{{Short description|Italian film director (1908–1981)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox person |name = Giorgio Ferroni |birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|4|12|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Perugia]], [[Italy]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1981|08|17|1908|04|12|df=y}} |death_place = |other_names = Calvin Jackson Padget |occupation = [[Film director]], [[film editor]], [[screenwriter]] }}
'''Giorgio Ferroni''' (12 April 1908 – 17 August 1981) was an Italian [[film director]].
==Life and career== Giorgio Ferroni was born in [[Perugia]] on 12 April 1908.{{sfn|Lucas|2013|p=758}} Ferroni began his career in film with short documentaries during [[World War II]].{{sfn|Lucas|2013|p=758}} He directed his first dramatic film ''[[The Thrill of the Skies]]'' in 1939.{{sfn|Lucas|2013|p=758}}
At the time of filming ''[[The Night of the Devils]]'', Ferroni was almost completely deaf and had to direct the film with the help of a hearing aid.{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=76}} Following the release of the film, a new project titled ''E i mostri uscirono dalle loro tane'' ({{translation|And the Monsters Came Out of Their Lair}}).{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=76}}{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=77}} Ferroni only helmed one more film with the comedy ''Antonio e Placido: attenti ragazzi...chi rompe paga'' which he is credited as '''Calvin Jackson Padget''', a name he used for directing [[Western (genre)|Westerns]] in the 1960s.{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=77}} Ferroni died in 1981.{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=77}}
==Selected filmography== :Note: The films listed as "-" are not necessarily chronological. {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header-multi"" ! width="15%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title !! width="4%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year!! colspan="5" scope="col" | Credited as !! width="10%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes !! width="1%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |- ! width=6% |Director!! width=6% | Screenwriter!! width=6% | Screen story writer!! width=6% |Editor!! width=6% | Other |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Three Wishes|''[[The Three Wishes (1937 Italian film)|The Three Wishes]]''}} |{{n/a}} | {{yes}} | | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=SV%20640|publisher=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=I tre desideri (1937)|access-date=May 17, 2020|language=it}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''Terra di fuoco'' |{{n/a}} | {{yes}} | | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=SV%20627|publisher=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Terra di fuoco (1939)|access-date=May 17, 2020|language=it}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Faniciullo del West|''[[Il fanciullo del West]]''}} |{{n/a}} | {{yes}} | | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=SV%20627|publisher=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Il fanciullo del West (1942)|access-date=May 17, 2020|language=it}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Macario Against Zagomar]]'' |{{n/a}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | {{yes}} | Acting role |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=SV%20359|publisher=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Macario contro Zagomar (1944)|access-date=May 17, 2020|language=it}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''Ritorno al nido'' |{{n/a}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | {{yes}} | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=DC5394|publisher=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Ritorno al nido (1946)|access-date=May 17, 2020|language=it}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''Senza famiglia'' |{{n/a}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | {{yes}} | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=DC5396|publisher=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Senza famiglia (1946)|access-date=May 17, 2020|language=it}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''Posto di blocco'' |{{n/a}} | | | | | {{yes}} | Acting role |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=DC5407|publisher=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Posto di blocco (1946)|access-date=May 17, 2020|language=it}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''Pian delle stelle'' |{{n/a}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=DC5441|publisher=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Pian delle stelle (1946)|access-date=May 17, 2020|language=it}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''Tombolo, paradiso nero'' |1947 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=MM7669|publisher=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Tombolo, paradiso nero (1947)|access-date=May 17, 2020|language=it}}</ref>{{sfn|Wagstaff|2007|p=436}} |- !scope="row"|''Marechiaro'' |{{n/a}} | {{yes}} | | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=DC5610|publisher=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Marechiaro (1949)|access-date=May 17, 2020|language=it}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''Vivere a sbafo'' |{{n/a}} | {{yes}} | | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=DC5736|publisher=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Vivere a sbafo (1950)|access-date=May 17, 2020|language=it}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Quattro del Getto Tonante|''I quattro del Getto Tonante''}} |{{n/a}} | | | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=CD7156|publisher=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=I quattro del Getto Tonante (1955)|access-date=May 17, 2020|language=it}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|[[List of Winter Olympic documentary films|''Vertigine bianca'' (English: White Vertigo)]] |1956 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG%20%2083|publisher=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Vertigine bianca (1956)|access-date=May 17, 2020|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last= |first= |title=Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 : official film |date=2017 |url=https://library.olympics.com/Default/doc/SYRACUSE/174177/cortina-d-ampezzo-1956-official-film |publisher=International Olympic Committee. Lausanne |language= |access-date=2022-10-28}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Oceano ci chiama|''L'oceano ci chiama''}} |{{n/a}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG%20160|publisher=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=L'oceano ci chiama (1957)|access-date=May 17, 2020|language=it}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''1940, fuoco nel deserto'' |{{n/a}} | {{yes}} | | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=MM7709|publisher=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=1940, fuoco nel deserto (1958)|access-date=May 17, 2020|language=it}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Mill of the Stone Women]]'' |1960 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2015|p=49}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Bacchantes|''[[The Bacchantes (film)|The Bacchantes]]''}} |1961 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |{{yes}} | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=24}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Trojan Horse|''[[The Trojan Horse (film)|The Trojan Horse]]''}} |1961 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=179}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Hercules vs. Moloch]]'' |1963 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=96}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Thunder of Battle]]'' |1964 | {{yes}} | | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=176}}{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=177}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Hero of Rome]]'' |1964 | {{yes}} | | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=98}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Lion of Thebes|''[[The Lion of Thebes]]''}} |1964 | {{yes}} | | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=107}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Blood for a Silver Dollar]]'' |1965 | {{yes}} | | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG1671|website=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=Un dollaro bucato (1965)|access-date=February 13, 2020}}</ref>{{sfn|Grant|2011|p=446}}{{sfn|Grant|2011|p=447}}{{sfn|Grant|2011|p=448}} |- !scope="row"|''[[Fort Yuma Gold]]'' |1966 | {{yes}} | | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="mfb-rev">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Monthly Film Bulletin]]|title=Per Pocchi Dollari Ancora (Fort Yuma Gold)|page=159|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|date=October 1968|volume=35|issue=417}}</ref><ref name="allmovie">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/per-pochi-dollari-ancora-v139798|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005092354/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/per-pochi-dollari-ancora-v139798|title=Per Pochi Dollari Ancora (1967)|access-date=May 9, 2020|archive-date=October 5, 2013|publisher=[[AllMovie]]|last=Firsching|first=Robert}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Secret Agent Super Dragon]]'' |1966 | {{yes}} | | {{yes}} | | | |style="text-align:center;"|.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG1921|publisher=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=New York chiama Superdrago (1966)|language=it|access-date=May 9, 2020}}</ref><ref name="filmportal">{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/hollenjagd-auf-heisse-ware_ea43d4a75caa5006e03053d50b37753d|publisher=[[Filmportal.de]]|title=Höllenjagd auf heiße Ware|access-date=May 9, 2020}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Wanted (1967 film)|Wanted]]'' |1967 | {{yes}} | | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Monthly Film Bulletin|title=Wanted|page=38|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|date=February 1970|volume=37|issue=433}}</ref>{{sfn|Grant|2011|p=447}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Pistolero segnato da Dio|''[[Il pistolero segnato da Dio]]''}} |1967 | {{yes}} | | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG2412|title=Il pistolero segnato da Dio (1968)|access-date=May 8, 2020|language=it|publisher=Archvio del cinema italiano}}</ref>{{sfn|Lucas|2013|p=758}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Battle of El Alamein|''[[The Battle of El Alamein (film)|The Battle of El Alamein]]''}} |1969 | {{yes}} | | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG2531|publisher=Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it|title=La battaglia di El Alamein (1968)|access-date=May 9, 2020|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207020442/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-battle-of-el-alamein-v4319|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-battle-of-el-alamein-v4319|publisher=AllMovie|title=The Battle of El Alamein on AllMovie|access-date=May 9, 2020|last=Erickson|first=Hal|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|archive-date=December 7, 2013}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|''[[Long Live Robin Hood]]'' |1971 | {{yes}} | | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=107}}{{sfn|Kinnard|Crnkovich|2017|p=109}} |- !scope="row"|{{sort|Night of the Devils|''[[The Night of the Devils]]''}} |1972 | {{yes}} | | | | | |style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Curti|2017|p=74}} |- |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
===Sources=== * {{cite book |last=Curti |first=Roberto |title=Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1476619897 |year=2015 }} * {{cite book |last=Curti |first=Roberto |title=Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970–1979 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1476629605 |year=2017 }} * {{cite book|last=Grant|first=Kevin|title=Any Gun Can Play|year=2011|publisher=Fab Press|isbn=9781903254615}} * {{cite book |last1=Kinnard |first1=Roy |last2=Crnkovich |first2=Tony |title=Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1476662916 |year=2017 }} * {{cite book|title=Mario Bava - All the Colors of the Dark|last=Lucas|first=Tim|isbn=978-0-9633756-1-2|year=2013|publisher=Video Watchdog }} * {{cite book|last=Wagstaff|first=Christopher|publisher=University of Toronto|isbn=978-0802095206|title=Italian Neorealist Cinema: An Aesthetic Approach|date=January 2007}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|0275034}}
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