Luigi Bazzoni

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

Luigi Bazzoni
Born	(1929-06-25)25 June 1929 Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy
Died	1 March 2012(2012-03-01) (aged 82) Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy
Occupation(s)	Film director, 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]

Filmography

• The Possessed (La donna del lago/ The Lady of the Lake) (1965)
• Man, Pride and Vengeance (L'Uomo, l'orgoglio, la vendetta) (1968)
• The Fifth Cord (Giornata nera per l'ariete) (1971)
• Brothers Blue (Blu Gang - Vissero per sempre felici e ammazzati) (1973)
• Footprints on the Moon (Le Orme) (1975)

References

1. Francesco Barilli, "In Nero", Nocturno Cinema N. 116, Aprile 2012, p. 4.
2. 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.

External links

• Luigi Bazzoni at IMDb