Franco Giraldi was born on 11 July 1931 in Comeno, Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy [now Komen, Slovenia]. He was a director and writer, known for La rosa rossa (1974), Bir Avuç Dolar (1964) and Roma dodici novembre 1994 (1995). He died on 2 December 2020 in Trieste, Friuli, Italy.