Giovanni Grimaldi

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Giovanni Grimaldi
Born	(1917-11-14)November 14, 1917 Catania, Sicily, Italy
Died	February 25, 2001(2001-02-25) (aged 84) Sicily, Italy
Years active	1952 - 1983

Giovanni Grimaldi (November 14, 1917 - February 25, 2001) was an Italian screenwriter, journalist and film director.

Born in Catania, Sicily, Grimaldi entered the cinema industry in 1952 as a screenwriter of a large number of often highly successful films, frequently working together with Bruno Corbucci.^[1] Since 1964 he became a prolific director of comedy films, often working with Lando Buzzanca and with the couple Franco Franchi-Ciccio Ingrassia.^[1]

Aside from films, Grimaldi was a journalist, a collaborator and even the director of several Italian humor magazines such as Trilussa, Candido and Marc' Aurelio.^[1] He was also a radio author, a playwright and a television director. He was the father of the director and screenwriter Aldo Grimaldi.^[1]

External links and sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.

Giovanni Grimaldi at the Internet Movie Database

Authority control	VIAF: 74058429 ISNI: 0000 0000 6157 0016 ICCU: IT\ICCU\PALV\026412

Persondata
Name	Grimaldi, Giovanni
Alternative names
Short description	Italian film director,screenwriter and journalist
Date of birth	November 14, 1917
Place of birth	Catania, Sicily, Italy
Date of death	February 25, 2001
Place of death	Sicily, Italy

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