Joshua Sinclair

Joshua Sinclair
Born	John Louis Loffredo New York City, New York, U.S.
Other names	Gianni Loffredo Gianluigi Loffredo
Alma mater	University of Virginia Johns Hopkins University
Occupations	Actor writer producer director physician
Years active	1970–present

John Louis Loffredo, known by the pen name Joshua Sinclair, is an American writer, actor, filmmaker and physician.

Early life

John Louis Loffredo was born in New York City. He initially planned to be a missionary, and began writing screenplays at the age of 14. ^[1]

Film career

In the early 1970s, he moved to Rome, and made his film acting debut in Vittorio De Sica's The Garden of the Finzi-Continis . He appeared in various films, notably several collaborations with Enzo G. Castellari and Roberto Rossellini. He was sometimes credited under the Italianized stage names Gianni Loffredo and Gianluigi Loffredo. ^[2]

Later in the decade, he moved to Austria. ^{[1] [2]}

In 1978, he wrote and produced the film Just a Gigolo, starring David Bowie and Marlene Dietrich. ^[3] He contributed to the screenplay for Enzo G. Castellari's Spaghetti Western Keoma (1976), ^{[4] [5]} Casanova & Co. (1977), and Judgment in Berlin (1988); and wrote The Golden Lady (1979).

In 1985, Sinclair published the historical novel Shaka Zulu, based on the life of the 19th-century Zulu King. The following year, the novel was adapted into a SABC miniseries of the same name in 1986. ^[1] In 2001, he wrote and directed a sequel telefilm, Shaka Zulu: The Citadel.

In 2018, he wrote and directed the film A Rose in Winter, a biopic of Edith Stein (Saint Teresa of the Cross). ^{[6] [7]}

Medicine

In the 1980s, Sinclair left acting to pursue a career in medicine. He graduated from the University of Virginia and Johns Hopkins University, as an M.D. with a specialization in tropical medicine. As a member of Médecins Sans Frontières, he worked at Grant Medical College in India (where he worked with Mother Teresa ^[7] ) and Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in South Africa. ^[1]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
1971	La lunga spiaggia fredda	Thomas
1971	Lady Frankenstein	John
1971	A Season in Hell	Young Rimbaud
1972	The Assassination of Trotsky	Sam
1972	Winged Devils
1973	I Kiss the Hand	Stefano Ferrante	Actor
1973	Non ho tempo
1975	Il messia	Guardia Romana	Uncredited
1976	The Big Racket	Rudy
1976	Keoma	Sam Shannon	Actor, writer
1977	The Heroin Busters	Gianni
1977	Hitch-Hike	Oaks
1977	Casanova & Co.		Writer
1978	The Inglorious Bastards	The Sergeant
1978	Ring	Don Farracone
1978	Just a Gigolo		Writer, [8] Co-Executive Producer
1979	The Golden Lady		Writer
1980	The Last Shark	Mayor William Wells	Actor
1982	1990: The Bronx Warriors	Ice	Actor
1986	Shaka Zulu		Television series, based on Sinclair's own novel, Writer [9]
1987	Hangmen	Phillipe Fosterlan
1988	Judgment in Berlin	Alan Sherman	Actor, writer, producer
2001	Shaka Zulu - Last Great Warrior	Director
2007	Jump!	Director
2018	A Rose in Winter		Director, writer

References

1. "Camera Q&A: Joshua Sinclair on Shaka Zulu and apartheid". CITS. Archived from the original on December 11, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
2. "A ROSE IN WINTER LIMITED filing history - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
4. Keoma (Commentary with director Enzo G. Castellari and journalist Waylon Wahlberg) (DVD). Los Angeles, California: Blue Underground. 1976.
5. Keoma (Keoma: Legends Never Die - Interview with Franco Nero) (DVD). Los Angeles, California: Blue Underground. 1976.
6. "A Rose in Winter". Miami Jewish Film Festival . Retrieved January 6, 2025.
7. Tenorio, Rich. "Controversial canonized nun Edith Stein becomes tragic Queen Esther in new film". The Times of Israel . Retrieved January 6, 2025.
8. "Just a Gigolo". Variety. Archived from the original on January 9, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
9. "Camera Q&A: Joshua Sinclair on Shaka Zulu and apartheid". CITS. Archived from the original on December 11, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2019.