| Nick Nostro | |
| Birth Name: | Nicola Nostro |
| Birth Date: | 21 April 1931 |
| Birth Place: | Gioia Tauro, Calabria, Italy |
| Death Place: | Gioia Tauro, Calabria, Italy |
| Occupation: | Film director, screenwriter |
Nicola "Nick" Nostro (21 April 1931 – 15 June 2014) was an Italian film director who wrote many of his screenplays.[1]
Born in Gioia Tauro, Calabria, after his degree in literature Nostro studied direction at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome.[2] He entered the film industry as an assistant editor and script supervisor, then, from 1956, he was assistant director for Roberto Bianchi Montero and Giorgio Simonelli.[3] [4] In the 1960s, he directed a number of films, crossing all the most popular genres of the time, including peplum, eurospy, Spaghetti Westerns and adventure films.[5] [6] He retired in the early 1970s.[7]