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Enzo Barboni (7 July 1922 – 23 March 2002), sometimes credited by his pseudonym E.B. Clucher; the surname of his grandmother[1] was an Italian film director, cinematographer and screenwriter, best known for his slapstick comedies starring Terence Hill and Bud Spencer.

Enzo Barboni
Enzo Barboni in 1961
Born	(1922-07-10)10 July 1922 Rome
Died	23 March 2002(2002-03-23) (aged 79) Rome
Nationality	Italian
Other names	E.B. Clucher (pseudonym)
Occupation	film director cinematographer screenwriter

Biography

Barboni was born in Rome. He began to work in film at a very young age, serving as a war correspondent on Eastern Front of World War II, and starting work as a camera operator in 1942.

In 1961 he advanced to a career as cinematographer, working several times with director Sergio Corbucci and gaining a high reputation.

He made his directorial debut in 1970 with the serious western Chuck Moll, which had little success. Undaunted, he decided to make his next film a slapstick parody of the Spaghetti Western phenomenon. The result, They Call Me Trinity, was an enormous hit and made superstars out of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill. The three reunited the next year for the even more successful sequel Trinity Is STILL My Name!, which became, up to that point, the highest grossing Italian movie ever.[2]

Barboni never strayed from his successful formula; his subsequent films were all slapstick comedies and almost all featured either Hill or Spencer. This collaboration produced numerous hits, but when Hill and Spencer's careers started to wane, so did Barboni's. In 1994 he wanted to direct Troublemakers, which was to be the "swan song" of the duo, but Terence Hill insisted on directing instead. The next year Barboni tried to revive the formula with Sons of Trinity, which proved to be a disaster at the box-office.

After this disappointment, Barboni retired. He died in Rome, 5 months before his 80th birthday.

Selected filmography as cinematographer

Selected filmography as director

References

External links

• Enzo Barboni at IMDb

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Enzo Barboni (Roma, Italia, 10 de julio de 1922 - Roma, Italia, 23 de marzo de 2002), conocido con el pseudónimo de E.B. Clucher, fue un director y guionista italiano. Se le conoce sobre todo por haber dirigido la célebre trilogía cómica conocida como la Trilogía de Trinidad, ambientada en el Viejo Oeste (dentro del subgénero spaghetti western), con Terence Hill en el papel de Trinidad y compuesta por las películas Lo chiamavano Trinità... (1970), Continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità (1971) y Trinità & Bambino... e adesso tocca a noi! (1995).

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