Pietro Germi
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| Born | 14 September 1914 Genoa, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 5 December 1974 (aged 60) , Italy |
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| Years active | 1939–1974 |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Pietro Germi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛːtro ˈdʒɛrmi]; 14 September 1914 – 5 December 1974) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor, noted for his development of the neorealist and commedia all'italiana genres.
His 1961 film Divorce Italian Style earned him a Best Original Screenplay Oscar and a Best Director nomination at the 35th Academy Awards. Seven of his films competed at the Cannes Film Festival, with his 1966 comedy The Birds, the Bees and the Italians winning the Palme d'Or.
Biography
He studied acting and directing at Rome's
Through the years, Germi shifted away from social drama towards satirical comedies, but retained his loved element of the Sicilian people. In the 1960s, Germi received worldwide success with the films
Germi collaborated on the scripts for all the films he directed and appeared as an actor in a few of them. He died in Rome of hepatitis on 5 December 1974.
Selected filmography
Director
- The Testimony (1946)
- Lost Youth (1947)
- In the Name of the Law (1949)
- Path of Hope (1950)
- Four Ways Out (1951)
- The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo (1952)
- Mademoiselle Gobete (1952)
- Jealousy (1953)
- Mid-Century Loves (segment "Guerra 1915—18", 1954)
- The Railroad Man (1956)
- A Man of Straw (1958)
- The Facts of Murder (1959)
- Divorce Italian Style (1961)
- Seduced and Abandoned (1964)
- The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)
- L'immorale (1967)
- Serafino (1968)
- A Pocketful of Chestnuts (1970)
- Alfredo, Alfredo (1972)
Writer
- Backstage (1939)
- The Son of the Red Corsair (1943)
- The Ten Commandments (1945)
- The Testimony (1946)
- Lost Youth (1947)
- In the Name of the Law (1948)
- Path of Hope (1950)
- Against the Law (1950)
- Four Ways Out (1951)
- Mademoiselle Gobete (1952)
- The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo (1952)
- Jealousy (1953)
- Mid-Century Loves (1953, episode 2)
- The Railroad Man (1956)
- L'uomo di paglia (1957)
- Divorce Italian Style (1961)
- Seduced and Abandoned (1963)
- The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1965)
- L'immorale (1966)
- Serafino (1968)
- A Pocketful of Chestnuts (1970)
- Alfredo, Alfredo (1972)
Actor
- The Fornaretto of Venice (1939) - Frate domenicano
- Montecassino (1946)
- Escape to France (1948) - Tembien
- The Railroad Man (1956) - Andrea Marcocci
- A Man of Straw (1958) - Andrea
- The Facts of Murder (1959) - Il Dott. Ingravallo
- Five Branded Women (1960) - Partisan Commander
- Lipstick (1960) - Commissario Fioresi
- Il sicario (1961)
- The Lovemakers (1961) - Stefano
- A Man Named John (1965) - Pontiff's Father (final film role)
Resources
- ^ "6th Moscow International Film Festival (1969)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
Notes
- The Film Encyclopedia by Ephraim Katz - 1993 edition
External links
- Pietro Germi at IMDb
- Pietro Germi at AllMovie
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