Spaghetti Western Directors, Screenwriters, Cinematographers

Spaghetti Western Director ~ Frank Farrow

Frank Farrow was an alias used by Naples born Italian producer, director, writer, cinematographer and actor Franco Ciferri. Franco was involved with only four films that we are aware of in different capacities.

Ciferri was production manager for two films by Antonio Margheriti at the end of the 1960s and wrote the synopsis for a crime film in 1974. In the same year, under the pseudonym Frank Farrow, he directed the western comedy “La pazienza ha un limite”, which was completely torn apart by critics... noi no!, which is sometimes mistakenly attributed to Armando Morandi. He was involved in the screenplay of the 1978 film “Il commissario Verrazzano”.

No other biographical information on him can be found.

FARROW, Frank (Franco Ciferri) [19??, Naples, Campania, Italy -     ] – producer, production manager, director, writer, cinematographer, actor.

Patience has a Limit, We Don’t – 1974

Spaghetti Western Screenwriter ~ Jean-Claude Carriere

Jean-Claude Carrière was a French screenwriter, novelist, and playwright known for his prolific six-decade career in cinema and theater, most notably his enduring collaboration with director Luis Buñuel on six acclaimed films that blended surrealism, satire, and social commentary. He co-wrote Buñuel's “Diary of a Chambermaid”, “Belle de Jour”, “The Milky Way”, “The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie”, “The Phantom of Liberty”, and “That Obscure Object of Desire”, establishing himself as a key figure in European art-house cinema. Carrière also collaborated with Miloš Forman on “Taking Off”, “Valmont”, and “Goya's Ghosts”; with Volker Schlöndorff on “The Tin Drum” and “Swann in Love”; with Philip Kaufman on “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”; and with Jean-Paul Rappeneau on “Cyrano de Bergerac”.

Born on September 17, 1931, in Colombières-sur-Orb, France, to a family of winegrowers, Carrière studied history and literature before beginning his career as a novelist and cartoonist. He entered screenwriting through novelizations for Jacques Tati's films and early collaborations with Pierre Étaix, including the Oscar-winning short “Happy Anniversary” in 1962. Beyond film, he adapted the Indian epic The Mahabharata for the stage with Peter Brook and wrote plays, essays, and books on storytelling and screenwriting.

Carrière's work earned him an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Subject, multiple Oscar nominations for screenplays, and an Honorary Academy Award in 2014 recognizing his contributions to cinema. He died on February 8, 2021, in Paris at the age of 89.

Jean-Claude Carriere was a co-writer with Louis Malle on 1956’s “Viva Maria!”

CARRIERE, Jean-Claude (aka J.C. Carriere, J.C. Carrière, Jean Claude Carriere, Jean Claude Carrière, Jean-Claude Carrière) (Jean-Claude François Carrière) [9/17/1931, Colombières-sur-Orb, Hérault, France – 2/8/2021, Paris, Île-de-France, France (AFP)] – cartoonist, director, writer, playwright, novelist, songwriter, actor, married to actress, painter Augusta Bouy (Nicole Janin) [1931-2002] (1951-198?) father of Iris Carriere [1962-    ], married to author Nahal Tajadod [1960-    ] (2002-2021) father of Kiara Carriere [2003-    ],

Viva Maria! – 1956 (co)

Spaghetti Western Cinematographer ~ Alain Hardy

Alain Hardy is/was a French was an assistant director (1 film), cameraman (6 films), actor (3 films) but most of all a cinematographer (15 films) between 1973 and 2004.Hardy was Eurociné's longest tenured cinematographer and worked quite often with Jess Franco.

Alain Hardy was a cinematographer on one Spaghetti western “La marque de Zorro” (The Mark of Zorro) in 1974.

HARDY, Alain (aka Alan Hardy) [French] – assistant director, cinematographer, cameraman, actor.

The Mark of Zorro – 1974