Luciano Ercoli

Luciano Ercoli was an Italian film director, screenwriter, producer and unit production manager. Ercolis career spanned approximately two decades before his retirement in the late 1970s, and saw him direct several films in the giallo genre, as well producing several spaghetti westerns. Ercoli was married to Spanish actress Nieves Navarro, who has appeared in several of the films he worked on.

Ercoli was born in Rome, Italy, on October 19, 1929. His first film credit was as an assistant director for the 1955 film La risaia, directed by Raffaello Matarazzo. Ercoli then acted as a film producer on several titles throughout the 1960s, before making his directorial dbut in 1970, helming the giallo film Le foto proibite di una signora per bene, which he also produced and edited. Ercoli went on to direct several more films throughout the early to mid1970s, including Il figlio della sepolta viva and Troppo rischio per un uomo solo.

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