[quote=“korano, post:20, topic:524”]I picked him because he was the one Spaghetti director I know of who experimented with the genre. Adding drug and surreal elements.[/quote]Ok, but I’d still choose Giulio Questi over Canevari as the best experimental director.
Parolini/Kramer introduced Sabata and Sartana to the world, so he’s pretty important.
Carnimeo/Ascott was a prolific and consistent directory who seemingly played a big part in bridging the gap between the serious desolate westerns, and the comedy trinity style westerns.
giafranko parolini 8)
gulianno carmineo
sergio leone
sergio corbucci
[quote=“sartana1968, post:23, topic:524”]giafranko parolini 8)
gulianno carmineo
sergio leone
sergio corbucci[/quote]
I think you’re forgetting lucio fulci.
In his Giallo trilogy (Una sull’altra, Una lucertola con la pelle di donna and Non si sevizia un paperino) Fulci proved to be a considerable director and in Tempo di massacro/Massacre Time the bullwhip sequence is absolutely amazing, but in my opinion his contribution to the SW-genre is rather limited and of relative importance.
[quote=“Lindberg, post:1, topic:524”]Which directors have made the best and most important contributions to the SW-genre?
I’m not necessarily talking about individual films more their overall input into this particular genre.[/quote]
My SW directors Top 20:
Sergio Leone
Sergio Corbucci
Sergio Sollima
Giulio Petroni
Tonino Valerii
Ferdinando Baldi
Giuliano Carnimeo
Giuseppe Colizzi
Gianfranco Parolini
Enzo G. Castellari
Giorgio Ferroni
Sergio Garrone (The fourth Sergio. But there are also Martino, Merolle, Bergonzelli with five SWs to his credit, Grieco [known for La belva col mitra referenced in Jackie Brown] and Pastore with his Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine!) 
Edoardo Mulargia
Romolo Guerrieri
Duccio Tessari
Paolo Bianchini
Giuseppe Vari
Alberto Cardone
Antonio Margheriti
Michele Lupo
Sergio Leone
Sergio Corbucci
Sergio Sollima
Duccio Tessari
Gianfranco Parolini
Giuliano Carnimeo
Enzo G. Castellari
I think that beyond the Sergios, you get into directors who are solid craftsman, though perhaps not true auteurs.
If asked to choose my favorites from this class of director, with the afore-decided stipulation that they’ve directed at least three spaghettis, I’d say my top ten would be (in alphabetical order):
Ferdinando Baldi
Gianfranco Baldanello
Alberto Cardone
Giuliano Carnimeo
Enzo G. Castellari
Giuseppe Colizzi
Giorgio Ferroni
Giulio Petroni
Tonino Valerii
Luigi Vanzi
Mario Lanfranchi was another one-shot, who directed my non-Sergio fave, Death Sentence.
To my way of thinking the most important ONE-FILM directors are
Florestano Vancini (I lunghi giorni della vendetta)
Giorgio Capitani (Ognuno per sè)
Robert Hossein (Cimitero senza croci)
Giulio Questi (Se sei vivo spara)
Franco Rossetti (El desperado)
Tinto Brass (Yankee)
Giancarlo Santi (Il grande duello)
Tonino Cervi (Oggi a me… domani a te)
Massimo Dallamano (Bandidos)
Sergio Merolle (Quanto costa morire)
Mario Lanfranchi (Sentenza di morte)
Armando Crispino (John il bastardo)
[quote=“JonathanCorbett, post:30, topic:524”]To my way of thinking the most important ONE-FILM directors are
Florestano Vancini (I lunghi giorni della vendetta)
Giorgio Capitani (Ognuno per sè)
Robert Hossein (Cimitero senza croci)
Giulio Questi (Se sei vivo spara)
Franco Rossetti (El desperado)
Tinto Brass (Yankee)
Giancarlo Santi (Il grande duello)
Tonino Cervi (Oggi a me… domani a te)
Massimo Dallamano (Bandidos)
Sergio Merolle (Quanto costa morire)
Mario Lanfranchi (Sentenza di morte)
Armando Crispino (John il bastardo)[/quote]
Seems a perfect list
Haven’t seen John il Bastardo yet, but I liked Crispino’s Commandos (an Italian war movie that’s a bit different), so I suppose I’ll like his western too (they say it’s ‘different’ too).
[quote=“JonathanCorbett, post:30, topic:524”]To my way of thinking the most important ONE-FILM directors are
Florestano Vancini (I lunghi giorni della vendetta)
Giorgio Capitani (Ognuno per sè)
Robert Hossein (Cimitero senza croci)
Giulio Questi (Se sei vivo spara)
Franco Rossetti (El desperado)
Tinto Brass (Yankee)
Giancarlo Santi (Il grande duello)
Tonino Cervi (Oggi a me… domani a te)
Massimo Dallamano (Bandidos)
Sergio Merolle (Quanto costa morire)
Mario Lanfranchi (Sentenza di morte)
Armando Crispino (John il bastardo)[/quote]
Yes, nearly perfect.
I would skip Santi, and add Cesare Canevari for Matalo!
Somehow I also view Buchs for Bullet for Sandoval as a 1 film director. (His other 2 westerns are not half as good and completely different in every respect)
And the 2 film directors should also be mentioned.
Damiani
Bruno Corbucci (forget his comedies)
Lizzani
Florio
[quote=“JonathanCorbett, post:30, topic:524”]To my way of thinking the most important ONE-FILM directors are
Florestano Vancini (I lunghi giorni della vendetta)
Giorgio Capitani (Ognuno per sè)
Robert Hossein (Cimitero senza croci)
Giulio Questi (Se sei vivo spara)
Franco Rossetti (El desperado)
Tinto Brass (Yankee)
Giancarlo Santi (Il grande duello)
Tonino Cervi (Oggi a me… domani a te)
Massimo Dallamano (Bandidos)
Sergio Merolle (Quanto costa morire)
Mario Lanfranchi (Sentenza di morte)
Armando Crispino (John il bastardo)[/quote]
Don’t forget Gianni Puccini – Dove si spara di piu’.
I do “forget” him …
my top five SW directors from the begining to the end
- giarfanco parolini
- gulianno carmineo
- sergio leone
- sergio corbucci
- leopoldo savona ( surprised?)
I cant remember if I’ve commented on this before or not but I choose ten spaghetti western directors who made at least three films, I consider worth watching or enjoyable from start to finish. To qualify as a good director, the director had to be on the ball more then 90% of the time, and I could not dislike more then one film of his. Sergio Leone, Sergio Corbucci, and Giuliano Carnimeo each made more then three films I enjoyed and everyone else is at three or less.
- Sergio Leone ( Once Upon A time in the West, For A few Dollars More, The Good the Bad and The Ugly)
- Sergio Corbucci (The Great Silence, The Hellbenders, The Mercenary)
- Giuliano Carnimeo ( I am Sartana… Your Angel of Death, Light the fuse… Sartana is coming, I am Sartana… trade your pistols for a coffin.)
4.Lucio Fulci (Massacre Time, Four of the Apocalypse, Silver Saddle)
5.Guiseppe Colizzi ( God forgives I dont, Ace High, Boot Hill)
6.Enzo G. Castellari (Kill them all and Come back alone, Keoma, Johnny Hamlet).
7.Enzo Barboni ( They Call me Trinity, Trinity is still my name, The Unholy Four.)
8.Giulio Petroni (Death Rides a Horse, Nest of Vipers, Tepepa)
9.Sergio Sollima ( The Big Gundown, Run man Run, Face to Face)
10.Gianfranco Parolini ( If you Meet Sartana, Pray for your Death… Sabata, Adios Sabata)