Occupation Film producer Name Leo Pescarolo | Role Film producer Siblings Vera Pescarolo | |
Born 1935 Italy Died May 24, 2006, Rabat, Morocco Parents Vera Vergani, Leonardo Pescarolo Awards David di Donatello for Best Producer Movies Devil in the Flesh, What Have You Done to Solang, The Great Pumpkin, The Truce, Towards Evening Similar People Vera Vergani, Giuliano Montaldo, Fulvio Lucisano, Francesca Archibugi, Giuseppe Lanci | ||
Leo Pescarolo (1935 – 24 May 2006) was an Italian film producer.
The son of the actress Vera Vergani, Pescarolo entered the film industry at age 22, first as an assistant director of Gianni Franciolini and Mario Camerini, and later as a producer. He produced many films of Liliana Cavani, Giuliano Montaldo and almost all the works of Francesca Archibugi, as well as films by Federico Fellini, Francesco Rosi and Lars von Trier. In 1994 he won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Producer, for Archibugi's The Great Pumpkin, and in 1997 he won the David di Donatello in the same category for The Truce. Pescarolo was also a renowned gastronome, and he held a cooking column for a newspaper.
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