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In 1970 he took part in the film 'Indio Black, sai che ti dico: sei un gran figlio di... ', (starring Yul Brunner). It was his only participation as an actor.

The producer Salvatore Carrara entrusted him in 2000 with the direction of the film The Massacre of the Innocents , about the monster of Marcinelle , a project originally developed by Alberto Cavallone . The film, written by Carrara but directed by Siragusa from Cavallone's screenplay, however remains unreleased.

Siragusa began shooting in 1986 a film inspired by the murders of the Monster of Florence, first titled "Fermate il mostro", then "Tramonti fiorentini", then "Quel violento desiderio" and subsequently "Horror Assassination", the production of which was suspended due to financial problems. The film was then completed by Siragusa and distributed in 1991 with the title "28º minuto" , but it was signed by the debutant Paolo Frajoli in order to obtain the public funding reserved for first works.

In 1997 he signed his last published film, the TV movie Inquietudine, originally intended as a pilot for a TV series which however never went into production.

Gianni Siragusa was an Italian director and screenwriter who began his career in the world of cinema as a script supervisor, collaborating on the making of films such as "Serenata a Maria", "Onore e sangue" and "La montagna di luce".

During the first half of the 1980s he shot two films belonging to the Women in prison genre "Perverse oltre le sbarre" and "Detenute violente . The direction of the latter, signed with the pseudonym Willy Regant, is often erroneously attributed to the screenwriter Sergio Garrone.

He was also assistant director in various films, including "Porca società", "Il vizio ha le calze nere", "Cagliostro and Povero Cristo" . In particular, Siragusa claims to have shot these three films entirely, despite them being directed by Tano Cimarosa, Daniele Pettinari and Pier Carpi.

He made his official directorial debut in 1976, with the action thriller "4 minuti per 4 miliardi", also known as "Quelli dell'antirapina".

In 1986 the erotic drama Senza vergogna was released, indebted to the genre brought to the fore by "Grazie zia" and "Malizia".

His second film, "Buitres sobre la ciudad", despite being an Italian-Spanish co-production with the participation of well-known actors (Maurizio Merli and Lilli Carati ), was never distributed in Italy due to production problems.