Ubaldo Ragona

Italian film director
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroItalian film director
PlacesItaly
wasFilm director Screenwriter Film editor
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Male
Birth1 December 1916, Catania, Province of Catania, Sicily, Italy
Death15 August 1987Rome, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy (aged 70 years)
The details

Biography

Ubaldo Ragona (Catania, 1 December 1916 – Rome, 15 August 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.

During his early life, Ragona was very interested by movies and became the director of an Italian cinematography journal "Passo Ridotto".
At the beginning of his career he focused on documentaries, moving to feature films after a period of break.

Filmography

Director

  • Il fiume dei Faraoni (1955) - Documentary
  • Baldoria nei Caraibi (1957) - Documentary
  • The Last Man on Earth (with Sidney Salkow) (1964)
  • Sweet Smell of Love (1966)

Screenwriter

  • Baldoria nei Caraibi (1957) - Documentary
  • The Last Man on Earth (1964)
  • Sweet Smell of Love (1966)

Trivia

He is brother of cinematographer Claudio Ragona.

He used the alias Ubaldo B. Ragona in some of his movies.

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