Giovanni Grimaldi
| Giovanni Grimaldi | |
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| Born |
November 14, 1917 Catania, Sicily, Italy |
| Died |
February 25, 2001 (aged 84) Sicily, Italy |
| Years active | 1952 - 1983 |
Giovanni Grimaldi (November 14, 1917 - February 25, 2001) was an Italian screenwriter, journalist and film director. He was sometimes credited as Gianni Grimaldi.[1]
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.[2] Since 1964 he became a prolific director of comedy films, often working with Lando Buzzanca and with the couple Franco Franchi-Ciccio Ingrassia.[2]
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.[2] He was also a radio author, a playwright and a television director. He was the father of the director and screenwriter Aldo Grimaldi.[2]
External links and sources
- ↑ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
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