Gianfranco Parolini

Gianfranco Parolini ( born February 20, 1930 in Rome ) is an Italian film director and screenwriter.

Life

Originally from a Bolognese family Parolini started very young his work in the film business - 1950 already he was an assistant editor on Roberto Rossellini's Francis, the jugglers of God - joined as a director, screenwriter and film producer in appearance and was particularly known as a director of spaghetti westerns. He turned and A. Sabata the successful series. In addition to Western Parolini worked mainly on historical and crime films. So he took the end of the 1960s, even with four of the Commissioner -X Films Directors. His films were often referred to by reason of ironic style and interesting characters as outstanding entertainment goods. In 1992 he began work on a TV series, which had little success.

With a number of actors, some of them former stuntmen or circus acrobats, he worked frequently together; among them Brad Harris, Tony Kendall and Nick Jordan.

Like many artists of the Italian cinema that time used Parolini frequent English name as a pseudonym. As a director he is thus also Frank Kramer, as an actor - he appeared in almost all his films in smaller or larger secondary roles - Frank (or John Francis ) Little Word ( s ) or John Francis Scott, as a screenwriter Robert F. Atkinson and John Eastwood mentioned in the credits.

2010, the film ' Frank il legionario arose over Parolinis work.

Filmography ( director)

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