Giorgio Stegani (13 October 1928 – 20 February 2020) was an Italian film and television writer,

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

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 ...

. Stegani was best known for his

western film The Western is a genre set in the American frontier and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. It is commonly referre ...

s of the 1960s. He wrote the script for westerns such as '' Un Dollaro bucato'' (1965), directed and wrote ''

Adiós gringo ''Adiós gringo'' is a 1965 Spaghetti Western directed by Giorgio Stegani. It stars Giuliano Gemma and was co produced between Italy, Spain and France. A major success in Italy, it was the 4th highest grossing Italian picture of the year. Plot ...

'' in 1965 and co-wrote '' Mille dollari sul nero'' (1966).

Selected filmography

* '' Golden Chameleon'' (1967) * '' Beyond the Law'' (1968)

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1928 births 2020 deaths Italian film directors Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Spaghetti Western directors {{Italy-film-director-stub