Spaghetti Western Directors, Screenwriters, Cinematographers

Spaghetti Western Director ~ James Campbell

James Campbell is a writer/director based in the Northeast of England. He graduated from the Northern School of Art in June 2015. His works includes “Ripper” (2016), “Please Don't Die” (2018), “Tiger Man” (2020), “1986” (2021), and the western-horror feature “The Moonshine Gang of Cheyenne” (2022) starring Steven Ogg, Pollyanna McIntosh, and Richard Brake.

Campbell has directed two Euro-westerns: “The Moonshine Gang of Cheyenne” in 2018 and “Bushwhacker Blues” in 2022.

CAMPBELL, James [British] – producer, director, writer.

The Moonshine Gang of Cheyenne - 2018

Bushwhacker Blues – 2022

Spaghetti Western Screenwriter ~ Alain Baudry

Alain Baudry is/was a French assistant director, writer and actor who was an assistant director on the 1971 television film “Vipère au poing”, appeared as an actor as an assistant director on the 1969 TV movie ‘Agathe ou Les Mains vides’ and co-wrote the screenplay for one film which was  the Euro-western  “Uncas, el fin de una raza” (Fall of the Mohicans) with Vinicio Marinucci and José Luis Martínez in 1965.

I can find no biographical information on him online or in print.

BAUDRY, Alain [French] – assistant director, writer, actor.

Fall of the Mohicans – 1965 (co)

 

Spaghetti Western Cinematographer ~ Luigi Ciccarese

Luigi Ciccarese was born in Rome, Italy in 1952. He’s worked as a cinematographer on ninety-six films 1972 and 2010. He was a cameraman nine films between 1972 and 1991 and the executive producer on the 1993 film “Dangerous Attraction”. He’s best known as the director of photography on “Terminator II” in 1989 and “First Action Hero” in 1994.

He has been director of photography for numerous Italian directors, including Roberto Mauri, Mario Bianchi, Lorenzo Gicca Palli, Luigi Petrini, Mario Siciliano and Massimo Pirri. He has also collaborated on some films directed by Umberto Lenzi, Lucio Fulci and Claudio Fragasso. The directors to whom he was most attached are Bruno Mattei and Ninì Grassia.

In some films Ciccarese has been credited as Luis Chickers, Louis C.K. Rees or even Louis Smith.

Luigi Ciccarese was a cinematographer on five Spaghetti westerns: “Un animale chiamato uomo” (An Animal Called Man) and “Bada alla tua pelle Spirito Santo! – 1972” (Return of the Holy Ghost) both in 1972, “Corte marziale” (Court Martial) in 1973, “Scalps” with Julio Burgos in 1986 and “L’Apache Bianco” with Julio Burgos in 1987.

CICCARESE, Luigi (aka Luigi Ceccarese Gigi Ciccarese, Luis Chickers, Louis C.K. Rees, Louis Smith) [1952, Rome, Lazio, Italy -     ] – producer, cinematographer, cameraman.

An Animal Called Man – 1972

Return of the Holy Ghost – 1972

Court Martial - 1973

Scalps – 1986 (co)

White Apache – 1987 (co)