ...

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the no ...

, Spain.

Selected filmography

* ''

Eleven Pairs of Boots ''Eleven Pairs of Boots'' (Spanish: ''Once pares de botas'') is a 1954 Spanish comedy film, comedy sports film directed by Francisco Rovira Beleta and starring José Suárez (actor), José Suárez, Mari Carmen Pardo and Elisa Montés.Bentley p.128 ...

'' (1954) * '' Count Max'' (1957, directed by Giorgio Bianchi) * ''

Alfonso XII and María Cristina ''Alfonso XII and María Cristina'' or ''Where Are You Going, Sad Man?'' ( es, ¿Dónde vas triste de ti?) is a 1960 Spanish historical drama film directed by Alfonso Balcázar and Guillermo Cases and starring Vicente Parra and Marga López ...

'' (1960) * '' The Crossroads'' (1960) * ''

The Lovely Lola ''The Lovely Lola'' (Spanish:''La bella Lola'') is a 1962 historical musical film directed by Alfonso Balcázar and starring Sara Montiel, Antonio Cifariello and Frank Villard.Powrie p.218 It was made as a co-production between France, Italy a ...

'' (1962) * ''

Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators ''Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators'' ( it, Gli invincibili dieci gladiatori, link=no) is a 1964 international co-production sword-and-sandal film directed by Nick Nostro and co-written by Nostro, Alfonso Balcázar and Sergio Sollima. Plot Rocc ...

'' (1964, directed by

Nick Nostro Nicola "Nick" Nostro (21 April 1931 – 15 June 2014) was an Italian film director who wrote many of his screenplays. Career Born in Gioia Tauro, Calabria, after his degree in literature Nostro studied direction at the Silvio d’Amico Academ ...

) * ''

A Pistol for Ringo ''A Pistol for Ringo'' ( it, Una pistola per Ringo) is a 1965 Spaghetti Western, a joint Italian and Spanish production. Originally written and directed by Duccio Tessari, the film's success led to a sequel, '' The Return of Ringo'', later that ...

'' (1965, directed by

Duccio Tessari Duccio Tessari (11 October 1926 – 6 September 1994) was an Italian director, screenwriter and actor, considered one of the fathers of Spaghetti Westerns. Born in Genoa, Tessari started in the fifties as documentarist and as screenwriter of pe ...

) * '' Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell'' (1965, directed by

Sergio Sollima Sergio Sollima (17 April 1921 – 1 July 2015) was an Italian film director and script writer. Biography Sollima graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in 1935. During World War II he was in the Italian Resistance. After the ...

) * ''

Five Thousand Dollars on One Ace ''Five Thousand Dollars on One Ace'' ( es, Los Pistoleros de Arizona) is a 1964 Spanish Spaghetti Western film directed by Alfonso Balcázar, scored by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino and Don Powell, and starring Robert Woods, Fernando Sancho and ...

'' (1965) * ''

Man from Canyon City ''Man from Canyon City'' ( es, ¡Viva Carrancho!, it, L'uomo che viene da Canyon City) is a 1965 Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Alfonso Balcázar. Plot This is the story of two prisoners Carrancho and Rad chained together ...

'' (1965) * ''

Doc, Hands of Steel ''Doc, Hands of Steel'' ( es, Doc, manos de plata, it, L'uomo dalla pistola d'oro, also known as ''The Man Who Came to Kill'' and ''Man with the Golden Pistol'') is a 1965 Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Alfonso Balcázar. ...

'' (1965) * ''

Yankee The term ''Yankee'' and its contracted form ''Yank'' have several interrelated meanings, all referring to people from the United States. Its various senses depend on the context, and may refer to New Englanders, residents of the Northern United St ...

'' (1966, directed by

Tinto Brass Giovanni "Tinto" Brass (born 26 March 1933) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. In the 1960s and 1970s, he directed many critically acclaimed avant-garde films of various genres. Today, he is mainly known for his later work in the ero ...

) * ''

Cuatro dólares de venganza ''4 Dollars of Revenge'' ( es, Cuatro dólares de venganza) is a 1966 Spanish-Italian action western film directed by Alfonso Balcázar and Jaime Jesús Balcázar, written by Bruno Corbucci, Aldo Grimaldi and Giovanni Grimaldi and starring Ro ...

'' (1966) * ''

Clint the Stranger ''Clint the Stranger'', also known as ''Clint the Nevada's Loner'', ''Nevada Clint'' and ''Clint, the Lonely Nevadan'' (in original Italian, ''Clint il solitario''), is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western starring George Martin. A sequel entitled ' ...

'' (1967) * ''

Electra One ''Electra One'' ( es, Con la muerte a la espalda, it, Con la morte alle spalle, french: Typhon sur Hambourg, also known as ''With Death on Your Back'') is a 1967 Spanish-Italian-French Eurospy film directed by Alfonso Balcázar and starring Geor ...

'' (1967) * ''

The Return of Clint the Stranger ''The Return of Clint the Stranger'' (aka There's a Noose Waiting for You Trinity!, it, Il ritorno di Clint il solitario, es, El retorno de Clint el solitario) is a 1972 Italian-Spanish Western film directed by Alfonso Balcázar and starring ...

'' (1972) * '' Judas... ¡toma tus monedas!'' (1972)

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* * 1926 births 1993 deaths People from Barcelona Spanish male screenwriters Spanish male writers Spanish film directors Spanish film producers Writers from Catalonia 20th-century screenwriters {{screen-writer-stub