Gianfranco Baldanello | |
---|---|
Born | Meran, Italy | 13 November 1928
Other names | Frank G. Carroll |
Gianfranco Baldanello (born 13 November 1928) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and second unit director. He often used the alias Frank G. Carroll.
The son of actor Emilio Baldanello and the brother of the script supervisor Maria Grazia, Baldanello entered the cinema industry in 1952 as an assistant director. [1] [2] After serving as second unit director in some sword-and-sandal films, he made his directorial and screenwriting debut in 1965 with 30 Winchester per El Diablo (also known as Gold Train). [1] He was specialized in the Spaghetti Western genre. [2]