Ferdinando Baldi

Ferdinando Baldi (19 May 1927 – 12 November 2007) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.^[1] Throughout his career he used a number of pseudonyms, including Ted Kaplan, Ferdy Baldwin and Sam Livingstone.

Ferdinando Baldi
Born	Ferdinando Baldi 19 May 1927 (1927-05-19) Cava de' Tirreni, Salerno, Italy
Died	12 November 2007 (2007-11-13) (aged 80) Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)	Director, screenwriter

Biography

Baldi was born in Cava de' Tirreni, Salerno, on 19 May 1927. He was employed as a teacher after getting a degree in literature, but he got involved in cinema thanks to his acquaintance with Italian producer Tiziano Longo and he produced his first movie, Il Prezzo dell'onore in 1952.^[1]

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes	Ref.
1952	Il prezzo dell'onore	Yes	Yes	Written with G. Folchi and T. Piacenti
1954	Assi alla ribalta [it]	Yes	Yes	Directed with Giorgio Cristallini
1960	David and Goliath	Yes	Yes	Starring Orson Welles, Co-directors Richard Pottier and Orson Welles; Co-writers, Umberto Scarpelli and Ambrogio Molteni
1961	Duel of Champions	Yes	No	Co-directing with Terence Young
1961	The Tartars	Yes	No	un-credited in English version, Co-directing with Orson Welles and Richard Thorpe	[2]
1962	The Sword of El Cid	No	Yes	Co-writing with Alfredo Giannetti and Antonio Navarro Linares
1962	Taras Bulba, the Cossack	Yes	No	Co-directing with Henry Zaphiratos [fr]
1963	Kingdom of Violence	Yes	Yes	Co-writing with Adriano Bolzoni and Andres Dolera
1964	Il figlio di Cleopatra [it]	Yes	Yes	Co-writing with Anacleto Fontini and Franco Airaldi
1966	Suicide Mission to Singapore	Yes	Yes	Co-writing with Maria del Carmen Martinez Roman
1966	In the Shadow of the Eagles	Yes	Yes	Credited as Ferdy Baldwin, Co-writing with Nino Milano,
1966	Texas, Adios	Yes	Yes	Co-writing with Franco Rossetti, Starring Franco Nero
1967	Massacre in the Black Forest	Yes	Yes	Co-directing with Rudolf Nussgruber, Co-writing with Adriano Bolzoni and Alessandro Ferraù [it]
1967	Io non protesto, io amo	Yes	Yes	Co-writing with Franco Rossetti
1967	Rita of the West	Yes	Yes	Co-writing with Franco Rossetti, Starring Rita Pavone, Terence Hill and Lucio Dalla
1968	Hate Thy Neighbor	Yes	Yes	Co-writing with Luigi Angelo and Roberto Natale
1968	Django, Prepare a Coffin	Yes	Yes	Co-writing with Franco Rossetti, starring Terence Hill
1969	The Forgotten Pistolero	Yes	No
1969	Bootleggers	No	Yes	Co-writing with Alfio Caltabiano, Jose Gutierrez Maesso and Leonardo Martin
1971	Blindman	Yes	No	Starring Ringo Starr	[3]
1971	Los corsarios	Yes	No
1972	The Sicilian Connection	Yes	Yes	Co-writing with Duilio Coletti
1973	Long Lasting Days	Yes	Yes	Credited as Sam Livingstone
1974	Carambola!	Yes	Yes	Co-writing with Nino Ducci and Horst Frank
1975	Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket	Yes	Yes	Co-writing with Nino Ducci and Mino Roli
1976	Smooth Velvet, Raw Silk	Yes	Yes	Co-writing with Brunello Rondi
1976	Get Mean	Yes	No
1976	Geometra Primetti selvaggiamente Osvaldo [it]	Yes	Yes	Co-writing with Luigi Bernardi and Romano Bernardi
1977	Nine Guests for a Crime	Yes	No
1980	Terror Express	Yes	No
1980	La compagna di viaggio [it]	Yes	Yes
1981	Comin' at Ya!	Yes	No
1983	Treasure of the Four Crowns	Yes	No
1985	Warbus	Yes	Yes	Credited as Ted Kaplan, Co-writing with John Fitzsimmons
1988	Un maledetto soldato [it]	Yes	Yes	Credited as Ted Kaplan
1988	Ten Zan: The Ultimate Mission	Yes	Yes	Credited as Ted Kaplan, filmed in North Korea	[4]
2005	The Spaghetti Western	No	No	Documentary Interview
2005	The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi	No	No	Documentary Interview