Giorgio Ferroni

Giorgio Ferroni (12 April 1908 – 17 August 1981) was an Italian film director.

Giorgio Ferroni
Born	(1908-04-12)12 April 1908 Perugia, Italy
Died	17 August 1981(1981-08-17) (aged 73) Rome, Italy
Other names	Calvin Jackson Padget
Occupation(s)	Film director, film editor, screenwriter

Life and career

Giorgio Ferroni was born in Perugia on 12 April 1908.^[1] Ferroni began his career in film with short documentaries during World War II.^[1] He directed his first dramatic film The Thrill of the Skies in 1939.^[1]

At the time of filming The Night of the Devils, Ferroni was almost completely deaf and had to direct the film with the help of a hearing aid.^[2] Following the release of the film, a new project titled E i mostri uscirono dalle loro tane (transl. And the Monsters Came Out of Their Lair).^[2][3] Ferroni only helmed one more film with the comedy Antonio e Placido: attenti ragazzi...chi rompe paga which he is credited as Calvin Jackson Padget, a name he used for directing Westerns in the 1960s.^[3] Ferroni died in 1981.^[3]

Selected filmography

Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological.

Title	Year	Credited as					Notes	Ref(s)
		Director	Screenwriter	Screen story writer	Editor	Other
The Three Wishes	—	Yes						[4]
Terra di fuoco	—	Yes						[5]
Il fanciullo del West	—	Yes						[6]
Macario Against Zagomar	—	Yes	Yes			Yes	Acting role	[7]
Ritorno al nido	—	Yes	Yes		Yes			[8]
Senza famiglia	—	Yes	Yes		Yes			[9]
Posto di blocco	—					Yes	Acting role	[10]
Pian delle stelle	—	Yes	Yes					[11]
Tombolo, paradiso nero	1947	Yes	Yes					[12][13]
Marechiaro	—	Yes						[14]
Vivere a sbafo	—	Yes		Yes				[15]
I quattro del Getto Tonante	—			Yes				[16]
Vertigine bianca (English: White Vertigo)	1956	Yes	Yes	Yes				[17][18]
L'oceano ci chiama	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes			[19]
1940, fuoco nel deserto	—	Yes						[20]
Mill of the Stone Women	1960	Yes	Yes					[21]
The Bacchantes	1961	Yes	Yes		Yes			[22]
The Trojan Horse	1961	Yes	Yes					[23]
Hercules vs. Moloch	1963	Yes	Yes					[24]
Thunder of Battle	1964	Yes						[25][26]
Hero of Rome	1964	Yes						[27]
The Lion of Thebes	1964	Yes						[28]
Blood for a Silver Dollar	1965	Yes		Yes				[29][30][31][32]
Fort Yuma Gold	1966	Yes						[33][34]
Secret Agent Super Dragon	1966	Yes		Yes				.[35][36]
Wanted	1967	Yes						[37][31]
Il pistolero segnato da Dio	1967	Yes		Yes	Yes			[38][1]
The Battle of El Alamein	1969	Yes						[39][40]
Long Live Robin Hood	1971	Yes						[28][41]
The Night of the Devils	1972	Yes						[42]