Giovanni Fago
Giovanni Fago was born in Rome, Fago began his cinema career in 1959 as assistant director of, among others, Mario Monicelli, Camillo Mastrocinque, Vittorio De Sica, Renato Castellani, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Lucio Fulci. In 1967 he became a director, consecutively filming three spaghetti westerns, Vengeance Is Mine, Uno di più all'inferno and Viva Cangaceiro. During the 1970s and the 1980s he focused primarily on television works.
Also recorded as Sidney Lean
Giovanni Fago
- Born
- 1931 · Rome.
- Nationality
- Italy
- Occupation
- screenwriter · director
- Fields
- Alazani · Spaghetti Western
- Languages
- Italian
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- 1.Gianni Canova. Enciclopedia del cinema. Garzanti, 2005.
- 2.Marco Giusti. Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. 2007. 978-88-04-57277-0.
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