Sergio Bergonzelli (25 August 1924 – 24 September 2002) was an Italian director, screenwriter, producer and actor.
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Born in Alba, Cuneo, Bergonzelli graduated in philosophy, then he started working as an actor with the stage name Siro Carme. After being assistant and second unit director in a number of genre films, in 1960 he made his debut as director and screenwriter with Seven in the Sun. Also a film producer, Bergonzelli was the first to produce Spaghetti Western films entirely shot in Italy. In the 1970s he specialized in the erotic genre.
A graduate in philosophy, Sergio Bergonzelli made his debut as an actor in 1952, initially using the pseudonym Siro Carme. This year marks the release of no less than four films:La storia del fornaretto di Venezia directed by Giacinto Solito,a historical film;The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1953 film) directed by Giacomo Gentilomo, director of this reinterpretation of the famous novel by writer Francesco Mastriani; and finally I, Hamlet, a comedy by Giorgio Simonelli described by critics as "a rather feeble Shakespearean parody of dubious taste" and finally the same year with Pietro Germi's The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo.
The year 1953 marked an intensification of Bergonzelli's acting career with the release of 6 films, namely Terra straniera, a drama film by Sergio Corbucci,Prima di sera,a comedy by Piero Tellini, It's Never Too Late (1953 film)[7] allegorical film by Filippo Walter Ratti, Passione (film 1953), dramatic film by Max Calandri, La figlia del reggimento, cheerful comedy directed by Tullio Covaz, Géza von Bolváry, and Cristo è passato sull'aia, drama by Oreste Palella.
