Spaghetti Western Director ~ Carlo Linconti
Carlo Linconti was a Italian-Canadian producer, director
and writer. He produced twenty-six films and television series from 1987-2024,
while writing three screenplays and directing fourteen.
Born in Veroli, Italy on August 15, 1949, he emigrated to
Toronto, Ontario, Canada via the U.S. in 1955.
Liconti began his filmmaking career in 1975 after
attending York University and Ryerson Polytechnical Institute. He started in
commercial production, setting up his own studio: Leader Media, which became
one of Canada's leading commercial houses producing well over 200 commercial
spots. He produced and directed his first feature film “Concrete Angels” in
1985. His other credits include, among others the feature film “Brown Bread
Sandwiches” starring Giancarlo Giannini and Kim Cattrall, which he also wrote
and directed, as well as “Vita Cane” and “Foreign Bodies”. He directed ‘The
Campbells’ and ‘My Secret Identity’ and produced/directed documentaries
including ‘Dragons of Crime’ for A&E and CBC. He also produced the
movie-of-the-week “Greener Fields”, the first Canadian-Italian co-production
under the new treaty.
In the mid-2000s Liconti was responsible for setting up
an independent TV network based out of Toronto.
Liconti has produced a feature film and television series
in Cuba with his company Leader Media, the first production company to have an
official treaty co-production with the country.
Carlo died in Toronto on November 28, 2025, at the age of 76.
Carlo Linconti directed one Euro-western, “Bordello” in
2023 and seven episodes of the Euro-western TV series, ‘The Campbells’ from
1989 to 1990.
LICONTI, Carlo [8/15/1949, Santa Francesca, Lazio,
Italy – 11/28/2025, Toronto, Ontario, Canada] – producer, director, writer,
married to ? father of producer, playwright, actress Natalie Liconti
[1995- ], founded Leader Media
[1986-2015].
The
Campbells (TV) – 1989-1990 (co)
Bordello
– 2023
Spaghetti Western Screenwriter ~ Luigi Emmanuele
Luigi Emmanuele was an Italian assistant director and
screenwriter. Luig was born in Italy on February 16, 1911. He was an assistant
director on five films between 1952 and 1958. Most of his career was spent
writing scripts and screenplays on sixteen films between 1953 and 1974.
Luigi died in Italy on September 3, 1986 at the age of
75.
Luigi Emmanuele wrote and co-wrote screenplays for two
Spaghetti westerns: “Las malditas pistolas de Dallas” (The Return of Clay Stone)
in 1964 and “I lunghi giorni dell’odio” (This Man Can’t Die) with Gino Mangini
and Gianfrano Baldanello.
EMMANUELE, Luigi (aka Luigi Emanuele, Lewis Emman) [2/16/1911, Italy –
9/3/1986, Italy] – assistant director, writer.
The Return of Clay
Stone - 1964
This Man Can’t Die –
1967 (co)
Spaghetti Western Cinematographer ~ Giovanni Raffaldi
Giovanni Raffaldi is/was an Italian cameraman and
cinematographer. He worked behind the camera as an operator on fifteen films
between 1950 and 1967. He was a cinematographer on forty-one films between 1954
and 1984. Raffaldi is best remembered for his work on “Empire in the Sun”
(1956), “War Between the Planets” (1966) and “Our Men in Bagdad” (1966).
Giovanni Raffaldi was a cinematographer on four Spaghetti
westerns: “Vamos a matar Sartana!” (Let’s Go and Kill Sartana) with Jaime Deu
Casas and “Lo sceriffo di Rockspring” (The Sheriff of Rock Springs) both in
1971, “Il magnifico west” (The Magnificent West) and “…e il terzo giorno arrivò
il Corvo” (On the Third Day Arrived the Crow) with Franco Villa both in 1972.
RAFFALDI, Giovanni (aka Gianni
Raffaldi, John Raffaldi) [Italian] – cinematographer, cameraman.
Let’s Go and Kill
Sartana – 1971 (co)
The Sheriff of Rock
Springs – 1971
The Magnificent West
- 1972
On the Third Day
Arrived the Crow – 1972 (co)
