Gianfranco Parolini (20 February 1925 in Rome, Italy – 26 April 2018 in Rome, Italy)[1] was an Italian film director. He is often credited as Frank Kramer. Among his films are The Sabata Trilogy, several sword and sandal films, most of the Kommissar X films and a number of Spaghetti Westerns.
He claimed to have written over 100 thriller novels before becoming an assistant to Giuseppe Amato.[2]