Sergio Corbucci ( December 6, 1927 - December 1, 1990) was an Italian movie director. Most of his films are very violent, yet intelligent action movies. He is best known for his spaghetti westerns. Many of these action movies contain social criticism of left-wing political background. Corbucci actually was a communist. The art-direction in his movies is mostly surrealistic and apocalyptic, another trademark is his sense for black humour.
He is the older brother of Bruno Corbucci.
Career
Corbucci started his career by directing mostly low-budget sword and sandal movies. His first commercial success was with the cult spaghetti western Django, starring Franco Nero, the leading man in many of his movies. After Django, Corbucci made many other spaghetti westerns, which made him the most successful Italian western director after Sergio Leone and one of Italy's most productive directors. His most famous of these pictures was The Great Silence, a dark and gruesome western starring a mute action hero and a psychopathic bad guy. The film was banned in some countries for its excessive display of violence. In the 1970s and 1980s Corbucci mostly directed comedies, often starring Adriano Celentano. His movies were rarely taken seriously by contemporary critics and he was considered an exploitation director, but Corbucci has managed to attain a cult reputation.
Selected filmography
Minnesota Clay (1965)
Django (1966)
Ringo and his Golden Pistol (1966)
Navajo Joe (1966)
The Hellbenders (1967)
The Mercenary (A Professional Gun) (1968)
The Great Silence (1969)
Companeros (1970)
La Banda J.S.: Cronaca criminale del Far West (Sonny and Jed) (1972)
Di che segno sei? (1975)
The Con Artists (1976)
Il signor Robinson (1975)
Trinity: Gambling for High Stakes (1978)
Super Fuzz (1980)
A Friend Is a Treasure (1981)
External links
Sergio Corbucci at the Internet Movie Database
Find-A-Grave profile for Sergio Corbucci
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NAME
Corbucci, Sergio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION
Film director
DATE OF BIRTH
December 6, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH
Italy
DATE OF DEATH
December 1, 1990
PLACE OF DEATH
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