Spaghetti
Western Director ~ Gino Mangini
Luigi
‘Gino’ Mangini was born in Rome, Italy on August 14, 1921, and was a director,
assistant director and writer. He was an assistant director on four films
between 1958 and 1969, directed four films between 1963 and 1974, but for most
of his time in the Italian film industry he was a writer composing stories and
screenplays for twenty-one films between 1955 and 1988. He was sometimes under
the alia Henry Wilson.
He
was a cousin of actress Maria Luisa Mangini, aka Dorian Gray, who directed her
in her last film "The Criminals of the Metropolis" (1965).
He
began his career as an assistant to directors including Carlo Campogalliani and
Giuseppe Colizzi, and later established himself as a screenwriter for films
such as: "The Terror of the Barbarians", "Maciste in the Land of
the Cyclops" and "The Legend of Aeneas". After making a few
documentaries, in 1964 he directed his first film as a director, "La jena
di Londra" and specialized in dramatic films, sometimes directed without
being credited. Occasionally he has also worked as a film producer. He died in
Rome on his birthday in 1991 at the age of 70.
Gino
Mangini directed one Spaghetti western, “Bastardo…vamos a matar” (Bastard, Go
and Kill) in 1971.
MANGINI,
Gino (aka Mangini, Henry Wilson) (Luigi Mangini) [8/14/1921, Rome, Lazio, Italy – 8/14/1991, Rome, Lazio, Italy] –
producer, director, assistant director, writer, cousin of actress Dorian Gray (Maria
Luisa Mangini) [1931-2011].
Bastard, Go and Kill – 1971
Nevada Kid – 1973 [film was never made.]
Spaghetti Western Screenwriter ~ Emiliano Ferrera
Emiliano Ferrera was born in Rome on December 10, 1974.
He is a film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and editor. In his work,
he focuses exclusively on the western and its diverse genre combinations. In
the westerns that he directs, He often creates the main roles, and in the
external stylization of the heroes, often refers to the characters of the
American actor Clint Eastwood in Sergio's films Leone. Emiliano is not only a
successor and current representative of the Italian Western in its
long-standing cultural tradition, but also a creator who revives this popular
genre for today's audiences.
Emiliano Ferrera wrote and co-wrote screenplays for eight
Euro-westerns: “Las Cruces: Silver Starr” (Shuna) with Igor Maltagliati,
Alezzandro Parello, David Tettoni in 2009/2011, “Mesa Verde” in 2012, “Golden
Pass” in 2016, “Oro e Piombo” (The Dutchman) with Yassmin Pucci, Tiziano
Carnevale and “Resurrection” with Giovanni Bufalini both in 2017, “Redemption”
in 2021, “Black Town” in 2022, “Oltre il confine” (Beyond the Border) in 2023
and “Topeka” in 2025 and one euro-western television film, “Blood from Hell” in
2016.
FERRERA,
Emiliano [12/10/1974, Rome, Lazio,
Italy - ] – producer, director,
assistant director, writer, actor, married to ? father of Sofia Ferrera.
Shuna – 2009/2011 (co)
Mesa Verde – 2012
Blood from Hell
(TV) – 2016
Golden Pass - 2016
The Dutchman – 2017 (co)
Resurrection – 2017 (co)
Redemption – 2021
Black Town – 2022
Oltre il confine - 2023
Topeka – 2025
Spaghetti Western Cinematographer ~ Billy Salzmann
Willy P.A. ‘Billy’ Salzmann was a German silent film art
director, cameraman and cinematographer. As with most silent film people very
little is known about the, records were seldom kept and so credits are
incomplete and biographies are almost nonexistent. So is the case with Billy
Salzman.
Billy Salzmann was a cinematographer on three silent
Euro-westerns: “Bull Arizona – the Desert Eagle” and “Bull Arizona, the Legacy
of the Prairie” both in 1919 and “Der kampf um den Goldfund” in1920
SALZMANN,
Billy (Willy P.A. Salzmann)
– art director, cinematographer, cameraman.
Bull Arizona – the Desert Eagle – 1919
Bull Arizona, the Legacy of the Prairie – 1919
Der kampf um den Goldfund - 1920
