Sergio Corbucci
| Sergio Corbucci | |
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| Born |
6 December 1926 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 1 December 1990 (aged 63) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Other names | Stanley Corbett Gordon Wilson Jr. |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Known for | Spaghetti westerns |
Sergio Corbucci (Italian: [ˈsɛrdʒo korˈbuttʃi]; 6 December 1926 – 1 December 1990) was an Italian film director. He is best known for his very violent spaghetti westerns.
He is the older brother of screenwriter and film director Bruno Corbucci.
Corbucci was born in Rome.
He started his career by directing mostly low-budget sword and sandal movies. Among his first spaghetti westerns were the films Grand Canyon Massacre (1964) (which he co-directed under the pseudonym, Stanley Corbett with Albert Band), as well as Minnesota Clay (1965), his first solo directed spaghetti western. Corbucci's first commercial success was with the cult spaghetti western Django, starring Franco Nero, the leading man in many of his movies. He would later collaborate with Franco Nero on two other spaghetti westerns, Il Mercenario or The Mercenary (a.k.a. A Professional Gun) (1968) - where Nero played Sergei Kowalski, a Polish mercenary and the film also starring Tony Musante, Jack Palance and Giovanna Ralli - as well as Compañeros (1970) a.k.a. Vamos a matar, Companeros, which also starred Tomas Milian and Jack Palance. The last film of the "Mexican Revolution" trilogy - The Mercenary and Compañeros being the first two in the installment - was What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution? (1972).
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