# Sergio Garrone

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Italian director, screenwriter and film producer (1925–2023)

Sergio Garrone Born (1925-04-15)15 April 1925 Rome, Italy Died 12 July 2023(2023-07-12) (aged 98) Road Town, British Virgin Islands Occupation Director Relatives Riccardo Garrone (brother)

**Sergio Garrone** (15 April 1925 – 12 July 2023) was an Italian director, screenwriter and film producer.

## Life and career

Born in [Rome](/source/Rome), the brother of the actor [Riccardo](/source/Riccardo_Garrone_(actor)),[1] Garrone began his career in 1948 working as assistant director, documentary filmmaker, and production assistant.[2] In 1953, he abandoned the cinema industry, but in 1965 he resurfaced as a producer of low-budget genre films.[2] Starting from 1968, Garrone was also active as a director and a screenwriter, specializing in the [Spaghetti Western](/source/Spaghetti_Western) genre.[1][2] He was usually credited as **Willy S. Regan**.[1][2] Garrone died in July 2023, at the age of 98.[3]

## Selected filmography

**Director and screenwriter**

- *[No Graves on Boot Hill](/source/No_Graves_on_Boot_Hill)* (1968)

- *[A Noose for Django](/source/A_Noose_for_Django)* (1969)

- *[Django the Bastard](/source/Django_the_Bastard)* (1969)

- *[La colomba non deve volare](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La_colomba_non_deve_volare&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1970)

- *[Kill Django... Kill First](/source/Kill_Django..._Kill_First)* (1971)

- *[Terrible Day of the Big Gundown](/source/Terrible_Day_of_the_Big_Gundown)* (1971)

- *[Lover of the Monster](/source/Lover_of_the_Monster)* (1974)

- *[The Hand That Feeds the Dead](/source/The_Hand_That_Feeds_the_Dead)* (1974)

- *[SS Experiment Camp](/source/SS_Experiment_Camp)* (1976)

- *[SS Camp 5: Women's Hell](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Camp_5:_Women%27s_Hell&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1977)

**Screenwriter**

- *[Death Knocks Twice](/source/Death_Knocks_Twice)* (1969)

- *[Five for Hell](/source/Five_for_Hell)* (1969)

- *[The Big Bust Out](/source/The_Big_Bust_Out)* (1972)

- *[La pagella](/source/La_pagella)* (1980)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-spaghetti_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-spaghetti_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-spaghetti_1-2) Marco Giusti (2007). *Dizionario del western all'italiana*. Mondadori, 2007. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-8804572770](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8804572770).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bio_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bio_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-bio_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-bio_2-3) Roberto Poppi (2002). *I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri*. Gremese Editore, 2002. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [8884401712](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/8884401712).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Cemetery with crosses – legends lost but remembered/G"](https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Cemetery_with_crosses_-_legends_lost_but_remembered/G). *SWDB*. Retrieved 13 February 2024.

## External links

- [Sergio Garrone](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0308524/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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