Name Antonio Pietrangeli Role Film director | Children Paolo Pietrangeli | |
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Died July 12, 1968, Gaeta, Italy Awards David di Donatello Golden Plate Award Movies I Knew Her Well, Adua and Friends, Ghosts of Rome, The Visit, The Bachelor Similar People Sandra Milo, Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola, Nino Manfredi, Pietro Germi | ||
Intervista ad Antonio Pietrangeli e François Périer su "La Visita" (1963)
Antonio Pietrangeli (19 January 1919 – 12 July 1968) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Pietrangeli was a major practitioner of the Commedia all'italiana genre.
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- Intervista ad Antonio Pietrangeli e Franois Prier su La Visita 1963
- Antonio pietrangeli ritratto e top 3 chiedichiera
- Biography
- References
Antonio pietrangeli ritratto e top 3 chiedichiera
Biography
He started writing film reviews for famous Italian cinema magazines such as Bianco e Nero and Cinema. As a screenwriter, Pietrangeli's work included Ossessione directed by Visconti, Fabiola by Blasetti, Europa '51 by Rossellini, and La lupa by Lattuada.
His directing debut was Il sole negli occhi (1953). Career highlights include Io la conoscevo bene (1965) and Adua e le compagne (1960). He won Nastro d'Argento for Best Director for Io la conoscevo bene.
He drowned in the Gulf of Gaeta in 1968 while working on Come, quando, perché, which was completed by Valerio Zurlini.
References
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