Giuseppe Amato

Giuseppe Amato
Born	Giuseppe Vasaturo [1] (1899-08-24)24 August 1899 Naples, Italy
Died	3 February 1964(1964-02-03) (aged 64) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Film producer, screenwriter, film director
Years active	1932-1961

Giuseppe Amato (24 August 1899 – 3 February 1964) was an Italian film producer, screenwriter and director. He produced 58 films between 1932 and 1961. He was born in Naples and died in Rome from a heart attack.

He is especially known for Bicycle Thieves.^[2]

Selected filmography

• Three Lucky Fools (1933)
• Those Two (1935)
• Thirty Seconds of Love (1936)
• The Man Who Smiles (1936)
• I Don't Know You Anymore (1936)
• The Castiglioni Brothers, (1937)
• It Was I! (1937)
• Unjustified Absence (1939)
• Eternal Melodies (1940)
• Rose scarlatte (1940 - director)
• The Jester's Supper (1942)
• Four Steps in the Clouds (1942)^[2]
• Before the Postman (1942)
• The Peddler and the Lady (1943)
• Shoeshine (also known as Shoeshine Boys) (1946)^[2]
• Rome, Open City, (1945)^[2]
• Christmas at Camp 119 (1948)
• Paris Is Always Paris (1951)
• Umberto D. (1952)^[2]
• The Return of Don Camillo (1952)^[2]
• Move and I'll Shoot (1958)
• Arrivederci Roma (1958 - writer)
• Un maledetto imbroglio (1959)
• La Dolce Vita (1960)^[2]

References

External links

• Giuseppe Amato at the Internet Movie Database
• Giuseppe Amato at AllMovie