Spaghetti Western Directors, Screenwriters, Cinematographers

Spaghetti Western Director ~ José Antonio de la Loma

José Antonio de la Loma Hernández was born on March 4, 1924, in Barcelona, Spain. He was the son of a military father and while attending college became interested in writing for the cinema. In the meantime, to earn a living he dedicated his life to teaching and was a schoolteacher in Barcelona during the 1940s. His cinema debut was in 1953 with his screen adaptation of “La hija del mar” directed by Àngel Guimerà.

José later became one of the most recognized screenwriters of the Spaghetti Western genre in the 1960s with over a dozen screenplays. José then entered into writing screenplays with social criticism in the 1970s for movies called quinquies films. These films concerned themselves with the life and death of juveniles living in the slums of the larger cities in Spain brought about by emigration in the 1960s and 1970s. He was also an author and wrote several novels during his lifetime. De la Loma died in Barcelona, Spain on April 7, 2004.

José Antonio de la Loma directed two Spaghetti western: “Perché uccidi ancora” (Why Kill Again?) with Eduardo Mulargia in 1965 and “El más fabuloso golpe del Far West” (The Boldest Job in the West) in 1971.

de la LOMA, José Antonio (aka José Antonio, José Antonio De La Loma, Antonio Della Loma, D.J. Anthony Loma, J. Anthony Loma, José Antonio de Loma, Jose A. de la Loma, Jose Anto. de la Loma, Jose Antonio de la Loma, Jose Antº. de la Loma) (José Antonio de la Loma Hernández) [3/4/1924, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain – 4/6/2004, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain] – producer, production manager, director, writer, songwriter,

Why Kill Again? – 1965 (co)

The Boldest Job in the West – 1971[as José Antonio]

Spaghetti Western Screenwriter ~ G. L. Buzzi

G.L. Buzzi’s full name was Gian Luigi Buzzi. He is/was an Italian writer. Basically that is all that I can find on the man as no biographical information is available.

G.L. Buzzi co-wrote the screenplay for one Spaghetti western, “I giorni della violenza” (Days of Vengeance) with Mario Amendola, Antonio Boccacci, Paol Lombardo in 1967.

BUZZI, G.L. (Gian Luigi Buzzi) [Italian] – writer.

Days of Vengeance – 1967 (co)

 

Spaghetti Western Cinematographer ~ Amerigo Gengarelli

Amerigo Gengarelli was born on October 30, 1920. He is an Italian cinematographer known for his work on mid-20th-century Italian films, particularly in the sword-and-sandal peplum genre and Spaghetti westerns during the 1960s. Active primarily from the 1950s through the early 1970s, Gengarelli served as director of photography on a variety of productions, including large-scale historical action films and lower-budget genre pictures. His credits include “I Tartari” (1961), “Orazi e Curiazi” (1961), “Taras Bulba il cosacco” (1962), “L’affondamento della Valiant” (1962), “Con lui cavalca la morte” (1967), “Un buco in fronte” (1968), and “Mademoiselle de Sade e i suoi vizi” (1972), reflecting collaborations with directors such as Ferdinando Baldi and Giuseppe Vari across peplum epics, westerns, crime stories, and later exploitation films. According to IMDb, he is credited with 14 titles as cinematographer and 17 as cameraman and electrical department. His contributions helped shape the visual style of popular Italian commercial cinema during a prolific era for genre filmmaking, though detailed biographical information about his early life or personal background remains limited in available sources.

Gengarelli would be over 100 years old if still living. No obituaries, tributes, awards, or posthumous recognitions appear in connection with his name, reflecting his relative obscurity in broader film history despite contributions to Italian genre cinema.

Amerigo Gengarelli was a cinematographer on three Spaghetti westerns: “Jim il primo” (The Last Gun) with Romolo Garrone in 1964, “Con lui cavalca la morte” (Death Rides Along) in 1967 and “Un buco in fronte” (A Hole in the Forehead) in 1968

GENGARELLI, Amerigo (aka Amerigo 'Ghigo' Gengarelli, Ghigo Gengarelli) [10/30/1920, Rome, Lazio, Italy - ?] – cinematographer, cameraman.

The Last Gun - 1964 (co)

Death Rides Along - 1967

A Hole in the Forehead – 1968