Ferdinando Baldi (19 May 1917 – 12 September 2007) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.

Biography

Baldi was born in

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, on 19 May 1917. His early film work began in Italy in the early 1950s with films such as ''Il Prezzo dell'Onore''. He directed

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in the films ''

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'' and '' The Tartars''. Baldi died in Italy on 12 September 2007.

Selected filmography

*'' Il prezzo dell'onore'' (1952) *''Assi alla ribalta'' (1954) *''

'' (1960) *'' Duel of Champions'' (1961) *''La spada del Cid'' (1962) * '' Taras Bulba, the Cossack'' (1962) *''Il figlio di Cleopatra '' (1964) *''Sfida al re di Castiglia'' (1964) *''

Suicide Mission to Singapore ''Suicide Mission to Singapore'' ( it, Goldsnake Anonima Killers, es, Singapur hora cero, french: Mission suicide à Singapour, also known as ''Goldsnake'') is a 1966 Italian-Spanish-French Eurospy film written and directed by Ferdinando Baldi. ...

'' (1966) *'' All'ombra delle aquile'' (1966) *'' Texas, Adios'' (1966) *'' Massacre in the Black Forest'' (1967) *'' Io non protesto, io amo'' (1967) *'' Rita of the West '' (1967) *'' Hate Thy Neighbor'' (1968) *'' Django, Prepare a Coffin'' (1968) *'' The Forgotten Pistolero'' (1969) *'' Bootleggers'' (1969) *''

Blindman ''Blindman'' (also known in Italian as ''Il Pistolero Cieco'', lit. "The Blind Gunfighter") is a 1971 Spaghetti Western film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and co-written and co-produced by Tony Anthony. The film's protagonist, played by Anthony, i ...

'' (1971) *'' The Sicilian Connection'' (1972) *'' Long Lasting Days'' (1973) *'' Carambola!'' (1974) * '' Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket'' (1975) *'' Smooth Velvet, Raw Silk'' (1976) *'' Get Mean'' (1976) *''Geometra Primetti selvaggiamente Osvaldo'' (1976) * '' Nine Guests for a Crime'' (1977) *''La compagna di viaggio'' (1980) *'' Comin' at Ya!'' (1981) *'' Treasure of the Four Crowns'' (1983) *'' Warbus'' (1985) *''Un maledetto soldato'' (1988) *'' Ten Zan: The Ultimate Mission'' (1988) (as "Ted Kaplan")

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baldi, Ferdinando 1917 births 2007 deaths Italian film directors Italian film producers People from Cava de' Tirreni 20th-century Italian screenwriters Giallo film directors German-language film directors Italian male screenwriters 20th-century Italian male writers