Luigi Bazzoni

Luigi Bazzoni
Born(1929-06-25)25 June 1929
Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy
Died1 March 2012(2012-03-01) (aged 82)
Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter

Luigi Bazzoni (25 June 1929 – 1 March 2012)[1] was an Italian director and screenwriter.

Born in Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy, Bazzoni was the elder brother of the film director and cinematographer Camillo Bazzoni and a cousin of the Academy Award winner Vittorio Storaro.[2]

He began his career as assistant director of Mauro Bolognini.[2] Later he became director of films and short films, gaining critical attention for two Spaghetti Westerns, Man, Pride and Vengeance and Brothers Blue.[2] His short film Di Domenica achieved a Special Mention at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.[3] Two years later, in 1965, Bazzoni directed his first feature film, The Possessed, followed by four more. He directed five feature films in his career, which are highly regarded within the genres of Spaghetti Western and Giallo movies.[4][5]

  1. ^ Francesco Barilli, "In Nero", Nocturno Cinema N. 116, Aprile 2012, p. 4.
  2. ^ a b c Marco Giusti (26 November 2023). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 978-88-04-57277-0.
  3. ^ Bianco e nero , Volume 24. Centro sperimentale di cinematografia., 1963.
  4. ^ "THE MASTERS OF ITALIAN EXPLOITATION: LUIGI BAZZONI". 17 February 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  5. ^ Weisser, Thomas (11 March 2014). Spaghetti Westerns--the Good, the Bad and the Violent: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961-1977. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1169-3.