Spaghetti Western Directors, Screenwriters, Cinematographers

Spaghetti Western Director – Jan Bartošík

Born in Piestany, Slovakia on June 2, 1944, to parents Otto Bartosik and Jolanka Takac, Jan received his master’s degree at the Technical University of Architecture in Bratislava in 1967. After enduring years of Communist oppression and imprisonment for an attempted escape during his college years, Jan, his sister, and nephew departed for Austria on August 20, 1969, one year after Czechoslovakia fell under the “Iron Curtain” and one day before the borders were closed. Immigrating to Seattle, Washington on November 13th, 1969, and later arriving in Los Angeles in the Spring of 1970, Jan began his life in California. Jan died in Manhattan Beach, California on February 9, 2022, from heart failure. He was 77 years old.

Jan Covbojka directed one Euro-western “Covbojka” (Horse Opera) in 1997.

BARTOSIK, Jan (Jan A. Bartošík) [6/2/1944, Pieštany, Slovakia, 2/9/2022, Manhattan Beach, California, U.S.A. (heart failure)] – producer, director, writer, cinematographer, composer, married to Carmel C. Brinkman [1961-    ] [1992-    ] father of Blaise Bartošík [1998-    ], Bridget Bartošík [2002-    ].

Covbojka - 1997

Spaghetti Western Screenwriter – Alberto Areal

Alberto Areal was a Spanish writer. Little is known about his personal or professional life. Apparently, he only has one writing credit according to the IMDb and that was a co-writing credit for the Spaghetti western “E per tetto un cielo di stelle” (And for a Roof a Sky Full of Stars) in 1968 along with Mariano Laurenti.

I can find no other information about him.

AREAL, Alberto [Spanish] – writer.

And for a Roof a Sky Full of Stars – 1968 (co)

 

Spaghetti Western Cinematographer – Jan Bartosik

Born in Piestany, Slovakia on June 2, 1944, to parents Otto Bartosik and Jolanka Takac, Jan received his master’s degree at the Technical University of Architecture in Bratislava in 1967. After enduring years of Communist oppression and imprisonment for an attempted escape during his college years, Jan, his sister, and nephew departed for Austria on August 20, 1969, one year after Czechoslovakia fell under the “Iron Curtain” and one day before the borders were closed. Immigrating to Seattle, Washington on November 13th, 1969, and later arriving in Los Angeles in the Spring of 1970, Jan began his life in California. Jan died in Manhattan Beach, California on February 9, 2022 from heart failure. He was 77 years old.

Jan Covbojka directed one Euro-western “Covbojka” (Horse Opera) in 1997.

BARTOSIK, Jan (Jan A. Bartošík) [6/2/1944, Pieštany, Slovakia, 2/9/2022, Manhattan Beach, California, U.S.A. (heart failure)] – producer, director, writer, cinematographer, composer, married to Carmel C. Brinkman [1961-    ] [1992-    ] father of Blaise Bartošík [1998-    ], Bridget Bartošík [2002-    ].

Covbojka - 1964