Ignazio Dolce (26 March 1933 – 6 January 2010) was an Italian director and actor.

Life and career

Born in

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, Dolce graduated at

Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia The (; CSC), also referred to as the (), is an Italian national film school headquartered in Rome, with satellite educational hubs in five other Italian regions. It was established in 1935 and aims to promote the art and technique of cinemat ...

, and starting from the late 1950s he began a career as a

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. Almost simultaneously he started a parallel career as a second unit director, often collaborating with

Gianfranco Parolini Gianfranco Parolini (20 February 1925 in Rome, Italy – 26 April 2018 in Rome, Italy) was an Italian people, Italian film director. He is often credited as Frank Kramer. Among his films are ''The Sabata Trilogy'', several sword and sandal films, m ...

and

Antonio Margheriti Antonio Margheriti (19 September 1930 – 4 November 2002), also known under the pseudonyms Anthony M. Dawson and Antony Daisies ("daisies" is "margherite" in Italian), was an Italians, Italian filmmaker. Margheriti worked in many different film ...

. He debuted as a director in 1975 with the black comedy ''L'ammazzatina'', and in the late 1980s he specialised in low-budget war films, being usually credited as Paul D. Robinson. Dolce died in

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on 6 January 2010, at the age of 76.

Partial filmography

* '' Tough Guys'' (1960) * '' The Best of Enemies'' (1961) * '' Last Platoon'' (1988)

References

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* 1933 births 2010 deaths 20th-century Italian people Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni Film people from Palermo Italian film directors Italian male film actors Male actors from Palermo {{Italy-film-actor-stub