Enzo Barboni sometimes credited by his pseudonym E.B. Clucher, was an Italian

Italy

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 film director

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, cinematographer

Cinematographer

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 and screenwriter

Screenwriter

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. Born in Rome

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, he is mostly notable for his slapstick

Slapstick

Slapstick is a type of comedy involving exaggerated violence and activities which may exceed the boundaries of common sense.- Origins :The phrase comes from the batacchio or bataccio — called the 'slap stick' in English — a club-like object composed of two wooden slats used in Commedia dell'arte...

 comedies starring Terence Hill

Terence Hill

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 and Bud Spencer

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.

After he had served as a war correspondent

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 on Eastern Front of World War II

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 he moved on to become a camera operator

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In 1961 he advanced to a career as cinematographer, including films like Spaghetti Western

Spaghetti Western

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 Django

Django (film)

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 by Sergio Corbucci

Sergio Corbucci

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, with whom he had worked together since his sword-and-sandal films.

From 1970 onwards Barboni started his career as a director, using the pseudonym E. B. Clucher. After a more serious start he soon gained a reputation as the inventor of a slapstic form of spaghetti western.

In 1967 he worked on the music western Little Rita nel west, featuring Rita Pavone

Rita Pavone

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 and Terence Hill, who moved on from Karl May movies

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 to his new career in the spaghetti western genre. Afterwards Barboni became screenwriter and director of the successful comedy films featuring Bud Spencer and Terence Hill.

His later attempt to repeat the success of the Spencer/Hill movies failed in 1994.

Among his better-known films are They Call Me Trinity

They Call Me Trinity

They Call Me Trinity also known as My Name is Trinity, is a 1970 Italian spaghetti western film starring Terence Hill and Bud Spencer.-Plot summary:...

, Trinity Is STILL My Name!, and They Call Me Renegade.

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