Sandro Bolchi

{{Short description|Italian television and theatre director (1924–2005)}} {{Infobox person | name = Sandro Bolchi | image = Sandro Bolchi.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Sandro Bolchi | birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|1|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Voghera, Italy | death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|8|2|1924|1|18|df=y}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | years_active = | occupation = Film director, actor | spouse = | awards = }} '''Sandro Bolchi''' (18 January 1924 – 2 August 2005) was an Italian director, actor and journalist.

== Biography == Bolchi was born in Voghera, Italy on 18 January 1924. He died on 2 August 2005 in Rome, Italy.

==Background== Born in Voghera, Bolchi, who was graduated in literature, made his debut as an actor in the "Guf" theater in Trieste, an experience that continued even after he moved to Bologna, where he also began his activity as journalist and stage director.<ref name=fff>{{cite news|title=Cinema. E' morto Sandro Bolchi, regista del 'Mulino del Po'|url=http://www.rainews24.it/it/news.php?newsid=55878|accessdate=15 November 2012|newspaper=Rai News 24|date=2 August 2005}}</ref> In 1956 he made his directorial debut on television with '' Frana allo Scalo Nord'', since then he directed a large number of successful TV dramas, mostly based on masterpieces of nineteenth-century literature.<ref name=fff/><ref>{{cite news|title=E' morto Sandro Bolchi|url=http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Spettacoli/2005/08_Agosto/02/bolchi.html|accessdate=15 November 2012|newspaper=Corriere della Sera|date=2 August 2005}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== * ''Red Shirts'' (1952)

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== External links == * {{IMDb name|0092739}}

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