Category:Sergio Corbucci

From The Spaghetti Western Database

* December 6, 1927

† December 1, 1990

Sergio Corbucci

Sergio Corbucci was born December 6, 1927 in Rome He was one of the directors influencing the Italian Cinema and of the Spaghetti Western genre. First he shot some sword & sandal movies, then in 1966 he wrote (together with his brother Bruno Corbucci) the script for Django and directed the movie. It was a big succes and his career started, then he wrote and directed a lot of movies with political and socialist elements, for example: The Mercenary, Companeros, The Great Silence, ... In the 70s his style turned more to the comedy and were highly rated in Italy. He died December 1st, 1990 of a heart attack. Nowadays Corbucci is considered to be one of the respectable directors in cinema. He is sometimes credited as Stanley Corbett or Gordon Wilson Jr.

Filmography

• at the Imdb.com
• See below his Films in Alphabetical order

In chronological order:

• Massacro al Grande Canyon 1963
• Minnesota Clay 1964
• Johnny Oro 1965
• Django 1966
• Navajo Joe 1966
• Crudeli, I 1966
• Grande silenzio, Il 1968
• Mercenario, Il 1968
• Specialisti, Gli 1969
• Vamos a matar, compañeros 1970
• J. and S. - storia criminale del far west 1972
• Che c'entriamo noi con la rivoluzione 1972
• Bianco, il giallo, il nero, Il 1974

Good to know

• His brother is Bruno Corbucci with whom he worked on a lot of movies
• He once said: "Ford had John Wayne, Leone had Clint Eastwood, I have Franco Nero"
• Franco Nero dedicated Sergio Corbucci the movie Jonathan degli orsi because of Corbucci's death.

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