Years active 1933–1979 Siblings Renato Zampa Children Fabrizio Zampa | Role Film-maker Name Luigi Zampa | |
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Born January 2, 1905 ( 1905-01-02 ) Rome, Italy Died August 16, 1991, Rome, Italy Education Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Movies Difficult Years, Be Sick It's Free, Tigers in Lipstick, Roaring Years, The Traffic Policeman Similar People Alberto Sordi, Nando Bruno, Aldo Fabrizi, Nino Manfredi, Franco Fabrizi | ||
Fra' Diavolo - Luigi Zampa (1942)
Luigi Zampa (Rome, January 2, 1905 – Rome, August 16, 1991) was an Italian film-maker.
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Biography
Son of a worker, Zampa studied film making from 1932 to 1937 at the Italian film school Centro sperimentale di cinematografia in Rome.
He directed several Italian neorealism films in the 1940s. In 1949 he filmed in UK the British film Children of Chance, which he remade in Italian the following year as Campane a martello.
During the 1950s and 1960s he became a director of several successful films belonging to the Commedia all'italiana genre, some starring Alberto Sordi.
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