Joshua Sinclair

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Joshua Sinclair
Born
John Louis Loffredo

(1970-05-24) 24 May 1970 (age 54)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Other names
  • Gianni Loffredo
  • Gianluigi Loffredo
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Actor
  • writer
  • producer
  • director
  • physician
Years active1970–present

John Louis Loffredo (born May 7, 1953), known by the pen name Joshua Sinclair, is an American writer, actor, filmmaker and physician. [1]

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Biography

Sinclair was born John Louis Loffredo in New York City. He initially planned to be a missionary, and began writing screenplays at the age of 14. [2]

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. [3]

Later in the decade, he moved to Austria. [2] [3]

In 1978, he wrote and produced the film Just a Gigolo, starring David Bowie and Marlene Dietrich. [4] He contributed to the screenplay for Enzo G. Castellari's Spaghetti Western Keoma (1976), [5] [6] 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. [2] 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). [7] [8]

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 [8] ) and Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in South Africa. [2]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1970 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
1971La lunga spiaggia freddaThomas
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 FerranteActor
1973Non ho tempo
1975Il messiaGuardia RomanaUncredited
1976 The Big Racket Rudy
1976 Keoma Sam ShannonActor, writer
1977 The Heroin Busters Gianni
1977 Hitch-Hike Oaks
1977 Casanova & Co. Writer
1978 The Inglorious Bastards The Sergeant
1978RingDon Farracone
1978 Just a Gigolo Writer, [9] Co-Executive Producer
1979 The Golden Lady Writer
1980 The Last Shark Mayor William WellsActor
1982 1990: The Bronx Warriors IceActor
1986 Shaka Zulu Television series, based on Sinclair's own novel, Writer [10]
1987 Hangmen Phillipe Fosterlan
1988 Judgment in Berlin Alan ShermanActor, writer, producer
2001 Shaka Zulu - Last Great Warrior Director
2007 Jump! Director
2018A Rose in WinterDirector, writer

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References

  1. ↑ "Joshua Sinclair - IMDb". IMDb . Archived from the original on 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Camera Q&A: Joshua Sinclair on Shaka Zulu and apartheid". CITS. Archived from the original on 11 December 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  3. 1 2 "A ROSE IN WINTER LIMITED filing history - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
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  5. ↑ Keoma (Commentary with director Enzo G. Castellari and journalist Waylon Wahlberg) (DVD). Los Angeles, California: Blue Underground. 1976.
  6. ↑ Keoma (Keoma: Legends Never Die - Interview with Franco Nero) (DVD). Los Angeles, California: Blue Underground. 1976.
  7. ↑ "A Rose in Winter". Miami Jewish Film Festival. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  8. 1 2 Tenorio, Rich. "Controversial canonized nun Edith Stein becomes tragic Queen Esther in new film". The Times of Israel . Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  9. ↑ "Just a Gigolo". Variety. Archived from the original on 9 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "Camera Q&A: Joshua Sinclair on Shaka Zulu and apartheid". CITS. Archived from the original on 11 December 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
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