Maurizio Pradeaux
Maurizio Pradeaux (16 April 1931 – 1 July 2022) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He began his career as a production assistant, working with Emimmo Salvi.
In 1967 "Ramon the Mexican", a western, was released; this was his first film as a director. He wrote the screnplay for all the films he directed. Many fell into the category known in Italian as "giallo" ("yellow"), which defines a style of mystery and detective fiction and films.