Roberto Roberti

Roberto Roberti
Roberti in 1918
Born	5 August 1879 Torella dei Lombardi, Campania, Italy
Died	9 January 1959 Torella dei Lombardi, Campania, Italy
Other names	Vincenzo Leone
Occupation	Actor, writer, Director
Years active	1911-1950 (film)

Roberto Roberti (1879–1959) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. He made over sixty films, mostly during the silent era. He was born as Vincenzo Leone, but adopted Roberti as his screen name. He was married to the actress Bice Valerian. Their son Sergio Leone became a celebrated director.^[1]

During the 1910s Roberti made a number of films for the Turin-based Aquila Films, often featuring his wife in a leading role. He then moved to Caesar Film where he directed eighteen films starring the diva Francesca Bertini.^[2]

Selected filmography

References

Bibliography

• Abel, Richard. Encyclopedia of Early Cinema. Taylor & Francis, 2005.
• Mira Liehm. Passion and Defiance: Italian Film from 1942 to the Present. University of California Press, 1986.

External links

• Roberto Roberti at the Internet Movie Database