Giancarlo Ferrando

Giancarlo Ferrando

Nascimento : 1939-11-04, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Morte : 2020-08-13

Perfil

Giancarlo Ferrando

Filmes

Il paese delle piccole piogge
Director of Photography
L'allenatore nel pallone 2
Director of Photography
Uninvited
Director of Photography
A man is accused of murdering his childhood love and her entire family.
A due passi dal cielo
Director of Photography
The Girl from Cortina
Director of Photography
Vanessa Gravina is vapidly pretty as the heroine, who changes her hair color and hair style in order to escape an abusive painter husband and start a new life. She fakes her death by motorcar accident off a cliff, and the film heads downward from there, as surely as the vehicle plunges towards the Gothic waves-crashing-on-rocks below, set on the Greek island of Hydra.
The Girl from Cortina
Director
Vanessa Gravina is vapidly pretty as the heroine, who changes her hair color and hair style in order to escape an abusive painter husband and start a new life. She fakes her death by motorcar accident off a cliff, and the film heads downward from there, as surely as the vehicle plunges towards the Gothic waves-crashing-on-rocks below, set on the Greek island of Hydra.
Craving Desire
Cinematography
In this erotic thriller (Vittoria Bellevedere) is cast as the stereotypical evil woman who charms innocent men with her physical attractions and then destroys them like a praying mantis munching on her unfortunate mate, head first, just after their sexual union. Unlike the female mantis, this woman slowly ruins the life of the man she has seduced instead of finishing him off immediately - providing fodder for the film, and scenes reminiscent of Fatal Attraction and Basic Instinct.
Private Crimes
Cinematography
This Italian TV mini-series (4 episodes) is directed by giallo great Sergio Martino and stars some of the most recognizable stars of Italian genre cinema, including Edwige Fenech, Ray Lovelock, and Alida Valli. Story: Sandra Venturi, studying to be a singer at the conservatory of music in the Italian town of Lucca, has a promising career in opera ahead of her. On the eve of her nineteenth birthday, during a thunderstorm, the young singer leaves the apartment she shares with her mother Nicole Venturi, a journalist. Sandra is on her way to a secret rendezvous with a married man. He is murdered shortly before Sandra arrives at the deserted villa outside the town which they had chosen as their meeting point. When Marco's corpse is discovered the next morning, Nicole senses that reporting this case will make her famous outside her local region. What she doesn't know is that her daughter is also missing ...
O Sorriso da Raposa
Cinematography
Thriller erótico. Mark , um assassino profissional assombrado por seu passado de policial corrupto de Miami e pela morte de sua esposa e filho, se prepara para seu próximo assassinato. Aos poucos, ele fica fascinado pela bela prostituta que mora no apartamento ao lado e acaba embarcando em uma relação apaixonada. Seus sonhos de uma vida juntos são ameaçados pelo cafetão da moça, um barão das drogas. Antes que eles possam escapar, o cafetão deve morrer, mas as coisas nunca são assim tão simples ...
A Bear Called Arthur
Director of Photography
A composer rushing to meet a deadline meets a beautiful woman who says she is his biggest fan. However, it turns out that not only is she not a fan, she is a secret agent who has her own reasons for wanting to meet him.
The Dark Tale
Director of Photography
It is the story of a terrorist who manages to escape during a transfer by sea and lands on a remote desert island where there is a large mansion inhabited by a little girl about 9 years old, a girl of 18, and their housekeeper.
Troll 2
Director of Photography
When young Joshua learns that he will be going on vacation with his family to a small town called Nilbog, he protests adamantly. He is warned by the spirit of his deceased grandfather that goblins populate the town. His parents, Michael and Diana, dismiss his apprehensions, but soon learn to appreciate their son's warnings. Guided by his grandfather's ghost, will Joshua and his family stand a chance in fighting off these evil beings?
The Room of Words
Director of Photography
An unauthorized / uncredited / unofficial adaptation "based on the diaries of Anaïs Nin," this was made to compete with the same year's big budget and critically acclaimed Henry & June.
Cop Target
Director of Photography
Farley Wood is hired to escort a rich widow of a DEA agent and her kid to the tropical island of San Cristobal. The widow needs protection from a gang of international terrorists and her escort soon suspects that the deceased husband was involved in dirty drug dealings. While on the island, the daughter is kidnapped by a group of seedy South American thugs and held for ransom. The cop escort gets official orders to leave the case to the FBI, but he decides to his own investigating and finds that the crime may have had political motivations.
Casablanca Express
Director of Photography
It is 1942 and the conflict between the U.S. and Germany is getting heated, U.S. Intelligence soon discovers that the Natzis are planning to capture Winston Churchill. In order to protect him they send commando Al Cooper to guard Churchill who is going by train to Casablanca where he will meet with Roosevelt and Stalin.
The House of Witchcraft
Director of Photography
A man discharged from the hospital after suffering a nervous breakdown is taken to a remote Italian villa by his strangely-behaving wife. But he has strong premonitions that the house is possessed by some force of witchcraft, which he has been experiencing in his recurring nightmare.
American Rickshaw
Director of Photography
After a stripper tricks him into filming a sex tape, Scott Edwards (Olympic Gold Medalist Mitch Gaylord), a Miami rickshaw runner, becomes embroiled in the murder of a televangelist's son when he inadvertently takes the wrong videotape. With the help of the stripper and an Asian witch, Edwards sets out to clear his name while avoiding the assassin dead-set on retrieving the tape.
The House of Lost Souls
Cinematography
A handful of young geologists are unlucky enough to be forced to stay at a rundown hotel in the middle of nowhere. What they don't know is that the hotel has been abandoned for twenty years because the owner of the hotel had killed his family and all the guests two decades ago. Strange things begin to happen, and suddenly murders are committed...
Cross Mission
Cinematography
General Romero, leader of a small Latin American country, is showing the UN how he's taking care of his country's drug problems by publicly burning crops of marijuana. As soon as the inspectors leave, however, Romero quickly returns to business, producing and shipping the illegal crop. When his right-hand man is convinced by a crusading reporter to turn away from his life of crime and help bring his boss to justice, Romero vows to stop at nothing to prevent this traitor from talking.
Encontro Marcado com a Morte
Second Unit Director of Photography
Emily Boynton é uma mulher cheia de inimigos. Madrasta das três crianças e mãe de Ginevra, ela chantageia o advogado da família para destruir o segundo testamento do marido que deixaria seus filhos livres de sua influência. Numa viagem com a família, um acontecimento muda o destino de todos: Emily é encontrada morta depois de ter sido envenenada. Agora, o que não faltam são suspeitos para o crime. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
Operação Suicida
Cinematography
War is Hell... especially NAM. A group of battle weary soldiers in Vietnam are trapped behind enemy lines. There is no way back. No help on the way. It's only a matter of time and these guys intend to "Die Fighting". Bo Svenson and Peter Hooten together again (Inglorious Bastards) join the Late, great Werner Porchat (as a part-time drag queen commando) in this explosive Italian commando film.
The Messenger
Cinematography
When his girlfriend dies of a drug overdose, a former Green Beret decides to take vengeance on the drug gangs responsible for her death.
Doppio misto
Director of Photography
Two married couples horn each other .. choosing the same vacant apartment as the place of the escapade! How many misunderstandings can arise in this continuous game of doors that open and close?
Detective School Dropouts
Director of Photography
Two bumbling private detectives get themselves hired to find a missing person. They find themselves in the middle of a mob war when it turns out that the missing person is somebody the mob wants to stay missing.
Giuro che ti amo
Director of Photography
Wild Team
Director of Photography
A South American rebel leader in exile in Miami is given one last chance to overthrow his successor, a brutal dictator, by a multi-national mining group out to exploit his countries' mineral resources.
Neapolitan Boy in New York
Director of Photography
The story of Nino, a street boy from Naples, and his friend Matumba, a boy from New York who wants to emigrate to Naples.
Devilfish
Director of Photography
A marine biologist, a dolphin trainer, a research scientist, and a local sheriff try to hunt down a large sea monster, a shark/octopus hybrid, that is devouring swimmers and fishermen off a south Florida coast.
Se tutto va bene siamo rovinati
Director of Photography
Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio
Director of Photography
The film is divided into two episodes, The Hair of Disgrace and The Magician, both focusing on the theme of the occult and beliefs.
2019: Após a Queda de Nova York
Director of Photography
Depois de uma guerra nuclear que destruiu o planeta, a sociedade se divide em dois grupos: os Euracs e a Confederação Panamericana. Esta última obriga um mercenário chamado Parsifal a se infiltrar na cidade de Nova York para encontrar e resgatar a última mulher fértil do planeta.
Ironmaster
Director of Photography
A tale that takes place at the dawn of history. The movie tells the story of a tribe that discovers how to fashion weapons out of iron and use them for their own survival. However, the creation of iron also causes the tribe to battle for possession of the new weapons.
O Guerreiro do Mundo Perdido
Director of Photography
A nomad mercenary on a high-tech motorcycle helps bring about the downfall of the evil Orwellian government, the Omega.
A Espada de Fogo
Director of Photography
A swordsman's wife is murdered by followers of the evil Goddess Rani. He vows vengeance upon the cult and journeys to the Ark of the Templars to get a magic crossbow that will help him accomplish his mission.
The Scorpion with Two Tails
Director of Photography
An archeologist's wife has recurring nightmares about ritual killings in an Etruscan tomb while her husband is away excavating a lost temple. After a phone call where she is forced to listen to him being murdered, she travels to the excavation site to solve the mystery of his death.
Don't Play with Tigers
Director of Photography
A stories of three really unlucky characters are discovered during the trial.
Culo e camicia
Director of Photography
The movie is basically two unrelated comedic features: the first one features the travails of a man who stutters and tries to woo a woman he wants to date. The second features the wonderful Renato Pozetto as a gay man who lives with a partner, but finds himself falling for a woman, and not knowing how to tell his partner, who is prone to melodrama.
A Policial de Nova York
Director of Photography
A Texan travels to Rome to hire two police officers to impersonate a mobster's girlfriend and his most ruthless hitman.
Cream Horn
Director of Photography
Mariana and Domenico are on the run from her jealous boyfriend who just happens to be an over-jealous professional football player.
Manolesta
Director of Photography
Sugar, Honey and Pepper
Director of Photography
Three episodes. In the first episode Valerio is mistaken for a notorious criminal. Very beautiful journalists succeed to bring him to her house for an exclusive interview. She tries to seduce him. In the second episode Giuseppe, an unlucky and ugly man, gets a job as a maid. His mistress falls in love for him. In the third episode, Plinio is a taxi driver who loves his cab above all. But at one point he is involved with the kidnapping of a woman.
A Esposa em Férias e a Amante na Cidade
Director of Photography
Andrea Damiani sends his wife Valeria off on a skiing holiday so he can spend time with his demanding mistress, Giulia. Little does he suspect that Valeria is having a rendezvous with a Count she recently met. However, Valeria does not know that 'Count' Giovanni is really just a manager's assistant, namely, Andrea's.
School Teacher on the Sea with Her Class
Director of Photography
It's summer. Lisa goes every day in a holiday hotel to give French lessons to Mario, the owner's son. the beauty and personality of Lisa quickly raise the attraction of tourists, but also jealousy of mothers who see their husbands and son prowling around the lovely young woman ...
Give Me Five
Director of Photography
Two episodes: A roman coachman fulfills the dream of his life and meets the Pope. A priest crazy about dancing wins the first prize in a contest.
Il casinista
Director of Photography
Crocodilo: A Fera Assassina
Director of Photography
Os turistas de um resort tropical são atacados por um jacaré gigante.
Delegacia de Mulheres
Director of Photography
The adventures of Gianna, a sexy policewoman who wants to help a child in search of his mother.
Saturday, Sunday and Friday
Second Unit Director of Photography
SABATO (first episode): A company receives the visit of a very very important person. This person works for a biggest Japanese society, and this encounter is decisive for the small Italian company. DOMENICA (second episode): After a hard day of job, a man returns in it's house for sleep. But a series of facts hinder this, and the poor man does not succeed to sleep. VENERDI (third episode): A famous and rich creator of sexy ballets have various problems with a dancer. She want to leave the theater and marry a Mafia man.
The Good Thief
Director of Photography
Caleb, "son of nobody" (Enrico Montesano) lives in Galilee in Jesus' day and struggles as a thief and con-man, pretending to be a magician. When he witnesses Jesus turning water into wine, he thinks he's found a competitor. So Caleb goes on, convinced that Jesus is a fake just as he is, always trying to figure out his tricks. In the meantime, he gets involved with a prostitute (played by Edwige Fenech), but also with the wife of a Roman patrician (played by the equally alluring Bernadette Lafont), he steals a few goats and cons a few people, he befriends a lovable dog and gets in trouble with some Roman soldiers.
Island of the Fishmen
Director of Photography
After their prison ship sinks in the Caribbean, a group of prisoners and a doctor wash ashore on a seemingly deserted island. They soon discover a strange couple, who invite them to stay at their house. While the prisoners plan an escape, the doctor does some investigating, and soon finds out just what the pair are really doing, and why the prisoners keep disappearing mysteriously.
Volunteers for an Unknown Destination
Director of Photography
O Soldado em Manobras
Director of Photography
Doctor Eva Marini takes up a position at an army base to investigate the sexual behavior of the Italian male soldier and soon finds out she's taken on more than she bargained for.
School Teacher in the House
Director of Photography
Luisa De Dominicus is a Milanese piano teacher who moves to Lucca to be with the man she loves: Ferdinando 'Bonci' Marinotti, a city councilman campaigning for mayor on a platform of moral values. She is of the belief that Fernando is single, living with his ailing mother. This, of course, is far from the case. The boys living in her apartment building mistakenly believe Luisa is a call-girl who uses piano teaching as a cover for her true profession, and word soon spreads among the building's dirty old men. The resourceful boys drill a well-concealed hole in the wall between Signorina Luisa's flat and the bedroom of the landlord's son, Marcello Busatti, allowing them a spectacular view of their spectacular neighbor. Marcello quickly becomes infatuated with Luisa, but is also conflicted regarding her supposed profession. Eventually Luisa learns of Fernando's philandering nature, and after a vigorous misunderstanding, satisfies Marcello's unrequited lust/love.
Loggerheads
Director of Photography
A comedy styled as a documentary about the rise of Adolf Hitler as well as the story of two brothers, one a magician and Nazi, the other an anarchist anti Nazi...
A Montanha dos Canibais
Director of Photography
Susan Stevenson é a esposa de um famoso expedicionista perdido nas florestas da Nova Guiné. Assustada com a possibilidade de seu marido estar morto, ela e seu irmão Arthur Weisser, vão pedir ajuda ao consulado britânico, porém ela é informada pelo cônsul Burns que as buscas foram interrompidas porque a expedição foi conduzida ilegalmente.
João Broncas - Ao Ombro...Saias
Director of Photography
Army Doctor Eva Marini wants to join a regiment to secure equal rights for women. So her commanding officer sends her off to a boot camp led by Renzo Montagnani, where only the most unruly soldiers end up.
For the Love of Poppea
Director of Photography
Two scoundrels - Tizio and Caio - didn't want to get into the military service so they decide to escape dressed in women's clothes, but were caught by the guards. Without being able to confirm their right to freedom, the unlucky fugitives were sold into slavery. But everything what happens - happens for the better and slave girls Ticiâ and Kaya become personal servants of the Empress Poppea...
Taxi Girl
Director of Photography
Marcella inherits a taxi business from her father and now sets out on the job of her life. With each new fare she becomes involved with sex and crime, all done up 70's Italian comedy style.
A Virgem, o Touro e o Capricórnio
Director of Photography
Distressed that her wayward husband, Gianni (Alberto Lionello), forsakes her favors and seduces a series of other women, drop-dead gorgeous Gioia (Edwige Fenech) turns to handsome lothario Patrizio (Ray Lovelock) to help her get revenge. Will her enthusiastic affair help Gianni see the error of his ways? Luciano Martino directs this saucy comedy that also stars Aldo Maccione, Alvaro Vitali and Olga Bisera.
Crimebusters
Director of Photography
Major Paolo Altieri of the Paratroopers Corps foils the kidnapping of child, but becomes the victim himself of a violent assault by the bandits. He realises that the criminals have used an experimental machine gun that's used only in his own Corps. Altieri begins to take part in police raids on criminal activities, and ultimately discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the democratic government.
Confessions of a Lady Cop
Director of Photography
Gianna Amicucci works in the house of the head of her hometown police force and enters the academy with a kickback from him. She is a beautiful woman (she generously sheds clothes during the film) and has to overcome her male colleagues prejudices, but she gains their respect through a series of brilliant operations.
Sex with a Smile
Director of Photography
Five short comic sketches, all unrelated to each other, except that they are all expressions of Italian sexual humor.
O Médico do Distrito Militar
Director of Photography
A man is desperately trying to avoid mandated military service, but a sexy medic proves to be his undoing.
Love in 4 Easy Lessons
Director of Photography
Four stories focused on the fair sex, dealing with the most varied and improbable sentimental and non-sentimental situations.
A Colegial
Director of Photography
Loredana is a schoolgirl who takes advantage of her fellow students and teachers by using her innocent schoolgirl beauty. After she loses her virginity to an older man she soon realizes there are more important things to life than teasing men.
Morte Suspeita de uma Adolescente
Director of Photography
Police detective Paolo Germi and the mysterious Marisa meet each other at a dance hall. Germi is unsuspecting of the secret Marisa is carrying with her: adverse conditions forced her into prostitution. As Germi finds the young girl brutally murdered, he decides to go after her killers. During his investigation, he enters a world of intrigue and obfuscation that leave an endless trail of blood.
The School Teacher
Director of Photography
Edwige Fenech plays the sexy private teacher of Franco (Alfredo Pea) who immediately falls madly in love with her. Franco tries and tries to seduce her by faking his own suicide.
Silent Action
Director of Photography
A number of unexplained military deaths hit Italy and are ruled to be accidental or suicides, but police inspector Giorgio Solmi suspects otherwise. When a mysterious wealthy electrician is seemingly murdered by a female escort, a sinister plot slowly begins to unravel.
Gambling City
Director of Photography
Luca Altieri is a gambler. He likes cards and he is a master in playing poker. He is a cardsharper too. He begins working for "The President", who has many gambling houses and everything seems to go well until Luca falls for Maria Luisa. Unfortunately for them, she is the girl of Corrado, the son of "The President"...
La bellissima estate
Director of Photography
A mother keeps making excuses for why her son's father has not returned home. Jon Marco, just celebrating his ninth birthday, concludes his parents have separated and develops a plan to place himself in dad's care. Along with a new friend they run away to Milan to search for Marco's father. Once executed, our little hero learns the truth about his famous race-car driving father. Can mom and his pals help him deal with the trauma?
Dallas
Director of Photography
Dallas tries to regain his father's farm which he lost in a card game with Kelly. But Kelly is now dead and his daughter, Glenda, doesn't know how to play poker. There are also rumors of a hidden treasure.
High School Girl
Director of Photography
A shy schoolboy's life changes when his uninhibited female cousin stays at his home for the summer.
The Violent Professionals
Director of Photography
With or without help from law enforcement officers, a lone individual decides to crack down on the syndicate.
The Violent Professionals
Camera Operator
With or without help from law enforcement officers, a lone individual decides to crack down on the syndicate.
Torso
Director of Photography
A masked serial killer with psychosexual issues strangles female coeds with scarves before dismembering them. When a wealthy student identifies one of the scarves and thinks she has a lead on a suspect, she becomes the killer's next target, retreating to her family's remote cliffside villa with three of her girlfriends.
No Quarto Escuro de Satã
Director of Photography
Oliviero is a drunk, burned-out writer who amuses himself by hosting orgies at his grand country manor and humiliating his wife Irina. When a number of women are murdered in grisly fashion, Oliviero becomes a prime suspect.
God in Heaven... Arizona on Earth
Director of Photography
A bounty hunter named Arizona helps a group of beleaguered farmers in their fight against a large landowner named Austin Styles and his gang of outlaws.
Todas as Cores da Escuridão
Director of Photography
Jane lives in London with Richard, her boyfriend. When she was five, her mother was murdered, she recently lost a baby in a car crash and now she’s plagued by nightmares of a knife-wielding, blue-eyed man. Desperate to ease her pain, Jane decides to follow her new neighbor’s advice to attend a Black Mass, only to fan her already horrible visions, making her reality a living hell. Is there an escape from the clutches of the darkest evil?
And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave
Director of Photography
Wells Fargo hires bounty hunters to protect its gold transports from the notorious outlaw Glenn Kovacs. Jeff Sullivan, one of the hired gunmen, buys the freedom of Dan Barker, a prisoner who may lead him to Kovacs. When Barker escapes from Sullivan, the other bounty hunters pursue him also, leading to the ultimate showdown between all parties.
O Estranho Vício da Senhora Wardh
Camera Operator
When socialite and heiress Julie Wardh begins receiving blackmail letters attributed to a mysterious serial killer, she suspects her cruel and sadistic former lover Jean is behind them. With her husband Neil frequently out of town, she falls into the arms of her friend's cousin George, and as the unknown assassin begins to make his move, she fears that one of the three men in her life may be the killer.
O Jardim dos Finzi Contini
Camera Operator
No final de 1930 Ferrara, Itália, os Finzi-Contini são uma família de destaque: ricos, aristocráticos e urbanos; eles também são judeus. Os seus filhos adultos, Micol e Alberto, convivem num círculo diversificado de amigos para jogos de tênis e festas em sua casa de campo, com seus belos jardins, e tentam manter o resto do mundo à distância. Mas as tensões entre todos eles crescem à medida que o anti-semitismo cresce na Itália fascista, e até mesmo os Finzi-Contini terão de se confrontar com o Holocausto.
Os Girassoís da Rússia
Camera Operator
Giovanna e Antônio estão casados há apenas 12 dias quando irrompe a Segunda Guerra, e ele é enviado para o fronte de batalha na Rússia, sem nunca mais voltar. Anos após a sua busca desesperada, ela finalmente encontra o marido com uma nova família.
The Silent Stranger
Writer
The Stranger comes across some bad guys trying to kill a Japanese emissary for a very important scroll. Before the emissary dies, he asks The Stranger to return the scroll to Japan. Once there he finds himself stuck in the middle of two rival clans and decides to play them off one against each other to free the town.
The Young, the Evil and the Savage
Camera Operator
A woman is strangled in the bath by a black-gloved killer who disposes of her body in a large trunk. The trunk is delivered to St. Hilda College, an exclusive finishing school. Betty-Anne, one of the female students, is strangled in the school cellar. The police, led by Inspector Durand, are called in to investigate. Suspects include La Floret, the voyeuristic gardener; Di Brazzi, the new swimming instructor; Mrs. Clay, the summer school French mistress; an old professor who collects birds; and a philandering young teacher called Richard. The murders continue but Jill, a keen amateur detective, helps the police identify the unlikely killer...
10.000 Dólares para Django
Camera Operator
Um famoso caçador de recompensas Django (Gary Hudson) recebe uma proposta de um rico fazendeiro para capturar Manoel, um perigoso pistoleiro que havia lhe roubado todo seu dinheiro e sequestrado sua filha. Mas o preço acertado com o fazendeiro e a recompensa pela captura do bandido ainda não são suficientes para pagar o trabalho de Django, que decide esperar o valor da recompensa aumentar. O que eles não faziam idéia é que as consequencias pela demora na captura de Manoel podiam causar em suas vidas. Um filme repleto de aventura e perseguição.
War Italian Style
Assistant Camera
It's May 1943, and two Italian American soldiers, Joe and Frank, are searching the North African desert for a Nazi general called Von Kassler. Von Kassler's aide captures them, and arranges for them to escape with fake war plans. But, things don't go exactly as planned for either side.
Secret Agent Fireball
Assistant Camera
An American CIA agent must find the whereabouts of valuable microfilm that was smuggled over by two Russian scientists who had been hoping to defect.
Robbery Roman Style
Camera Operator
After scoring big in a high-profile bank robbery, a gang of Milanese criminals has to hide in a monastery.
I 4 tassisti
Assistant Camera
Four comedic episodes follows different taxi drivers.
Queen of the Seas
Assistant Camera
Redhead Mary is a girl who dresses like a man to better approach, and rob the jewels worn by the pretty ladies of her time.
Test of Memory
Cinematography
Fifteen years after being the cause of an alleged love suicide there, writer Paul Herzog returns to Prague where he meets Clarissa, the sister of the deceased woman. When a couple of mysterious deaths occur amongst people who were close to Clarissa and her sister, Paul becomes the prime suspect...