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Giorgio Ferroni (12 April 1908 – 17 August 1981) was an Italian film director.

Life and career

Giorgio Ferroni was born in Perugia on 12 April 1908. Ferroni began his career in film with short documentaries during World War II. He directed his first dramatic film The Thrill of the Skies in 1939.

At the time of filming The Night of the Devils, Ferroni was almost completely deaf and had to direct the film with the help of a hearing aid. Following the release of the film, a new project titled E i mostri uscirono dalle loro tane (transl. And the Monsters Came Out of Their Lair). Ferroni only helmed one more film with the comedy Antonio e Placido: attenti ragazzi...chi rompe paga which he is credited as Calvin Jackson Padget, a name he used for directing Westerns in the 1960s. Ferroni died in 1981.

Selected filmography

Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological.

References

1. ^ Lucas 2013, p. 758.
2. ^ Curti 2017, p. 76.
3. ^ Curti 2017, p. 77.
4. "I tre desideri (1937)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
5. "Terra di fuoco (1939)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
6. "Il fanciullo del West (1942)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
7. "Macario contro Zagomar (1944)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
8. "Ritorno al nido (1946)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
9. "Senza famiglia (1946)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
10. "Posto di blocco (1946)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
11. "Pian delle stelle (1946)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
12. "Tombolo, paradiso nero (1947)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
13. Wagstaff 2007, p. 436.
14. "Marechiaro (1949)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
15. "Vivere a sbafo (1950)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
16. "I quattro del Getto Tonante (1955)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
17. "Vertigine bianca (1956)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
18. Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 : official film, International Olympic Committee. Lausanne, 2017, retrieved 2022-10-28
19. "L'oceano ci chiama (1957)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
20. "1940, fuoco nel deserto (1958)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
21. Curti 2015, p. 49.
22. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 24.
23. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 179.
24. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 96.
25. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 176.
26. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 177.
27. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 98.
28. ^ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 107.
29. "Un dollaro bucato (1965)". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
30. Grant 2011, p. 446.
31. ^ Grant 2011, p. 447.
32. Grant 2011, p. 448.
33. "Per Pocchi Dollari Ancora (Fort Yuma Gold)". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 35, no. 417. British Film Institute. October 1968. p. 159.
34. Firsching, Robert. "Per Pochi Dollari Ancora (1967)". AllMovie. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
35. "New York chiama Superdrago (1966)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
36. "Höllenjagd auf heiße Ware". Filmportal.de. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
37. "Wanted". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 37, no. 433. British Film Institute. February 1970. p. 38.
38. "Il pistolero segnato da Dio (1968)" (in Italian). Archvio del cinema italiano. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
39. "La battaglia di El Alamein (1968)" (in Italian). Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
40. Erickson, Hal. "The Battle of El Alamein on AllMovie". AllMovie. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
41. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 109.
42. Curti 2017, p. 74.

Sources

• Curti, Roberto (2015). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476619897.
• Curti, Roberto (2017). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970–1979. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476629605.
• Grant, Kevin (2011). Any Gun Can Play. Fab Press. ISBN 9781903254615.
• Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.
• Lucas, Tim (2013). Mario Bava - All the Colors of the Dark. Video Watchdog. ISBN 978-0-9633756-1-2.
• Wagstaff, Christopher (January 2007). Italian Neorealist Cinema: An Aesthetic Approach. University of Toronto. ISBN 978-0802095206.

External links

• Giorgio Ferroni at IMDb

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