Sergio Sollima
Birth Name:
Sergio Sollima
Birth Place:
Rome, Italy
Profession
Writer, Director, Soundtrack, Assistant director
Fast Facts
- Was considered one of the masters of the spaghetti western genre, with his biggest achievement being 1966's "The Big Gundown․"
- Graduated from Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, the Italian national film school
- Began his career as a film critic before moving on to screenwriting, seeing his first film produced in 1951 with "Behind Closed Doors․"
- Quote: "I don't live to be a director․ I direct so I can live․"
- Best known as the writer and director of "Face to Face," "Run, Man, Run" and "The Big Gundown․"