Giancarlo Santi (7 October 1939 – 22 February 2021) was an Italian filmmaker.
Born in Rome, Santi began his career as production assistant of Gian Vittorio Baldi, later became assistant director of Marco Ferreri (L'ape regina, La Donna scimmia, Controsesso, Marcia nuziale).
[1] Santi collaborated with Sergio Leone on The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West.
after Peter Bogdanovich was fired, but the American production rejected this decision and Leone was forced to direct the movie himself.
He finally debuted as director in 1972, with the spaghetti western The Grand Duel.