Spaghetti Western Directors, Screenwriters, Cinematographers

Spaghetti Western Director ~ Anders Gullberg

Sven Anders Gullberg was born in Enskede, Stockholm, Sweden on August 4, 1947. He studied theatre, film and philosophy in Stockholm, National Film School, Beaconsfield, UK. Work with short-term engagement at SVT, RAI and ZDF. Has been making short films since 1972.

Anders Gullberg directed six Euro-westerns: “Encendero el tizonazo” in 2014, “La voluntad mas oscula” in 2015, “El palacio blanco de la reina” and “Rua raha” in 2017, “La vaca monteado” in  2018 and “Duelo en el saloon de una puerta abatable” in 2019.

GULLBERG, Anders (Sven Anders Gullberg) [8/4/1947, Enskede, Stockholm, Sweden -     ] – producer, director, cinematographer, film editor, composer, musician.

Encendero el tizonazo – 2014

La voluntad mas oscula - 2015

El palacio blanco de la reina – 2017

Rua raha - 2017

La vaca monteado - 2018

Duelo en el saloon de una puerta abatable – 2019

Spaghetti Western Screenwriter ~ Mario Costa

Italian production manager, director, assistant director, writer, film editor, actor was born in Rome on May 30, 1904. Costa’s work can be divided into two basic themes, first it was film versions of famous operas, later adventure films. He started working in films in his twenties, originally, he was an editor, production assistant, also involved in dubbing, and in the late thirties he also began writing scripts. His first film was the documentary film “Fontane di Roma” (1938), and his next short film “Pini di Roma” (1941) won an award at the Venice Film Festival. Mario Costa's feature directorial debut was the melodramatic story “La sua strada” (1943), for which he wrote the script himself and also edited it. After the war, Mario Costa focused on film adaptations of famous operas. After leaving the world of opera in the early 1950s, Mario Costa began making films of various genres, achieving another commercial triumph with the drama “Perdonami (1952) with Raf Vallon in the lead role. At the end of the 1950s, Mario Costa focused on adventure stories set in various historical periods, achieving wider acclaim with the film “I reali di Francia” (1959) starring Cuban star Chelo Alonso, and he also skillfully responded to the incipient interest in pirate stories with “La venere dei pirati” in 1961. Like other adventure filmmakers, he then switched to spaghetti westerns “Buffalo Bill” (1965). The last entry in Costa's filmography is the western “La Belva” (1970) with Klaus Kinski in the lead role.

COSTA, Mario (aka J.W. Fordson) [5/30/1904, Rome, Lazio, Italy – 10/22/1995, Rome, Lazio, Italy] – production manager, director, assistant director, writer, film editor, actor, married to ? father of production manager, director, assistant director, writer, Massimo Costa [1951-2004]

The Beast – 1970 (co)

Spaghetti Western Cinematographer ~ Tonino Maccoppi

Antonio “Tonino” Maccoppi is/was an Italian cameraman and cinematographer. He worked as a cameraman on six films between 1968 and 1991. He then turned to cinematography and worked on thirty-two films from 1968-1993. He was sometimes credited using the alias, Tony Hasler.

Tonino Maccoppi was a cinematographer on two Spaghetti westerns: “Un dólar para Sartana” (Raise Your Hands Dead Man, You’re Under Arrest) in 1971 and “Spirito Santo e le cinque magnifiche canaglie” (Gunmen and the Holy Ghost) in 1972.

MACCOPPI, Tonino (aka Tony Hasler) (Antonio Maccoppi) [Italian] – cinematographer, cameraman.

Raise Your Hands Dead Man, You’re Under Arrest – 1971

Gunmen and the Holy Ghost – 1972