Spaghetti Western Directors, Screenwriters, Animators

Spaghetti Western Director ~ Juan Bosch

Juan Bosch Palau was born on May 31, Valls, Tarragona Province, Catluna, Spain. Bosch was a Spanish film director and screenwriter.

"All my life I have watched cinema and, before, going to the cinema was a ritual that marked you a lot," said Joan Bosch himself to define his relationship with cinema. His passion for this medium was also dominated by his avid reading of plays or film books in his native Valls or Sabadell during the 1930s and 1940s. At the age of 19 he took part as an assistant director in The “Adventures of Captain Guido”, by Jacinto Goday, and in 1952 he shot “Gaudí”, his first short film.

In 1946 he travelled to Morocco to work as military at the same time he was directing “Las aventuras del capitán Guido” in 1946. He returned to Madrid and worked as a screenwriter with Antonio del Amo. Juan directed thirty-one films between 1957 and 1983. He also wrote screenplays for twenty-nine films between 1951-1985. He also worked as a production manager on two films in 1951 and 1955. Bosch used the alias John Wood in most of his Spaghetti western films as Juan Bosch is John Wood in Spanish.

Bosch died on 18 November 2015, in Barcelona, Spain at the age of 90

“La diligencia de los condenados” (Stagecoach of the Condemned) in 1970, “I corvi ti scaveranno la fossa” (The Buzzards and Crows Will Dig Your Grave) and “Sei già cadavere amigo…ti cerca Garringo” (Dig Your Grave Friend... Sabata’s Coming) both in 1971, “Il mio nome è Scopone e faccio sempre cappotto” (Dallas), “Dio in cielo... Arizona in terra” (God in Heaven, Arizona on Earth), “Tu fosa será la exacta... amigo” (My Horse… My Gun… Your Widow) and “La caza del oro” (Too Much Gold for One Gringo) all in 1972 and “La ciudad maldita” (Red Harvest) in 1976.

BOSCH, Juan (aka Julian Bosch, John Wood) (Juan Bosch Palau) [5/31/1925, Valls, Tarragona Province, Catluna, Spain - 11/17/2015, Barcelona, Catalunia, Spain] – director, writer, actor, married to Nativitat Sans Solé.

Stagecoach of the Condemned – 1970 [as John Wood]

The Buzzards and Crows Will Dig Your Grave – 1971 [as John Wood]

Dig Your Grave Friend... Sabata’s Coming – 1971 (co) [as John Wood]

Dallas – 1972

God in Heaven, Arizona on Earth – 1972 [as John Wood]

My Horse… My Gun… Your Widow – 1972 [as John Wood]

Too Much Gold for One Gringo – 1972

Red Harvest – 1976 [as John Wood]

Spaghetti Western Screenwriter ~Alexander Baldreich

Alexander Baldreich was born in Krems an der Donau, Austria on September 11, 1990. He is a      producer, scriptwriter and director. In the beginning he produced his first amateur short movies. After more than two years, in 2009, his first amateur feature film "Deadly Friendships" was completed, which was funded by the program "Cash for Culture".

In 2012 he graduated in directing and production at the Film School Zlín in Czech Republic. In the years that followed, Alexander Baldreich produced several short movies, most of them also received the support from the states of Lower Austria, Carinthia and Upper Austria.

During the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, he worked on his first independent western movie with sci-fi elements "Stolen Time".

Baldreich has written screenplays for two Euro-westerns: “John Parker und der Verrückte” (John Parker and the Madman) with Konrad Sattler in 2020 and “Stolen Time” with Teresa Provin in 2025.

BALDREICH, Alexander [9/11/1990, Krems an der Donau, Austria -     ] – producer, director, writer, photographer.

John Parker and the Madman – 2020 (co)

Stolen Time – 2025 (co)

 

Spaghetti Western Animator ~ Bruno Bozzetto

Bruno Bozzetto is an Italian cartoonist, animator and film director who was born in Milan, Italy on March 3, 1938. He is known for his political and satirical productions. He created his first animated short, "Tapum! the Weapons' Story" in 1958 at the age of 20. His most famous character, a hapless little man named "Signor Rossi", has been featured in many animated shorts as well as starring in three feature films: “Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness” (1976), “Mr. Rossi's Dreams” (1977), and “Mr. Rossi's Vacation” (1977).

Since 1999, Bozzetto turned to flash cartoons, most notably with the award-winning Europe and Italy, a commentary on European vs. Italian socio-cultural attributes. He also laid inspiration for the countryballs meme.

Bruno Bozzetto has animated three Wuro-westerns: “Fantasia Indiana” in 1954, “Zorry Kid” with Guido Manuli and “Far West” with Diego Zucchi in 1999.

BOZZETTO, Bruno (aka Bozzetto) [3/3/1938, Milan, Lombardy, Italy -     ] – producer, director, writer, animator, cinematographer, married to Valeria Ongaro (197?-    ), father of Fabio Bozzetto [1975-    ].

Fantasia Indiana – 1954 [animator]

Zorry Kid (TV) – 1969 (co) [animator]

Far West – 1999 (video) (co) [animator]