Spaghetti Western Directors, Screenwriters, Cinematographers

Spaghetti Western Director – Silvio Amadio

Silvio Amado was born in Frascati, Rome, Lazio, Italy on August 8, 1926. He was an Italian film producer, director, assistant director, screenwriter and film editor who directed 24 films between 1957 and 1981. His film “Wolves of the Deep” was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. He is known to horror film fans for directing “Amuck!” (1972), a giallo film starring Rosalba Neri and Barbara Bouchet, and to Sex comedy all'italiana fans for directing some of the best Gloria Guida sex comedies of the mid-1970s.

Amadio ventured into the Spaghetti western genre on only one occasion when he directed and was a co-screenwriter on 1965’s “Per mille dollari al Giorno” (Renegade Gunfighter).

Silvio Amadio died in Rome on August 19, 1995, two weeks after turning 69.

AMADIO, Silvio [8/8/1926, Frascati, Rome, Lazio, Italy – 8/19/1995, Rome, Lazio, Italy] – producer, director, assistant director, writer, editor.

Renegade Gunfighter – 1965 (co)

Spaghetti Western Screenwriter – Louis Agotay

Louis was a director of eight films between 1950 and 1954, a film editor of four films between 1950 and 1954 and a screenwriter on twelve films between 1950 and 1968.

His origin is unknown and it’s also unknown when he was born and if he’s still alive.

Agotay was a co-screenwriter on the 1964 Spaghetti western “Buffalo Bill l’eroe del far west” (Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West) along with Pierre Corty (Pierre Lévy-Corticchiato), Luciano Martino, Nino Stresa (Sigfrido Tomba) and Ernesto Gastaldi.

AGOTAY, Louis – director, writer, film editor.

Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West – 1964 (co)

 

Spaghetti Western Cinematographer – Adalberto Albertini

Adalberto "Bitto" Albertini was born in Turin, Italy on July 14, 1924. He was an Italian film director and screenwriter.

Albertini began his film career as a camera operator and as a cinematographer. In 1974 Albertini directed “Black Emanuelle” starring the then almost unknown Laura Gemser [1950- ]. Her subsequent successful career meant that she was absent from “Black Emanuelle 2”, and Albertini instead cast actress Shulamith Lasri (Julie Margo) in the title role.

In 1977 he released “Yellow Emanuelle” as a comeback. The film, starring Chai Lee, was very successful. However, the film never reached the popularity of Joe D'Amato's series. His last two films were "Mondos" set in Asia, depicting shocking rituals and savage violence.

Albertinit was the cinematographer on three Spaghetti westerns using the alias Al Albert on one. “Il terrore dell’Oklahoma” (The Terror of Oklahoma) in 1959, “Il segno di Zorro” (The Sign of Zorro) along with Luigi Filippo Carta and “Uno straniero a Sacramento” (A Stranger in Sacramento) in 1965 as Al Albert.

Adalberto Albertini died in Italy in Zagarolo, Lazio, Rome, Italy on February 22, 1999, at age 74.

ALBERTINI, Adalberto (aka Al Albert, Adalberto Albertini, Bert Albertini, Bitto Albertini, Stanley Mitchell, Ben Norman, Albert Thomas, Albert J. Walkner) [7/14/1924, Turin, Piedmont, Italy – 2/22/1999, Zagarolo, Lazio, Italy (heart attack)] – production manager, director, writer, cinematographer, cameraman, film editor, actor, singer.

The Terror of Oklahoma - 1959

The Sign of Zorro – 1962 (co)

A Stranger in Sacramento – 1965 [as Al Albert]