Michele Lupo: Michele Lupo. Director: Buddy Goes West. Michele Lupo was born on 4 December 1932 in Corleone, Sicily, Italy. He was a director and assistant director, known for Buddy Goes West (1981), The Master Touch (1972) and Goliath and the Sins of Babylon (1963). He died on 27 June 1989 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.