Antonio Pietrangeli
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Antonio Pietrangeli (born January 19, 1919 in Rome, Gaeta, died July 12, 1968) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Pietrangeli was a major practitioner of the Commedia all'italiana genre.
[edit] Biography
He started writing film reviews for famous Italian cinema magazines such as Bianco e nero and Cinema. As a screenwrite, 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 died in a car accident in 1969 while his last film was in production.
[edit] Filmography
- 1953: Il sole negli occhi
- 1953: Girandola 1910 – Episode of Amori di mezzosecolo
- 1955: Lo scapolo
- 1957: Nata di marzo
- 1957: It Happened in Rome (Souvenir d’Italie)
- 1960: Adua e le compagne
- 1961: Ghosts of Rome (Fantasmi a Roma)
- 1963: La parmigiana
- 1963: La visita
- 1964: The Magnificent Cuckold (Il magnifico cornuto)
- 1965: Io la conoscevo bene
- 1966: Fata Marta – Episodio de Le fate
- 1969: How, When and with Whom (Come, quando, perché)
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