Ernesto Gastaldi is an Italian screen writer.

Born in Graglia

Graglia

Graglia is a comune in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km northeast of Turin and about 7 km southwest of Biella....

, province of Biella

Province of Biella

The Province of Biella is a province of Italy located in Piedmont. It was created in 1992 and its capital is the city of Biella.It has an area of 913 km², and a total population of 187,249...

, he has written under the pseudonyms Julian Berry, Julyan Perry and Ernst Gasthaus.

He has collaborated with Mario Bava

Mario Bava

Mario Bava was an Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer remembered as one of the greatest names from the "golden age" of Italian horror films.-Biography:Mario Bava was born in San Remo, Liguria, Italy...

, Lucio Fulci

Lucio Fulci

Lucio Fulci was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is perhaps best known for his directorial work on gore films, including Zombie and The Beyond , although he made films in genres as diverse as giallo, western, and comedy...

, Riccardo Freda

Riccardo Freda

Riccardo Freda was an Egyptian-born Italian film director. Best known for his horror and thriller movies, Freda had no great love for the horror films he was assigned, but rather favored the epic sword and sandal pictures...

, Tonino Valerii

Tonino Valerii

Tonino Valerii is an Italian film director, most known for his Spaghetti Westerns. Valerii started his film career as an assistant director on Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars, before moving on to direct by himself...

, Sergio Martino

Sergio Martino

Sergio Martino is an Italian film director and producer, notable for his contributions to the giallo genre.Martino is the brother of producer Luciano Martino. They collaborated frequently in their respective professions...

 and Sergio Leone

Sergio Leone

Sergio Leone was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter most associated with the "Spaghetti Western" genre.Leone's film-making style includes juxtaposing extreme close-up shots with lengthy long shots...

; as such he can be regarded as a chief architect of the giallo

Giallo

Giallo is an Italian 20th century genre of literature and film, which in Italian indicates crime fiction and mystery. In the English language it refers to a genre similar to the French fantastique genre and includes elements of horror fiction and eroticism...

 and Spaghetti Western film.

The 1973 Italian western comedy film My Name Is Nobody

My Name Is Nobody

My Name is Nobody is a 1973 Spaghetti Western comedy film. The film was directed by Tonino Valerii and, in some scenes, by Sergio Leone. It was written by Leone, Fulvio Morsella and Ernesto Gastaldi. Leone was also the uncredited executive producer...

 (also known as Mio nome è Nessuno and Lonesome Gun), is based on his story and his script.

Selected filmography

As writer

• L' Amante del vampiro/ The Vampire's Lover (1960) aka The Vampire and the Ballerina (US, 1962)
• Anonima cocottes(1960) aka Little Girls and High Finance (1960, US); aka Petites femmes et haute finance (1962) (France)
• I Pirati della costa/ Pirates of the Coast (1960) aka Les Pirates de la côte (France, 1960); Pirates of the Barbary Coast (1960)
• Ultimatum alla vita (1961)
• Rocco e le sorelle/ Rocco and the Sister(1961) aka Guns of the Black Witch (US, 1961); La Terreur des mers/ Terror of the Seas (France, 1961)
• Le Prigioniere dell'isola del diavolo/ Prisoner of Devil's Island (1961) aka L'Île aux filles perdues/ Island of Lost Women (France, 1961); Women of Devil's Island (1961)
• I Mongoli (1961) aka Les Mongols (France, 1961); The Mongols (US, 1961)
• Lycanthropus
  Lycanthropus
  Lycanthropus is a 1962 horror film directed by Paolo Heusch...
  
   (1961) (US prints: as Julian Berry) aka Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory (US,1963); The Ghoul in School (1961); I Married a Werewolf (1961); Monster Among the Girls (US, 1963);
• Il Giustiziere dei mari (1961) Avenger of the Seven Seas (US,1961); Le Boucanier des îles (France, 1961)
• Che femmina... e che dollari! (1961) Parlez-moi d'amour (France, 1961)
• Le Avventure di Mary Read/ Adventure of the Mary Read (1961) aka Hell Below Deck (UK, 1961); Mary la rousse femme pirate (France, 1961); Queen of the Seas (US, 1963)
• Akiko (1961)
• Sodom and Gomorrah (1962) aka The Last Days of Sodom and Gomorrah (US: cut version, 1963); Sodoma e Gomorra (Italy, 1962); Sodome et Gomorrhe (France, 1962)
• Pesci d'oro e vulve d'argento (1962)
• L' Orribile segreto del dottor Hichcock (1962) (as Julyan Perry) aka The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (US, 1964); Raptus (1962); The Secret of Dr. Hichcock (1962); The Terrible Secret of Dr. Hichcock (1962); The Terror of Dr. Hichcock (UK, 1962)
• Nerone '71 (1962)
• Marte, dio della guerra/ Mars, God of War (1962)]] aka Venus against the Son of Hercules (US, 1962)
• I Lancieri neri/ The Black Lancers (1962) aka Charge of the Black Lancers (US, 1962); Les Lanciers noirs (France, 1962)
• Duello nella sila (1962) aka Duel of Fire (US: TV title, 1962)
• La Frusta e il corpo
  The Whip and the Body
  The Whip and The Body is a 1963 Italian gothic horror film directed by Mario Bava.-Plot:The story concerns a cruel, domineering man who returns to his castle home and resumes his sado-masochistic relationship with his sister-in-law whom he vigorously flogs...
  
   (1963) (as Julian Berry); aka Le Corps et le fouet (France, 1966); Night Is the Phantom (1963); What! (US, 1965); The Whip and the Body (1963)
• Ursus nella terra di fuoco/ Ursus in the Land of Fire (1963) aka Son of Hercules in the Land of Fire (1963)
• La Pupa (1963) aka The Doll (1963/I); Every Night of the Week (UK, 1963)
• Perseo l'invincibile/ Perseus the Invicible (1963) aka Medusa vs. the Son of Hercules (US, 1963); Medusa Against the Son of Hercules (US: TV title, 1963); aka Perseus Against the Monsters (UK, 1963); El Valle de los hombres de piedra/ Valley of the Stone Men (Spain, 1965)
• La Cripta e l'incubo/ The Crypt and the Nightmare (1963) (also story) (as Julian Berry); aka Terror in the Crypt (US, 1963); La Maldición de los Karnstein/ Curse of the Karnsteins (1963); Carmilla (1963); Crypt of Horror (UK, 1963); The Vampire's Crypt (1963)
• Divorzio alla siciliana/ Divorce Sicilian Style (1963)
• Scandali nudi/ Naked Scandal (1964)
• Il Mostro dell'opera/ The Monster of the Opera (1964) aka The Vampire of the Opera (US, 1964)
• I Lunghi capelli della morte (1964) (story) (as Julian Berry) The Long Hair of Death (US, 1964)
• Golia e il cavaliere mascherato/ Goliath and the Masked Rider (1964) aka Hercules and the Masked Rider (US, 1964)
• Golia alla conquista di Bagdad (1964) aka Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus (US, 1964)
• I Giganti di Roma (1964) Les Géants de Rome (France, 1964); Giants of Rome (US, 1964)
• Buffalo Bill, l'eroe del far west
  Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West
  Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West is a 1965 Italian spaghetti western directed by Mario Costa.-Story:...
  
   (1964) aka L' Attaque de Fort Adams (1964); Buffalo Bill (US, 1964); Buffalo Bill, le héros du Far West (France, 1964); Das war Buffalo Bill (West Germany, 1965)
• Le Spie uccidono a Beirut
  Le spie uccidono a Beirut
  Le spie uccidono a Beirut is a 1965 Italian spy film pertaining to the Eurospy genre. In this film inspired by the James Bond film series, Richard Harrison stars as agent Bob Fleming 077...
  
   (1965) (as Julian Berry) 077: Challenge to Killers (US, 1966); Les Espions meurent à Beyrouth]] (1965); Killers Are Challenged (US: reissue title, 1965) ; Secret Agent Fireball (US, 1966); The Spy Killers (UK, 1965)
• La Vendetta di Spartacus (1965); aka The Revenge of Spartacus (1965)
• La Decima vittima
  The 10th Victim
  The 10th Victim is a 1965 Italian/French international co-production science fiction film directed by Elio Petri. It is based on Robert Sheckley's 1953 short story "Seventh Victim". Sheckley later published a novelization of the film in 1966.-Plot:...
  
   (1965) aka La Dixième victime (France, 1967); The Tenth Victim (UK, 1965)
• Sette contro tutti/ Seven Against All (1965) (story) aka Seven Rebel Gladiators (US, 1965)
• Libido (1965)
• F... come frocioo (1966) (story)
• Duello nel mondo (1966) aka Duel dans le monde (France: poster title, 1966); Ring round the World (US: US version 1966)
• Operación Goldman (1966) aka Lightning Bolt (US: video title, 1967); Operazione Goldman (Italy, 1966)
• Mille dollari sul nero
  One Thousand Dollars on the Black
  One Thousand Dollars on the Black is a 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western feature film directed by Alberto Cardone. The picture marks the first appearance of the character Sartana, played by Gianni Garko...
  
   (1966) aka Blood at Sundown (US, 1966); One Thousand Dollars On the Black (US, 1966); Sartana (West Germany, 1966)
• La Lama nel corpo (1966) (as Julian Berry) aka The Knife in the Body (1966); The Murder Clinic (US, 1967); The Murder Society (1966); Les Nuits de l'épouvante (France, 1966); Revenge of the Living Dead (1966)
• Giorno caldo al Paradiso Show (1966)
• Furia a Marrakech (1966)
• Delitto quasi perfetto (1966) aka The Almost Perfect Crime (1966); Imperfect Murder (UK, 1966)
• Cifrato speciale (1966) (also story) akaCifrado especial (Spain, 1966); Message chiffré (France, 1966); Special Code: Assignment Lost Formula (1966)
• Le carnaval des barbouzes (1966) aka Gern hab' ich die Frauen gekillt (Austria, 1966); Killer's Carnival (US, 1966); Spie contro il mondo (Italy, 1966); Where Are You Taking That Woman? (1966)
• Arizona Colt
  Arizona Colt
  Arizona Colt is a 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Michele Lupo. Its stars Giuliano Gemma.-Cast:*Giuliano Gemma ... Arizona Colt*Fernando Sancho ... Torrez Gordo Watch*Corinne Marchand ... Jane...
  
   (1966) aka The Man from Nowhere (US,1966); Il Pistolero di Arizona (Italy, 1966)
• A 077, sfida ai killers/ 077 Challenges the Killers (1966) (also story) (as Julian Berry) aka A 077 défie les tueurs (France, 1966); Bob Fleming... Mission Casablanca (1966)
• Troppo per vivere... poco per morire (1967); aka Qui êtes-vous inspecteur Chandler? (France, 1967); Your Turn to Die (International: English title, 1967)
• Per 100,000 dollari ti succhio il cazzo (1967) For One Hundred Thousand Dollars for a blow job (1967); One Hundred Thousand Dollars Per Killing (1967); Vengeance Is Mine (1967)
• I Giorni dell'ora
  Day of Anger
  Day of Anger , also known by its UK video title Gunlaw, is a 1967 spaghetti western film directed by Tonino Valerii. The film stars Lee Van Cleef and Giuliano Gemma, and features a musical score by Riz Ortolani...
  
   (1967) aka Blood and Grit (UK: video title, 1967); Day of Anger (US, 1967); Days of Wrath (1967); Gunlaw (UK: video title, 1980); Der Tod ritt dienstags (West Germany, 1967)
• Flashman (1967) Flashman contre les hommes invisibles/ Flashman vs the Invisible Man (France, 1967)
• 10.000 dollari per un bocchino (1967) (also story) 10,000 Dollars Blood Money (1967); Guns of Violence (US, 1967); Ten Thousand Dollars for a Massacre (US, 1967)
• Diamonds for Breakfast
  Diamonds for Breakfast (film)
  Diamonds for Breakfast is a 1968 British comedy film directed by Christopher Morahan.-Cast:* Marcello Mastroianni - Grand Duke Nicholas Wladimirovitch Goduno* Rita Tushingham - Bridget Rafferty* Elaine Taylor - Victoria* Margaret Blye - Honey...
  
   (1968)
• Cin... cin... cinzano (1968) aka Pour une poignée de diamants (France, 1968)
• La Battaglia di El Alamein (1968) aka La Bataille de El Alamein (France, 1968); The Battle of El Alamein (US, 1968); Desert Tanks (1968)
• Il Dolce corpo di Deborah (1969) aka The Sweet Body of Deborah (US, 1969)
• La Battaglia del deserto (1969) Desert Battle (1969); Inferno nel deserto (Italy, 1969); Sept hommes pour Tobrouk (France, 1969)
• I Vigliacchi non pagano (1969) aka Cowards Don't Pay (US, 1969); Taste of Vengeance (US, 1969); El Vengador del Sur (Spain, 1969)
• Uno di più all'inferno (1969) (also story) ak One More to Hell (US, 1969); To Hell and Back (US, 1969)
• Sono Sartana, il vostro buchino (1969) aka Angel of Death: Sartana (Australia: video box title, 1969); I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death (Australia: video title, 1969); I'll Dig Your Grave! (1969); Sartana the Gravedigger (US, 1969)
• Così dolce... così troia (1969) aka Si douces, si perverses (France, 1969); So Sweet... So Perverse (US, 1969)
• La Banda de los tres crisantemos (1969) (additional dialogue) aka Tre per uccidere (Italy, 1970)
• Il Prezzo del potere (1970) aka La Muerte de un presidente (Spain, 1970); The Price of Power (1970); Texas (UK, 1970)
• Le Foto proibite di una signora per bene (1970) (also story) aka Días de angustia (Spain, 1971); Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (US/ UK, 1970)
• Lo Strano vizio della Signora Wardh/ The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1970) aka Blade of the Ripper (US, 1970); The Next Victim! (1970); Next! (1970); La Perversa señora Ward (Spain, 1970)
• Una Nuvola di polvere... un grido di morte... arriva Sartana (1970) aka Cloud of Dust... Cry of Death... Sartana Is Coming (US, 1970); Gunman in Town (US, 1970); Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming (US, 1970); Llega Sartana (Spain, 1971)
• Arizona si scatenò... e li fece fuori tutti (1970) aka Arizona (US, 1970); Arizona Colt Returns (US, 1970); Arizona Lets Fly and Kill Everybody (US, 1970); Arizona vuelve (Spain, 1971); If You Gotta Shoot Someone... Bang! Bang! (US, 1970)
• La Coda dello scopone/ Tail of the Scorpion (1971) aka Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971); La Cola del escorpión (Spain, 1972); Scorpion's Tail (1971)
• L'Uomo più velenoso del cobra (1971) aka Human Cobras (US: dubbed version, 1971); Cobras humanas (Spain, 1974); The Man More Venomous Than the Cobra (US: literal English title, 1971); Target: Murder (1971)
• Perché quelle strane gocce di sperma sul corpo di Jennifer? (1971) aka Why Are Those Strange Drops of Blood on the Body of Jennifer? (US: video catalogue title, 1971);
• The Case of the Bloody Iris (US, 1971); Erotic Blue (1971)
• La Morte cammina con i tacchi alti (1971) (also story) aka Death Walks on High Heels (International: English title, 1971)
• La Lunga spiaggia fredda (1971) The Lonely Beach (video title, 1971)
• Si può fare... amigo (1972) (story) aka Amigo!... Mon colt a deux mots à te dire (France, 1972); The Big and the Bad (1972); Bulldozer Is Back Amigo (1972); Can Be Done, Amigo (1972); En el Oeste se puede hacer... amigo (Spain, 1973); It Can Be Done Amigo (1972); Saddle Tramps (Canada: English title, 1972)
• Il Grande duello(1972) aka The Big Showdown (1972); Drei Vaterunser für vier Halunken (West Germany, 1972); Le Grand Duel (France, 1972); Hell's Fighters (UK, 1972); Storm Rider (US: video title, 1972)
• Tutti i colori dell'arcobaleno (1972) aka All the Colors of the Dark (1972); Day of the Maniac (1972); Demons of the Dead (1972); They're Coming to Get You! (1972)
• Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave
  Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
  Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key is a 1972 giallo film directed by Sergio Martino. The picture stars Edwige Fenech, Luigi Pistilli, and Anita Strindberg...
  
   (1972) aka Excite Me (1972); Eye of the Black Cat (1972); Gently Before She Dies (1972); Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
• Una ragione per vivere e una per chiavare (1972) aka Der Dicke und das Warzenschwein (West Germany, 1972); La horde des salopards (France, 1972); Massacre at Fort Holman (1972); Una razón para vivir y una para morir (Spain, 1972); A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (US, 1974); Sie verkaufen den Tod (West Germany, 1972); Une raison pour vivre, une raison pour mourir (France, 1972)
• La morte accarezza a mezzanotte (1972) aka Death Caresses at Midnight (1972); La muerte acaricia a medianoche (Spain, 1973)
• Un dólar de recompensa (1973) aka The Artist Is a Gunfighter (US, 1973); La preda e l'avvoltoio (Italy, 1973); La presa y la buitre (1973); Prey of Vultures (US, 1973)
• Milano trema - la polizia vuole giustizia (1973) aka Violent Professionals (US: video title, 1973)
• Il mio nome è Nessuno
  My Name Is Nobody
  My Name is Nobody is a 1973 Spaghetti Western comedy film. The film was directed by Tonino Valerii and, in some scenes, by Sergio Leone. It was written by Leone, Fulvio Morsella and Ernesto Gastaldi. Leone was also the uncredited executive producer...
  
  (1973) (also story) aka Lonesome Gun (US, 1974); Mein Name ist Nobody (West Germany, 1973); My Name Is Nobody (US, 1974)
• Troppo rischio per un uomo solo (1973) aka The Magnificent Dare Devil (1973)
• I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale (1973) translation: The Bodies Show Traces of Carnal Violence (1973); Carnal Violence (Europe: English title, 1973); 'Torso' (US, 1973)
• L'uomo senza minchia (1974) aka Man Without a Memory (Europe: dubbed version, 1974); Puzzle (US: video title, 1974/III)
• Milano odia: la polizia non può sparare (1974) aka Almost Human (US: reissue title, 1980); The Kidnapping of Mary Lou (US, 1980)
• La città gioca d'azzardo (1974) aka The Cheaters (1974); Gambling City (UK, 1974)
• Anna, quel particolare piacere (1974) aka Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment (1974); Secrets of a Call Girl (1974)
• La città sconvolta: caccia spietata ai rapitori (1975) aka La Città sconvolta (1975); Kidnap Syndicate (US, 1975)
• Un Genio, due compari, un pollo (1975) A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot (US, 1975); aka The Genius (1975); Nobody's the Greatest (video title, 1975); Trinity Is Back Again (US, 1975); Un génie, deux associés, une cloche (France, 1975)
• La pupa del gangster
  Sex Pot
  Sex Pot is a 1975 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Capitani.-Cast:* Sophia Loren - Pupa* Marcello Mastroianni - Charlie Colletto* Aldo Maccione - Chopin* Pierre Brice - Commissaire adjoint Salvatore Lambelli* Nazzareno Natale - Frankie Bottles...
  
   (1975) Get Rita (1975); Gun Moll (1975); Lady of the Evening (1975); Oopsie Poopsie (1975); Poopsie (1975)
• Milano, morte sospetta di una minorenne (1975) (also story) aka The Suspected Death of a Minor (US, 1975)
• Fango bollente (1975)
• Sahara Cross (1977)
• Il cinico, l'infame, il violento (1977) aka The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist (1977)
• Concorde Affaire '79
  Concorde Affaire '79
  Concorde Affaire '79 , also known as The Concorde Affair, is an Italian action thriller directed by Ruggero Deodato and was written by Ernesto Gastaldi and Renzo Genta.- Summary :...
  
   (1979) aka The Concorde Affair (US: video title, 1979)
• Il fiume del grande caimano/ The River of the Great Alligator (1979) The Big Caimano River (1979); Great Alligator River (Australia: video title, 1979); The Great Alligator (1979); aka Alligators (1979)
• Mi faccio la sega (1980) (also book I quaranta belanti) aka I'm Getting a Yacht (1980)
• Il ficcanaso (1980) (story)
• Notturno con grida (1981)
• Assassinio al cimitero etrusco/ Murder in the Etruscan Cemetery (1982); aka Crime au cimetière étrusque (France, 1982); Il mistero degli Etruschi (Italy: reissue title, 1982); The Scorpion with Two Tails (US, 1982)
• 2019 - Dopo la caduta di New York (1983) aka 2019 après la chute de New York (France, 1983); 2019: After the Fall of New York (US, 1983)
• Once Upon a Time in America
  Once Upon a Time in America
  Once Upon a Time in America is a 1984 Italian epic crime film co-written and directed by Sergio Leone and starring Robert De Niro and James Woods. The story chronicles the lives of Jewish ghetto youths who rise to prominence in New York City's world of organized crime...
  
   (1984) aka C'era una volta in America (Italy, 1984)
• La fine dell'eternità/ The End of Eternity (1984)
• Pizza Connection
  Pizza Connection (film)
  Pizza Connection is a 1985 Italian crime film directed by Damiano Damiani. It was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival where it won an Honourable Mention.-Cast:* Michele Placido as Mario Aloia* Mark Chase as Michele Aloia...
  
   (1985) aka The New York Connection (1985); The Sicilian Connection (US: dubbed version, 1985)
• L'aAssassino è ancora tra noi (1985) aka The Killer Is Still Among Us (1985)
• Mani di pietra/ Hands of Steel (1986) aka Atomic Cyborg (1986); Fists of Steel (UK: video title, 1986); Return of the Terminator (Malaysia: English title, 1986)
• The Sicilian Connection (1988)
• Casablanca Express
  Casablanca Express
  Casablanca Express is a 1989 action war film starring Jason Connery that was filmed in Morocco. It was produced by Pietro Innocenzi and Umberto Innocenzi and directed by Sergio Martino. The film was later featured in an episode of Cinema Insomnia....
  
   (1988)
• Stradivari (1989)
• Jiboa, il sentiero dei diamanti (1989)
• L'uovo del cuculo (1992)
• La strana storia di Olga O. (1995) aka The Strange Story of Olga O. (1995)
• Crimine contro crimine (1998)

As director, second unit director or assistant director

• Libido (1965) (as Julian Berry)
• Cin... cin... cianuro (1968) aka Pour une poignée de diamants (France, 1968)
• La lunga spiaggia fredda (1971) aka The Lonely Beach (video title, 1971)
• Notturno con grida (1981)
• La fine dell'eternità (1984)
• L'uovo del cuculo (1992)

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