Giorgio Mangiamele
Born: 1926-08-13 in Catania, Sicily, Italy
Died: 2001-05-13
Known For: Directing
Biography
Giorgio Mangiamele studied Fine Arts in Catania, Italy; Film Production at the Polizia Scientifica, Rome, Italy; and journalism in the Faculty of Journalism, Pro-Deo University in Rome, Italy. He emigrated to Australia in 1952, and became a Naturalised Australian citizen in 1957. Soon after arrival in Australia, he set up a photographic studio in Carlton, and started making films. In the late fifties he took over a cinema school in Russell Street, Melbourne, which had run into difficulties, and which later he shifted to his photographic/film studio in Carlton. Between 1979 and 1982, he held a contract with the PNG Government, Prime Minister's Department, making five films and thereby basically establishing a PNG Film Unit. Over the next years, until his death, he worked on various unfulfilled scripts, mainly one finally known as Sogeri Road.
Filmography
1970
- Beyond Reason ... (Director)
1965
- Clay ... (Director)
1963
- Ninety Nine Per Cent ... (Director)
1962
- The Spag ... (Director)
1953
- Il Contratto ... (Director)