Spaghetti Western Director ~ Franco Lattanzi
Franco Lattanzi was an Italian film director, editor, and writer known for his contributions to low-budget 1970s genre cinema, particularly spaghetti westerns and adventure films. Born in Rome in 1925, he began his career in the mid-1950s and directed a small number of productions across several decades.
His most notable works include “Il giustiziere di Dio” (1973), “Sei bounty killers peruna strage” (1973), and “La tigre venuta dal fiume Kwai” (1975), where he often handled multiple roles including editing and screenwriting. Earlier credits featured “Trocadero” (1955) and “Serenata d'amore” (1965). Lattanzi remained a relatively obscure figure in Italian exploitation filmmaking, with his output typically characterized by modest production values typical of the era's genre pictures.
Franco died in Rome on May 2, 2008 at the age of 83.
Franco Lattanzi directed three Spaghetti westerns: “Il giustiziere di Dio” (The Judgment of God) and “Sei bounty killers peruna strage” (Six Bounty Killers for a Massacre) both in 1972 and “La tigre venuta dal fiume Kwai” (Tiger from the River Kwai) in 1975.
LATTANZI, Franco [1925, Rome, Lazio, Italy – 5/2/2008, Rome, Lazio, Italy] – director, writer, film editor.
The Judgment of God - 1972
Six Bounty Killers for a Massacre – 1972
Tiger from the River Kwai – 1975
Spaghetti Western Screenwriter ~ Frank Dilnotte
Frank Dilnotte was a British silent film screenwriter born in Hampshire, England in 1875. Frank died in England sometime in 1946. That’s about all the is known about him.
He has two film credits as a screenwriter and both were for Euro-westerns: “Coeur ardent” (Burning Heart) in 1912 and “The Scapegrace” in 1913.
DILNOTTE, Frank [1875, Hampshire, England U.K. – 1946, England, U.K.] – writer.
Coeur ardent – 1912
The Scapegrace – 1913
Spaghetti Western Cinematographer ~ Henri Persin
Henri René Persin was a French cameraman and cinematographer who was born in Versailles, Seine-et-Oise, France on September 20, 1916 and brother of the director René Persin. He worked as a cameraman on eleven films between 1957 and 1965 and as a cinematographer on thirty-three films between 1952 and 1971.
Persin began as director of photography on three documentaries, the first of which was released in 1952. The third is a short film shot in conjunction with Vincente Minnelli's “The Passionate Life of Vincent van Gogh” (1956). This was followed by about thirty films (some as cameramen or second-team cinematographers), notably French. In addition, there are numerous co-productions — mainly Franco-Italian — and eight American films.
Among the latter are “The Longest Day”” (1962) by Ken Annakin, “Charades”, “Charade” (1963) by Stanley Donen and the Spaghetti western “El Condor” by John Guillermin (1970), with Jim Brown and Lee Van Cleef). The first won him a Golden Globe (shared) for best cinematography in 1963.
Interestingly, he was a regular collaborator of director Bernard Borderie, among others on the film series Angélique, with Michèle Mercier in the title role, from “Angélique, marquise des anges” (1964) to “Angélique et le Sultan” (1968).
His last film was “Les Pétroleuses” by Christian-Jaque, with Brigitte Bardot and Claudia Cardinale, released in 1971. He died in 1985, at the age of 68.
Henri Persin was a cinematographer on three Spaghetti westerns: “Une corde… un colt” (Cemetery Without Crosses” in 1968, “El Condor” in 1969 and “Les pétroleuses” (The Legend of Frenchie King) in 1971.
PERSIN, Henri (aka Henry Persin) (Henri René Persin) [9/20/1916, Versailles, Seine-et-Oise, France – 7/29/1985, French Polynesia] – writer, cinematographer, cameraman, brother of director René Persin.
Cemetery Without Crosses – 1968
El Condor – 1969 [as Henry Persin]
The Legend of Frenchie King – 1971
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