Spaghetti
Western Director ~ Wouter Jansen
Wouter Jansen has spent most of his career in films in
the art department as a set dresser (twenty-seven films), but he’s also been
active as a producer, writer, production manager, art director in two films and
a film editor in one. He is the owner of the sales and festival distribution
company Square Eyes. He worked as the head of programming at the Go Short -
International Film Festival during the first 10 editions. In 2013 he started
Some Shorts, which changed to Square Eyes in 2019, which specializes in having
outstanding non-mainstream films find the audience and recognition they
deserve. With Square Eyes, Wouter represents bold, author-driven features and
shorts, and collaborates closely with the filmmakers to devise bespoke festival
distribution and sales strategies. This has resulted in a small catalogue of
films premiering at prestigious festivals and winning multiple awards over the
last few years like main prizes at Cannes, TIFF, Berlin, Locarno and
Clermont-Ferrand.
Wouter Jansen directed two Euro-westerns: “Water” in 2011
and “Draw Your Gun” in 2015.
JANSEN, Wouter [2/2/1972, Amsterdam,
Netherlands - ] – producer, director,
writer, founded Some Shorts Productions [2013], Square Eyes [2019].
Water – 2011 [producer, production designer, director,
writer]
Draw Your Gun – 2015 [producer, director, writer, film
editor]
Spaghetti Western Screenwriter ~ Remigo Del Grosso
Remigo Del Grosso was an Italian director, assistant
director and writer. He was born in Benevento, Campania, Italy on February 26,
1912. Del Grosso, was the grandson of the astronomer of the same name, and had
worked since 1940 as a scenarist, screenwriter and occasional assistant
director films. His first and his last contribution was mostly being involved in
history and adventure films mostly for Giorgio Ferroni. From 1959 Del Grosso
also worked as a director of documentaries, including the 1963 “Due grande nomi”
about the painters Michelangelo and Raffael. He had released his only feature
film as a director two years earlier “Tartar Invasion” in 1961. Del Grosso
wrote and co-wrote thirty-one films between 1940 and 1974.
Remigo Del Grosso co-wrote screenplays for five Spaghetti
westerns: “Adiós gringo” with J. Luis Jerez, Michele Villerot and George Finley
in 1965, “Per pochi dollari ancora” (Fort Yuma Gold) with Massimiliano
Capriccioli, Sandro Continenza, Guilles Morris Dumoulin, Augusto Finocchi,
Ettore Giannini and Leonardo Martín and “Per il gusto di uccidere” (A Taste for
Killing) with Víctor Auz (Victor Cstro), Augusto Finocchi, Sandro Continenza,
Massimo Capriccioli and Leonardo Martin, “Wanted” with Fernando Di Leo and Augusto
Finocchi in 1967 and “Il pistolero segnato de Dio” (Two Pistols and a Coward)
with Augusto Finocchi in 1968.
Del GROSSO, Remigo (aka R. Delgrosso) [2/26/1912, Benevento, Campania,
Italy – 7/18/1984, Riccione, Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy] – director,
assistant director, writer.
Adiós Gringo – 1965 (co)
Fort Yuma Gold – 1966 (co)
A Taste for Killing – 1966 (co)
Wanted – 1967 (co)
Two Pistols and a Coward – 1968 (co)
Spaghetti Western Cinematographer ~ Ted Moore
Ted Moore was a South African-born British
cinematographer best known for his contributions to seven James Bond films in
the 1960s and 1970s, including “Dr. No” (1962), “From Russia with Love” (1963),
“Goldfinger” (1964), “Thunderball” (1965), “You Only Live Twice” (1967), “Diamonds
Are Forever” (1971), and “The Man with the Golden Gun” (1974). His career
spanned over four decades, marked by innovative visual storytelling in
adventure, historical, and fantasy genres, and he earned prestigious awards for
his technical mastery and artistic vision.
Born Frank
Edward Moore in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa on August 7, 1914, Moore
relocated to Great Britain at the age of sixteen in 1930, where he began his
film career as a camera assistant. By 1939, he had advanced to camera operator
on projects like the war drama Sons of the Sea, and during World War II, he
served in the Royal Air Force, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and the
French Croix de Guerre for his valor. Transitioning to director of photography
after the war, Moore's first credited feature in that role was “A Prize of Gold”
(1955), followed by notable works such as “The Day of the Triffids” (1963) and “The
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” (1969). His collaboration with director Fred
Zinnemann on “A Man for All Seasons” (1966) brought him international acclaim,
securing an Academy Award for Best Cinematography and a BAFTA Award, making him
the first South African to win an Oscar in that category. Earlier, he received
a BAFTA for Best Cinematography on “From Russia with Love” (1963). Moore's
later projects included the epic fantasy “Clash of the Titans” (1981), and his
final credit was the television movie ‘Charles and Diana: A Royal Love Story’
(1982). He passed away in Surrey, England, in July of 1987 at the age of 72.
Ted Moore was a cinematographer on one Spaghetti
western, “Shalako” in 1968.
MOORE, Ted (Frank
Edward Moore) [8/7/1914, Benoni, Western Cape, South Africa – 7/?/1987,
Surrey, England, U.K.] – cinematographer, cameraman.
Shalako – 1968
