Death of Alberto Grimaldi, producer of “Gangs of New York” and “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”

During his four-decade career, Alberto Grimaldi, who died at the age of 95, has produced more than 80 films in Europe and the United States.

Producer Alberto Grimaldi, best known for his work on films Gangs of New York and The good, the bad and the ugly, is dead, reports the specialized site Variety. 95 years old, he died “of natural causes” according to his son, Maurizio Grimaldi.

Born in Naples in 1925, Alberto Grimaldi studied law before setting up his own production company in 1961: Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA). The same year, he produced his first feature film, the Spanish western The shadow of Zorro, followed in 1964 by his first spaghetti western, The two violent ones.

Over 80 films in 4 decades

In 1965, the Italian collaborated for the first time with Sergio Leone on an international co-production: and for a few more dollars, with Clint Eastwood as headliner. The following year they worked together again on The good, the bad and the ugly. Now a true classic of the genre, the film grossed over $ 25 million at the box office.

During his four-decade career, Alberto Grimaldi produced more than 80 films in Europe and the United States. Among them, Burned (1969), The last Tango in Paris with Marlon Brando (1972), The Man of La Mancha with Sophia Loren (1972), Exquisite corpses (1976) or again Ginger et Fred (1986).

His last production dates back to 2002: this is the film Gangs of New York by Martin Scorsese, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz and Liam Neeson. The feature film had won 10 Oscar nominations, including best film.

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