Demofilo Fidani was a prolific Italian

Italy

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 film director who specialized in spaghetti westerns and used many different pseudonyms.

Fidani directed 20 films most under his most popular pseudonym Miles Deem, 13 of which were westerns. His style can only be described as "derivative" and he used the names of well-known characters (Butch Cassidy

Butch Cassidy

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, Macho Callahan

Macho Callahan

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, Django

Django (film)

Django is a 1966 Italian spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Franco Nero in the eponymous role. The film earned a reputation as being one of the most violent films ever made up to that point and was subsequently refused a certificate in Britain until 1993, when it was...

 and Sartana

Sartana

Sartana is the name of a spaghetti western character first played by Gianni Garko and later by George Hilton. Other characters were unofficially called Sartana in unrelated films to capitalize on the success of the official films....

) and variations of titles (including numerous "Fistfuls" or "Barrelfulls") to disguise the fact that most of his efforts were routine at best. This derivativeness, combined with bizarre characters and complete inattention to continuity, has made many refer to him as the "Ed Wood of spaghetti westerns". Besides his infamous westerns, he directed crime films, sex comedies and a giallo

Giallo

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. Fidani's regular actors include Hunt Powers (also known as Jack Betts

Jack Betts

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), Gordon Mitchell

Gordon Mitchell

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, Jeff Cameron and Klaus Kinski

Klaus Kinski

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.

Fidani was also a talented artist and author and in later years became a well known spiritual medium. He is listed in the credits of the film Life is Beautiful

Life Is Beautiful

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as an Auschwitz survivor.