OS DIRETORES [ITA]
by ongmonky-762-975996 | created - 20 Aug 2014 | updated - 21 Aug 2014 | Public1955
1. Luis César Amadori
Writer | Madreselva
Luis César Amadori was born on May 28, 1903 in Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Honeysuckle (1938), La pasión desnuda (1953) and Almafuerte (1949). He was married to Zully Moreno. He died on June 5, 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2. Giuseppe Amato
Producer | La dolce vita
Giuseppe Amato was born on August 24, 1899 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He was a producer and writer, known for La Dolce Vita (1960), Umberto D. (1952) and Bicycle Thieves (1948). He died on February 3, 1964 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
3. Mario Amendola
Writer | Trappola per sette spie
Mario Amendola was born on December 8, 1910 in Recco, Liguria, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Trappola per sette spie (1966), Sword of Damascus (1964) and Storia de fratelli e de cortelli (1973). He died on December 22, 1993 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
4. Edoardo Anton
Writer | Dramma nella Kasbah
Edoardo Anton was born on January 7, 1910 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for The Man from Cairo (1953), Ridere! Ridere! Ridere! (1954) and Robin Hood and the Pirates (1960). He died on May 11, 1986 in Villefranche-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
5. Michelangelo Antonioni
Writer | L'avventura
Together with Fellini, Bergman and Kurosawa, Michelangelo Antonioni is credited with defining the modern art film. And yet Antonioni's cinema is also recognized today for defying any easy categorization, with his films ultimately seeming to belong to their own distinctive genre. Indeed, the ...
6. Cesare Barlacchi
Director | Tormento di anime
Cesare Barlacchi is known for Tormento di anime (1953), La sonnambula (1954) and La favorita (1952).
7. Ottorino Franco Bertolini
Director | La canzone più bella
Ottorino Franco Bertolini is known for La canzone più bella (1957) and Pensione Edelweiss (1959).
8. Giorgio Bianchi
Director | Cronaca nera
Giorgio Bianchi was born on February 18, 1904 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and actor, known for Cronaca nera (1947), Il conte Max (1957) and La maestrina (1942). He died on February 9, 1967 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
9. Roberto Bianchi Montero
Director | Tharus figlio di Attila
Roberto Bianchi Montero was born on December 7, 1907 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Tharus figlio di Attila (1962), Savana: Violenza carnale (1979) and 36 ore all'inferno (1969). He died in 1986.
10. Oreste Biancoli
Writer | Ladri di biciclette
Italian playwright, screenwriter, and director. At age 24, he received his law degree, but proceeded upon a career in journalism. He collaborated with Dino Falconi on a number of successful comedies for the stage before entering films soon after the coming of sound. Soon thereafter he began ...
11. Alessandro Blasetti
Director | Prima comunione
Alessandro Blasetti was born on July 3, 1900 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for First Communion (1950), La corona di ferro (1941) and Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966). He was married to Maria Laura Quagliotti. He died on February 1, 1987 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
12. Mauro Bolognini
Director | Madamigella di Maupin
Mauro Bolognini was born on February 28, 1922 in Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Madamigella di Maupin (1966), Mosca addio (1987) and Careless (1962). He died on May 14, 2001 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
13. Mario Bonnard
Director | Il trattato scomparso
Mario Bonnard was born on December 24, 1889 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and actor, known for Il trattato scomparso (1933), I promessi sposi (1922) and Cinque a zero (1932). He died on March 22, 1965 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
14. Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Director | Amore
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia was born on July 8, 1894 in Frosinone, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Amore (1935), Barbablù (1941) and L'amore si fa così (1939). He died on January 3, 1998 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
15. Guido Brignone
Director | Passaporto rosso
Guido Brignone was born on December 6, 1886 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Passaporto rosso (1935), Loyalty of Love (1934) and Under the Southern Cross (1938). He was married to Lola Visconti-Brignone. He died on March 6, 1959 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
16. Gian Paolo Callegari
Writer | I misteri della giungla nera
Gian Paolo Callegari was born on March 7, 1909 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Mystery of the Black Jungle (1954), Gladiator of Rome (1962) and Agente Sigma 3 - Missione Goldwather (1967). He died in 1982.
17. Mario Camerini
Director | Il signor Max
Mario Camerini was born on February 6, 1895 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Il signor Max (1937), I'll Give a Million (1935) and I grandi magazzini (1939). He was married to Assia Noris. He died on February 4, 1981 in Gardone Riviera, Lombardy, Italy.
18. Carlo Campogalliani
Director | La grande luce - Montevergine
Carlo Campogalliani was born on October 10, 1885 in Concordia sulla Secchia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was a director and actor, known for La grande luce - Montevergine (1939), Stadio (1934) and Il cavaliere di Kruja (1940). He was married to Letizia Quaranta. He died on August 10, 1974 in Rome, ...
19. Luigi Capuano
Director | Suor Maria
Luigi Capuano was born on July 13, 1904 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Suor Maria (1955), Rondini in volo (1949) and Cuore di mamma (1954). He died on October 20, 1979 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
20. Aglauco Casadio
Writer | Un ettaro di cielo
Aglauco Casadio was born in 1920 in Faenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Aglauco is a writer and director, known for Un ettaro di cielo (1958), Piccolo cabotaggio pittorico (1952) and La ferriera abbandonata (1963).
21. Renato Castellani
Writer | Romeo and Juliet
Renato Castellani was born on September 4, 1913 in Finale Ligure, Liguria, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Romeo and Juliet (1954), Two Cents Worth of Hope (1952) and Sotto il sole di Roma (1948). He died on December 28, 1985 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
22. Fernando Cerchio
Director | Col ferro e col fuoco
Fernando Cerchio was born on August 7, 1914 in Luserna San Giovanni, Piedmont, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Invasion 1700 (1962), Comacchio (1942) and Daughter of Cleopatra (1960). He died on August 19, 1974 in Mentana, Lazio, Italy.
23. Ferruccio Cerio
Writer | Posto di blocco
Ferruccio Cerio was born on September 25, 1904 in Savona, Liguria, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Posto di blocco (1945), La prigione (1944) and L'ultimo addio (1942). He died on April 23, 1963 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
24. Luigi Chiarini
Writer | La bella addormentata
Arguably more important than his contributions as director (5 films) or scenarist (11 titles which include work for De Sica and Rossellini) are the roles Luigi Chiarini (1900-75) played in Italy as theorist, editor, festival director and film school founder. During the Fascist era, in 1935 he ...
25. Duilio Coletti
Director | La grande speranza
Duilio Coletti was born on December 28, 1906 in Penne, Abruzzo, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Torpedo Zone (1954), Under Ten Flags (1960) and The House of Intrigue (1956). He died on May 22, 1999 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
26. Golfiero Colonna
Writer | I pirati di Capri
Golfiero Colonna was a writer and producer, known for The Pirates of Capri (1949), Nude Odyssey (1961) and I cavalieri della regina (1954). Golfiero died in 2000.
27. Luigi Comencini
Writer | Voltati Eugenio
Luigi Comencini was born on June 8, 1916 in Salò, Lombardy, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Voltati Eugenio (1980), Everybody Go Home! (1960) and Bread, Love and Dreams (1953). He was married to Giulia Grifeo. He died on April 6, 2007 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
28. Leonardo Cortese
Director | Art. 519 codice penale
Leonardo Cortese was born on May 20, 1915 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and actor, known for Art. 519 codice penale (1952), Violenza sul lago (1954) and Cavalleria rusticana (1939). He was married to Margherita Ligios. He died on October 21, 1984 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
29. Mario Costa
Director | Pini di Roma
Mario Costa was born on June 1, 1910 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Pini di Roma (1941), The Beast (1970) and Mad About Opera (1948). He died on October 22, 1995 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
30. Vittorio Cottafavi
Director | Traviata '53
The son of an army officer and landowner, Cottafavi (christened Benedetto Vittorio Emmanuele Secondo) was already endowed with a university education in law, philosophy and literature by the time he graduated from the famous Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome in 1938.
He began his ...
31. Luigi Filippo D'Amico
Writer | L'arbitro
Luigi Filippo D'Amico was born on October 9, 1924 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Playing the Field (1974), Mariti a congresso (1961) and Noi siamo le colonne (1956). He died on April 28, 2007 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
32. Luciano Emmer
Director | Domenica d'agosto
Luciano Emmer was born on January 19, 1918 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Sunday in August (1950), L'acqua... il fuoco (2003) and Il paradiso perduto (1949). He died on September 16, 2009 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
33. Aldo Fabrizi
Actor | Roma città aperta
Beloved, hugely popular Italian comic character actor/writer/director, in music halls and variety shows for much of his early career. Fabrizi entered films in 1942 and often wrote and directed his vehicles, winning international acclaim in the Roberto Rossellini's neorealist drama Rome, Open City (...
34. Lionello De Felice
Writer | Cento anni d'amore
Lionello De Felice was born on September 9, 1916 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Cento anni d'amore (1954), Constantine and the Cross (1961) and Too Young for Love (1953). He died on December 14, 1989 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
35. Federico Fellini
Writer | 8½
The women who both attracted and frightened him and an Italy dominated in his youth by Mussolini and Pope Pius XII - inspired the dreams that Fellini started recording in notebooks in the 1960s. Life and dreams were raw material for his films. His native Rimini and characters like Saraghina (the ...
36. Eduardo De Filippo
Writer | Napoli milionaria
Coming from a show-business family (his father Eduardo Scarpetta was a famous stage actor), Eduardo de Filippo made his stage debut at age 5 playing the role of "Peppiniello" in his father's comedy "Miseria e Nobiltà". At 32 he formed his own stage company with his brother Peppino de Filippo and ...
37. Clemente Fracassi
Production_manager | La dolce vita
Clemente Fracassi was born on March 5, 1917 in Vescovato, Lombardy, Italy. He was a production manager and producer, known for La Dolce Vita (1960), 8½ (1963) and Sensualita (1952). He died in 1993 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
38. Gianni Franciolini
Director | Racconti romani
Gianni Franciolini was born on June 1, 1910 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Racconti romani (1955), L'ispettore Vargas (1940) and The World Condemns Them (1953). He died on May 10, 1960 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
39. Pietro Francisci
Director | 2+5: Missione Hydra
Pietro Francisci was born on September 9, 1906, in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and writer, best known for Anthony of Padua (1949), Attila: Scourge of God (1954), Hercules (1958), and Hercules Unchained (1959). The three later pictures launched the very successful career of Joseph E. ...
40. Lucio Fulci
Writer | Lo squartatore di New York
Lucio Fulci, born in Rome in 1927, remains as controversial in death as he was in life. A gifted craftsman with a sharp tongue and a wicked sense of dark humor, Fulci achieved some measure of notoriety for his gore epics of the late 1970s and early 1980s, but respect was long in coming.
Abandoning ...
41. Rate Furlan
Writer | L'acqua li portò via
Rate Furlan was born on March 9, 1911 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for L'acqua li portò via (1949), Giudicatemi! (1948) and Arrivederci Firenze (1958). He died on November 28, 1989 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
42. Carmine Gallone
Director | Giuseppe Verdi
Carmine Gallone was born on September 10, 1885 in Taggia, Liguria, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for The Life of Giuseppe Verdi (1938), Odessa in fiamme (1942) and Scipione l'africano (1937). He was married to Soava Gallone. He died on March 12, 1973 in Frascati, Lazio, Italy.
43. Vittorio Gassman
Actor | Sleepers
Vittorio Gassman studied theatre in his youth and was quite a good basketball player. He debuted on stage in 1943 and soon felt home in all classical theatre works. Since 1946 he also worked at the movies and his first big role there was the criminal in Bitter Rice (1949). This fixed him to his ...
44. Augusto Genina
Director | Cielo sulla palude
Augusto Genina was born on January 28, 1892 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Cielo sulla palude (1949), Bengasi (1942) and L'assedio dell'Alcazar (1940). He was married to Carmen Boni. He died on September 18, 1957 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
45. Giacomo Gentilomo
Director | Amanti in fuga
Giacomo Gentilomo was born on April 5, 1909 in Trieste, Austria-Hungary [now Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy]. He was a director and writer, known for The Lovers (1946), Condottieri (1937) and Ecco la radio! (1940). He died on April 16, 2001 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
46. Pietro Germi
Writer | Il ferroviere
Pietro Germi was born on September 14, 1914 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for The Railroad Man (1956), Divorce Italian Style (1961) and The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966). He was married to Olga D'Aiello and Anna Bancio. He died on December 5, 1974 in Rome, ...
47. Ettore Giannini
Writer | Carosello napoletano
Ettore Giannini was born on December 15, 1912 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Neapolitan Carousel (1954), Europe '51 (1952) and The City Stands Trial (1952). He died on November 15, 1990 in Massa Lubrense, Campania, Italy.
48. Marino Girolami
Director | Caccia al marito
Marino Girolami was born on February 1, 1914 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Caccia al marito (1960), Le tardone (1964) and Walter e i suoi cugini (1961). He died on February 20, 1994 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
49. Claudio Gora
Director | Febbre di vivere
Claudio Gora was born on July 27, 1913 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy. He was an actor and director, known for Febbre di vivere (1953), The Facts of Murder (1959) and The Easy Life (1962). He was married to Marina Berti. He died on March 13, 1998 in Rocca Priora, Lazio, Italy.
50. Sergio Grieco
Director | Il sergente Klems
Sergio Grieco was born on January 13, 1917 in Codevigo, Veneto, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Il sergente Klems (1971), Beast with a Gun (1977) and Il figlio del circo (1963). He was married to Susan Terry. He died on March 30, 1982 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
51. Alfredo Guarini
Writer | Senza una donna
Alfredo Guarini was born on May 23, 1901 in Sestri Ponente, Genoa, Liguria, Italy. He was a writer and producer, known for Senza una donna (1943), La zia di Carlo (1943) and Documento Z-3 (1942). He was married to Isa Miranda. He died on April 6, 1981 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
52. Paolo Heusch
Director | Un uomo facile
Paolo Heusch was born on February 26, 1924 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an assistant director and director, known for Un uomo facile (1959), Caligula (1979) and Una vita violenta (1962). He died on October 21, 1982 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
53. Carlo Lastricati
Assistant_director | Barbarella
Carlo Lastricati was born in 1921 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an assistant director and production manager, known for Barbarella (1968), Contempt (1963) and Fast and Sexy (1958).
54. Alberto Lattuada
Writer | Guendalina
Alberto Lattuada was born on November 13, 1914 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Guendalina (1957), Flesh Will Surrender (1947) and Bambina (1974). He was married to Carla Del Poggio. He died on July 3, 2005 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
55. Antonio Leonviola
Writer | Ballerina e Buon Dio
Antonio Leonviola was born on May 13, 1913 in Montagnana, Veneto, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Angel in a Taxi (1958), Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules (1961) and The Temptress (1951). He was married to Sofia Scandurra. He died on August 4, 1995 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
56. Carlo Lizzani
Director | Banditi a Milano
Carlo Lizzani was born on April 3, 1922 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for The Violent Four (1968), Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954) and Celluloide (1996). He was married to Edith Bieber. He died on October 5, 2013 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
57. Nanni Loy
Director | Le quattro giornate di Napoli
Nanni Loy was born on October 23, 1925 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for The Four Days of Naples (1962), Scugnizzi (1989) and Il padre di famiglia (1967). He was married to Bianca Marchesano. He died on August 21, 1995 in Fiumicino, Lazio, Italy.
58. Ruggero Maccari
Writer | La famiglia
Ruggero Maccari was born on June 28, 1919 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for The Family (1987), A Special Day (1977) and I Knew Her Well (1965). He died on May 8, 1989 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
59. Giulio Macchi
Assistant_director | Le carrosse d'or
Giulio Macchi was born on October 1, 1918 in Cantù, Lombardy, Italy. He was a director and assistant director, known for The Golden Coach (1952), India favolosa (1954) and Latin Lovers (1961). He died on March 28, 2009 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
60. Anton Giulio Majano
Director | La rivale
Anton Giulio Majano was born on July 5, 1909 in Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for La rivale (1956), Condottieri (1937) and Cento serenate (1954). He was married to Franca May and Maresa Gallo. He died on August 12, 1994 in Marino, Lazio, Italy.
61. Curzio Malaparte
Writer | Il Cristo proibito
Curzio Malaparte (1898-1957) was a prominent Italian writer who directed one film, Strange Deception (which he also wrote and scored) that was recognized a decade later by US critic Parker Tyler in his book, Classics Of The Foreign Film.After serving in the Great War. Malaparte (who chose a last ...
62. Guido Malatesta
Writer | Maciste contro i mostri
Guido Malatesta was born in 1919 in Gallarate, Lombardy, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Maciste contro i mostri (1962), La strada dei giganti (1960) and Colossus and the Headhunters (1963). He died on June 14, 1970 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
63. Maleno Malenotti
Producer | La grande strada azzurra
Maleno Malenotti was a producer and writer, known for La grande strada azzurra (1957), The Life and Music of Giuseppe Verdi (1953) and Beautiful But Dangerous (1955). Maleno died in 1976 in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy.
64. Romolo Marcellini
Director | Sentinelle di bronzo
Romolo Marcellini was born on October 6, 1910 in Montecosaro, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Sentinelle di bronzo (1937), The Orientals (1960) and Nell'anno della luna (1969). He died on June 3, 1999 in Civitanova Marche, Macerata, Marche, Italy.
65. Marcello Marchesi
Writer | Milano miliardaria
Marcello Marchesi was born on April 4, 1912 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Milano miliardaria (1951), Sette ore di guai (1951) and Era lui, sì, sì! (1951). He was married to Enrica Sisti and Olga Barberis. He died on July 19, 1978 in San Giovanni di...
66. Francesco Maselli
Director | Storia d'amore
Francesco Maselli was born on December 9, 1930 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Storia d'amore (1986), Codice privato (1988) and Time of Indifference (1964). He was married to Stefania Brai and Goliarda Sapienza. He died on March 21, 2023 in Rome, Italy.
67. Camillo Mastrocinque
Director | I mariti (Tempesta d'anime)
Camillo Mastrocinque was born on May 11, 1901 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for I mariti (Tempesta d'anime) (1941), Don Pasquale (1940) and Lost in the Dark (1947). He died on April 23, 1969 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
68. Raffaello Matarazzo
Writer | Dora la espía
Raffaello Matarazzo started writing film reviews for the Roman newspaper Il Tevere before re-editing scripts for the Italian film company Cines. His first films were comedies until he shifted to making melodramas. With Chains (1949), produced by Titanus in 1949, he became the most successful ...
69. Mario Mattoli
Director | Abbandono
Mario Mattoli was born on November 30, 1898 in Tolentino, Marche, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Abbandono (1940), La damigella di Bard (1936) and Schoolgirl Diary (1941). He was married to Mity Mignone. He died on February 26, 1980 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
70. Gian Carlo Menotti
Writer | The Medium
Gian Carlo Menotti was born on July 7, 1911 in Cadegliano-Viconago, Lombardy, Italy. He was a writer and composer, known for The Medium (1951), Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) and Great Performances (1971). He was married to Samuel Barber. He died on February 1, 2007 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
71. Vittorio Metz
Writer | La paura fa 90
Vittorio Metz was born on July 18, 1904 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for La paura fa 90 (1951), Sette ore di guai (1951) and Milano miliardaria (1951). He died on March 1, 1984 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
72. Paolo Moffa
Director | La principessa delle Canarie
Paolo Moffa was born on December 16, 1915 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an assistant director and production manager, known for The Island Princess (1954) and Il viaggio del signor Perrichon (1943). He died on February 26, 2005 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
73. Mario Monicelli
Writer | I compagni
Mario Monicelli was born on May 16, 1915 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for The Organizer (1963), Speriamo che sia femmina (1986) and Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958). He was married to Chiara Rapaccini and Antonella Salerni. He died on November 29, 2010 in Rome, Lazio,...
74. Mauro Morassi
Director | Il cocco di mamma
Mauro Morassi was born in 1925 in Trento, Italy. He was an assistant director and director, known for Il cocco di mamma (1957), Juke box - Urli d'amore (1959) and Il successo (1963). He died in August 1966 in Isoka, Zambia.
75. Ermanno Olmi
Director | L'albero degli zoccoli
Ermanno Olmi was born on July 24, 1931 in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978), The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988) and Il posto (1961). He was married to Loredana Detto. He died on May 5, 2018 in Asiago, Veneto, Italy.
76. Gabriele Palmieri
Assistant_director | Maciste contro Ercole nella valle dei guai
Gabriele Palmieri is known for Hercules in the Valley of Woe (1961), 5 marines per 100 ragazze (1961) and Totò, Fabrizi e i giovani d'oggi (1960).
77. Domenico Paolella
Director | Maciste nell'inferno di Gengis Khan
Domenico Paolella was born on October 15, 1915 in Foggia, Puglia, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Hercules Against the Barbarians (1964), Rebel Gladiators (1962) and Operation Atlantis (1965). He died on October 7, 2002 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
78. Bruno Paolinelli
Writer | Tunisi top secret
Bruno Paolinelli was born on May 21, 1923 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and producer, known for Tunis Top Secret (1959), Il colpaccio (1976) and OSS 77: Operazione fior di loto (1965). He died on September 16, 1991 in Roquebrune, Gers, France.
79. Giorgio Pastina
Writer | Vanità
Giorgio Pastina was born in 1905 in Andria, Puglia, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Vanità (1947), Enrico IV (1943) and Desiderio 'e sole (1954). He died in 1956 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
80. Piero Pierotti
Writer | Golia e il cavaliere mascherato
Piero Pierotti was born on January 1, 1912 in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963), The Pirate and the Slave Girl (1959) and Marco Polo (1962). He died on May 4, 1970 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
81. Antonio Pietrangeli
Writer | Io la conoscevo bene
Antonio Pietrangeli was born on January 19, 1919 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for I Knew Her Well (1965), The Visit (1963) and March's Child (1958). He was married to Margherita Ferroni. He died on July 12, 1968 in Gaeta, Lazio, Italy.
82. Renato Polselli
Writer | Mania
Renato Polselli was born on February 24, 1922 in Arce, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Mania (1974) and La verità secondo Satana (1972). He died on October 1, 2006 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
83. Gillo Pontecorvo
Director | La battaglia di Algeri
Gillo Pontecorvo was an Italian filmmaker. He is best known for his 1966 masterpiece, The Battle of Algiers, widely viewed as one of the finest films of its genre: realistic though fictionalized documentary. Its portrayal of the Algerian resistance during the Algerian War uses the neorealist style ...
84. Gianni Puccini
Writer | Io uccido, tu uccidi
Gianni Puccini was born on November 9, 1914 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Io uccido, tu uccidi (1965), Il capitano di Venezia (1952) and The Seven Cervi Brothers (1968). He died on December 3, 1968 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
85. Filippo Walter Ratti
Director | A.D.3 operazione squalo bianco
Filippo Walter Ratti was born on June 13, 1914 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for Operation White Shark (1966), Non è mai troppo tardi (1953) and Amore e smarrimento (1954).
86. Dino Risi
Director | Il sorpasso
Dino Risi became a movie director by chance. In 1940 he met Alberto Lattuada at a friend's boutique. Lattuada told him they needed an assistant director for the movie Piccolo mondo antico (1941). Risi accepted just for fun, not for work. Later, he became a psychiatrist and wrote some articles for a...
87. Francesco De Robertis
Writer | Alfa Tau!
Francesco De Robertis was born on October 16, 1902 in San Marco in Lamis, Puglia, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Alfa Tau! (1942), La donna che venne dal mare (1957) and The Woman Who Came from the Sea (1954). He died on February 3, 1959 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
88. Giovanni Roccardi
Writer | Africa sotto i mari
Giovanni Roccardi was born on July 6, 1912 in Serrone, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for Africa sotto i mari (1953), L'oceano ci chiama (1957) and La violenza dei dannati (1965).
89. Francesco Rosi
Writer | Cadaveri eccellenti
His father was a shipowner. After school, Rosi initially began studying law, which he soon dropped out to work as a broadcast journalist and book illustrator in Naples. From 1944 to 1945 he worked for "Radio Napoli". In the immediate post-war years, Rosi moved to Rome, where he came into contact ...
90. Roberto Rossellini
Writer | Roma città aperta
The master filmmaker Roberto Rossellini, as one of the creators of neo-realism, is one of the most influential directors of all time. His neo-realist films influenced France's nouvelle vague movement in the 1950s and '60s that changed the face of international cinema. He also influenced American ...
91. Franco Rossi
Director | Amici per la pelle
Franco Rossi was born on April 28, 1919 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for The Woman in the Painting (1955), Nude Odyssey (1961) and Smog (1962). He died on June 5, 2000 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
92. Vittorio Sala
Director | Notturno
Vittorio Sala was born on July 1, 1918 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Notturno (1950), Tempo di tonni (1955) and Donne sole (1956). He died on May 11, 1996 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
93. Guido Salvini
Director | Adriana Lecouvreur
Guido Salvini was born on May 12, 1893 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Adriana Lecouvreur (1955), Regina della Scala (1937) and Il conte Aquila (1955). He died on May 4, 1965 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
94. Giuseppe De Santis
Writer | Caccia tragica
Giuseppe De Santis was born on February 11, 1917 in Fondi, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Tragic Hunt (1947), Giorni d'amore (1954) and Bitter Rice (1949). He was married to Gordana Miletic. He died on May 16, 1997 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
95. Roberto Savarese
Assistant_director | Le salaire de la peur
Roberto Savarese was born on August 6, 1910 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and assistant director, known for The Wages of Fear (1953), Sette anni di felicità (1942) and La principessa del sogno (1942). He died in 1996 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
96. Leopoldo Savona
Director | La guerra continua
Leopoldo Savona was born on July 13, 1913 in Lenola, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and assistant director, known for Warriors Five (1962), Apocalypse Joe (1970) and Arms of the Avenger (1963). He died on October 19, 2000 in Jesi, Marche, Italy.
97. Mario Sequi
Director | Cronaca di un delitto
Mario Sequi was born on June 30, 1913 in Monserrato, Sardinia, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for Cronaca di un delitto (1953), Incantesimo tragico (1951) and Altura (1954).
98. Vittorio De Sica
Director | Ladri di biciclette
Vittorio De Sica grew up in Naples, and started out as an office clerk in order to raise money to support his poor family. He was increasingly drawn towards acting, and made his screen debut while still in his teens, joining a stage company in 1923. By the late 1920s he was a successful matinee ...
99. Giorgio Simonelli
Director | Noi siamo due evasi
Giorgio Simonelli was born on November 23, 1901 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and editor, known for Noi siamo due evasi (1959), C'è un fantasma nel castello (1942) and Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno (1937). He died on October 3, 1966 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
100. Mario Soldati
Writer | La provinciale
Mario Soldati studied by the Jesuits and in the 1920s was acquainted with liberal intellectuals who gathered around Piero Gobetti. He wrote his first play ("Pilatus") when he was 18, and published hist first short story collection ("Salmace") in 1929. In 1935 he reached literary success with "...
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