
Birthday
1931/07/11
Day of death
2020/12/02 (89 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Comeno, Slovenia
Also know as
Frank Grafield
Franco Giraldi (11 July 1931 – 2 December 2020) was an Italian director and screenwriter. Born in Komen , Giraldi spent his childhood and adolescence between the Carso, Trieste and Gorizia. During the Second World War , still in minor age, he helped the Italian partisans. His first professional contact with the world of cinema was as a film critic from the pages of the newspaper L'Unità. Later Giraldi had the opportunity to work as assistant director of, among others, Gillo Pontecorvo, Giusepp...Read more