Spaghetti Western Directors, Screenwriters, Cinematographers

Spaghetti Western Director ~ Paul Martin

Paul Martin was born on February 8, 1899, in Koloszvar, Transilvania, Austria-Hungary. He was a producer, production manager, director, assistant director, writer, cameraman. Martin worked for many years in the German film industry. He directed 60 films between 1932 and 1967. He was romantically involved with the film star Lilian Harvey and directed her in a number of films until he left her in 1938 for the actress Frauke Lauterbach. They made one final film “Woman at the Wheel” together during the filming of which their relationship remained cold.

Martin died in West Berlin on January 26, 1967 at the age of 67.

Paul Martin directed two Spaghetti westerns: “Die Goldsucher von Arkansas” (Massacre at Marble City) with Alberto Cardone in 1964 and “Graf Bobby, der Schrecken des wilden Westens” (Count Bobby, the Terror of the Wild West) in 1965.

MARTIN, Paul (aka Paul A. Martin) [2/8/1899, Koloszvar, Transilvania, Austria-Hungary – 1/26/1967, West Berlin, Berlin, West Germany] – producer, production manager, director, assistant director, writer, cameraman, married to actress Frauke Lauterbach [1913-2004] (1939-1967).

Massacre at Marble City – 1964 (co)

Count Bobby, the Terror of the Wild West - 1965

Spaghetti Western Screenwriter ~ Augusto Finocchi

Augusto Finocchi is/was an Italian writer of which almost nothing is known. Amazingly he co- wrote screenplays for nineteen films between 1966 and 1998, fourteen of which were for Spaghetti westerns, yet is not even mentioned in Italian Film:A Who’s Who, what an injustice as I can find no biographical information on him.

Augusto Finocchi wrote and co-wrote fourteen screenplays for Spaghetti westerns: “Per pochi dollari ancora” (Fort Yuma Gold) with Massimiliano Capriccioli, Sandro Continenza, Remigo Del Grosso, Gilles Maurice Dumoulin, Ettore Giannini, Leonardo Martín, “Sugar Colt” with Giuseppe Mangione, Franco Giraldi, Fernando di Leo and Sandro Continenza, “Per il gusto di uccidere” (A Taste for Killing) with Víctor Auz, Remigio Del Grosso, Sandro Continenza, Massimo Capriccioli and Leonardo Martin and “La più grande rapina del west” (The Greatest Robbery in the West” with Augusto Caminito in 1966, “L’ ultimo pistolero” (Django, the Last Killer) with Augusto Caminito, “Wanted” with Remigio Del Grosso and Fernando Di Leo in 1967, “Black Jack” with Gianfranco Baldanello, Augusto Finocchi, Mario Mattei, Luigi Ambrosini, “Vado, vedo e sparo” (I Came, I Saw, I Shot) with Vittorio Metz, José Maria Rodriguez Mendez, Enrique Llovett, “Carogne si nasce” (Lynching) with Aldo Lado, “Il pistolero segnato de Dio” (Two Pistols and a Coward) with Remigio Del Grosso all in 1968, “I quattro del Pater Noster” (In the Name of the Father) with Luciano Ferri and Maurizio Costanzo in 1969, “Los amigos” (Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears) with Oscar Saul, Harry Essex, Paolo Cavara and Lucia Brudi and “Una Colt in mano del diavolo” (When the Devil Grips a Colt) both in 1972 and “El Macho” (Macho Killers) in 1977.

FINOCCHI, Augusto [Italian] – writer.

Fort Yuma Gold – 1966 (co)

Sugar Colt – 1966 (co)

A Taste for Killing – 1966 (co)

The Greatest Robbery in the West – 1966 (co)

Django, the Last Killer – 1967 (co)

Wanted – 1967 (co)

Black Jack – 1968 (co)

I Came, I Saw, I Shot – 1968 (co)

A Cry of Death – 1968 (co)

Lynching – 1968 (co)

Two Pistols and a Coward -1968 (co)

In the Name of the Father – 1969 (co)

Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears – 1972 (co)

When the Devil Grips a Colt – 1972 (co)

 

Spaghetti Western Cinematographer ~ Domenico Scala

Domenico Scala was an Italian cinematographer whose career spanned from the early sound era of the 1930s to the mid-1960s, contributing to over 50 films across genres including drama, comedy, and adventure.Born in Turin on March 26, 1903 he began as a camera operator during the transition to sound cinema and later directed photography for numerous productions noted for their artistic quality.

Scala's postwar work highlighted his technical expertise and artistic sensitivity, especially in films aligned with "minor neorealism," such as “Sotto il sole di Roma” (1948), “Fuga in Francia”, “Una domenica d'agosto” (1950), dir. Luciano Emmer), Il sole negli occhi (1953), and “Un eroe del nostro tempo” (1960), the latter considered his most significant achievement. He also collaborated on notable comedies like “Totò e Carolina” (1955) and adventure films such as “Colossus and the Headhunters” (1962).1 In 1947, Scala shared the Nastri d'Argento award for best cinematography for “Daniele Cortis”, recognizing his contributions to Italian cinema during its neorealist peak.

Domenico Scala was a cinematographer on one Spaghetti western, “El hombre que mató a Billy el Niño” (A Few Bullets More) with Miguel F. Mila in 1967

SCALA, Domenico [3/26/1903, Turin, Piedmont, Italy – 12/25/1989] – cinematographer, cameraman.

A Few Bullets More – 1967 (co)