Giovanni Pastrone

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Giovanni Pastrone
Born(1883-09-13)13 September 1883
Died27 June 1959(1959-06-27) (aged 75)
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Other namesPiero Fosco
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, actor, technician
Notable workCabiria

Giovanni Pastrone, also known by his artistic name Piero Fosco (13 September 1883 – 27 June 1959), was an Italian film pioneer, director, screenwriter, actor and technician.[1]

Pastrone was born in

David Wark Griffith in The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916).[2][3]

D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille.[4] Among those was the extensive use of a moving camera, thus freeing the feature-length narrative film from "static gaze".[5][6]

He died in Turin on 27 June 1959.[7]

Complete filmography

Directing

Acting

References

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  3. ^ "D. W. Griffith's Intolerance". Inside/Out, moma.org. 24 November 2009. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  4. ^ Ebert, Roger (2 July 2006). "Cabiria (1914)". rogerebert.com.
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  7. ^ "Giovanni Pastrone - Biography". 17 May 2020. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020.

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