Bob Giraldi (born January 17, 1939) is a film and television director who is probably best known for directing the video for Michael Jackson's song "Beat It." Giraldi was born in Paterson, New Jersey, to a working-class Italian-American family. He attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York on a basketball and baseball scholarship, graduating in 1960 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Wikipedia
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