Antonio Pietrangeli (19 January 1919 – 12 July 1968) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He was a major practitioner of the commedia all'italiana genre.
Pietrangeli was born in Rome.[1] He started in the film industry by writing movie reviews for Italian cinema magazines such as Bianco e Nero and Cinema.
Pietrangeli died from drowning by accident in the Gulf of Gaeta in 1968, while working on the film Come, quando, perché. The movie was completed by his friend, director Valerio Zurlini.[2][3]
antonio, pietrangeli, january, 1919, july, 1968, italian, film, director, screenwriter, major, practitioner, commedia, italiana, genre, pietrangeli, 1953born, 1919, january, 1919rome, lazio, kingdom, italydied12, july, 1968, 1968, aged, gaeta, lazio, italyoccu. Antonio Pietrangeli 19 January 1919 12 July 1968 was an Italian film director and screenwriter He was a major practitioner of the commedia all italiana genre Antonio PietrangeliPietrangeli in 1953Born 1919 01 19 19 January 1919Rome Lazio Kingdom of ItalyDied12 July 1968 1968 07 12 aged 49 Gaeta Lazio ItalyOccupationsFilm director screenwriterYears active1941 1968 Contents 1 Biography 2 Filmography 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksBiography editPietrangeli was born in Rome 1 He started in the film industry by writing movie reviews for Italian cinema magazines such as Bianco e Nero and Cinema As a screenwriter his works include Ossessione and La terra trema directed by Luchino Visconti Fabiola directed by Alessandro Blasetti and Europa 51 directed by Roberto Rossellini Pietrangeli s own directing debut was Il sole negli occhi a 1953 film starring Gabriele Ferzetti This was followed by the Alberto Sordi comedies Lo scapolo 1956 and Souvenir d Italie 1957 The director s career highlights include Adua e le compagne 1960 a drama with Marcello Mastroianni and Simone Signoret the supernatural comedy Fantasmi a Roma 1961 again with Mastroianni Il magnifico cornuto 1964 a comedy of adultery starring Claudia Cardinale and Ugo Tognazzi and the comedy drama Io la conoscevo bene 1965 with Stefania Sandrelli He won the Nastro d Argento for Best Director for Io la conoscevo bene Pietrangeli died from drowning by accident in the Gulf of Gaeta in 1968 while working on the film Come quando perche The movie was completed by his friend director Valerio Zurlini 2 3 Filmography editPrelude to Madness 1948 Empty Eyes Il sole negli occhi 1953 Girandola 1910 Episode of Mid Century Loves Amori di mezzo secolo 1953 The Bachelor Lo scapolo 1955 Souvenirs d Italie Souvenir d Italie 1957 March s Child Nata di marzo 1958 Adua and Her Friends Adua e le compagne 1960 Ghosts of Rome Fantasmi a Roma 1961 The Girl from Parma La parmigiana 1963 La visita 1963 The Magnificent Cuckold Il magnifico cornuto 1964 I Knew Her Well Io la conoscevo bene 1965 Fata Marta Episode of Sex Quartet Le fate 1966 How When and with Whom Come quando perche 1969 References edit Gian Luigi Rondi 1966 Italian Cinema Today 1952 1965 Hill and Wang p 146 Movie Critic Dies In Fall Off Cliff Pittsburgh Post Gazette July 13 1968 p1 Schaefer Stephen reviews Adua amp Her Friends Boston Herald Retrieved 21 March 2016 Further reading editPinkerton Nick 3 December 2015 A Kind of Loving ARTFORUM Retrieved 21 March 2016 a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help External links editAntonio Pietrangeli at IMDb nbsp This article about an Italian film director is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Antonio Pietrangeli amp oldid 1216589759, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
