Ferdinando Baldi

• Name — Ferdinando Baldi • Birth Name — Ferdinando Baldi • Birthplace — Cava de' Tirreni, Salerno, Italy • Died — 12 November 2007 • Place of death — Rome, Italy • Occupation — Director, screenwriter

Baldi was born in Cava de' Tirreni, Salerno, on 19 May 1927. He was employed as a teacher after getting a degree in literature, but he got involved in cinema thanks to his acquaintance with Italian producer Tiziano Longo and he produced his first movie, Il Prezzo dell'onore in 1952.

• Year — Title — Director — Writer — Notes • 1952 — Il prezzo dell'onore — Written with G. Folchi and T. Piacenti • 1954 — Assi alla ribalta — Directed with Giorgio Cristallini • 1960 — David and Goliath — Starring Orson Welles, Co-directors Richard Pottier and Orson Welles; Co-writers, Umberto Scarpelli and Ambrogio Molteni • 1961 — Duel of Champions — Co-directing with Terence Young • 1961 — The Tartars — un-credited in English version, Co-directing with Orson Welles and Richard Thorpe • 1962 — The Sword of El Cid — Co-writing with Alfredo Giannetti and Antonio Navarro Linares • 1962 — Taras Bulba, the Cossack — Co-directing with Henry Zaphiratos • 1963 — Kingdom of Violence — Co-writing with Adriano Bolzoni and Andres Dolera • 1964 — Il figlio di Cleopatra — Co-writing with Anacleto Fontini and Franco Airaldi • 1966 — Suicide Mission to Singapore — Co-writing with Maria del Carmen Martinez Roman • 1966 — In the Shadow of the Eagles — Credited as Ferdy Baldwin, Co-writing with Nino Milano, • 1966 — Texas, Adios — Co-writing with Franco Rossetti, Starring Franco Nero • 1967 — Massacre in the Black Forest — Co-directing with Rudolf Nussgruber, Co-writing with Adriano Bolzoni and Alessandro Ferraù • 1967 — Io non protesto, io amo — Co-writing with Franco Rossetti • 1967 — Rita of the West — Co-writing with Franco Rossetti, Starring Rita Pavone, Terence Hill and Lucio Dalla • 1968 — Hate Thy Neighbor — Co-writing with Luigi Angelo and Roberto Natale • 1968 — Django, Prepare a Coffin — Co-writing with Franco Rossetti, starring Terence Hill • 1969 — The Forgotten Pistolero • 1969 — Bootleggers — Co-writing with Alfio Caltabiano, Jose Gutierrez Maesso and Leonardo Martin • 1971 — Blindman — Starring Ringo Starr • 1971 — Los corsarios • 1972 — The Sicilian Connection — Co-writing with Duilio Coletti • 1973 — Long Lasting Days — Credited as Sam Livingstone • 1974 — Carambola! — Co-writing with Nino Ducci and Horst Frank • 1975 — Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket — Co-writing with Nino Ducci and Mino Roli • 1976 — Smooth Velvet, Raw Silk — Co-writing with Brunello Rondi • 1976 — Get Mean • 1976 — Geometra Primetti selvaggiamente Osvaldo — Co-writing with Luigi Bernardi and Romano Bernardi • 1977 — Nine Guests for a Crime • 1980 — Terror Express • 1980 — La compagna di viaggio • 1981 — Comin' at Ya! • 1983 — Treasure of the Four Crowns • 1985 — Warbus — Credited as Ted Kaplan, Co-writing with John Fitzsimmons • 1988 — Un maledetto soldato — Credited as Ted Kaplan • 1988 — Ten Zan: The Ultimate Mission — Credited as Ted Kaplan, filmed in North Korea • 2005 — The Spaghetti Western — Documentary Interview • 2005 — The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi — Documentary Interview