Giuliano Montaldo
Born: 1930-02-22 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Died: 2023-09-05
Known For: Directing
Biography
Born in 1930 in Genoa. Still a young student in 1950 when director Carlo Lizzani gave him a role in the film Achtung Banditi!. Following this experience he traveled to Rome where, after acting in film and theatre, he became the Assistant Director of Lizzani, Gillo Pontecorvo, Sergio Leone, Francesco Rosi. In 1960 he made his debut as a Director with Tiro Al piccione, a film about the Partisan Resistance, on competition at the 1961 Venice Film Festival. In 1964 he directed La Moglie Svedese, an episode of the film Extraconiugale. With his second movie, Una Bella Grinta, won the special prize of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival in 1965, a film about a social climber in Italy during the time of the economic miracle. That year he also directed the second unit of Pontecorvo's masterpiece The Battle Of Algiers.
Filmography
2025
2024
2023
- One Hour Only as Giuliano
2022
- Ennio as Self
- Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America as Self
2020
2018
2017
- Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life as Self
- Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts as Self - Filmmaker
- Raccontare Venezia as Self
- Everything You Want as Giorgio
- Tonino as Self
2016
- L'abbiamo fatta grossa as Generale
2015
- Il segreto di Otello as Self
2012
- The Years of Lost Images as Self
- Giuliano Montaldo - Quattro volte vent'anni as Self
2011
- Noi c'eravamo as Self
- The Entrepreneur ... (Director)
- Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane as Self
- Voi siete qui as Self
2010
- Flaiano: il meglio è passato as Himself
2009
- Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
- L'oro di Cuba ... (Director)
2008
- The Demons of St. Petersburg ... (Director)
2007
2006
- Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds as Self
- The Caiman as Franco Caspio
- Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things as Self
2005
- Filmmakers vs. Tycoons as Self
2004
- Western all'italiana
- Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté as Self - Interviewee
1997
- Years of the Eagle ... (Director)
1996
- Celluloide as Civalleri (uncredited)
1995
- Un eroe borghese as Roberto Calvi
- Rome, November 12, 1994 ... (Director)
1993
- The Long Silence as Procuratore Capo
1989
- Time to Kill ... (Director)
1987
- The Gold Rimmed Glasses ... (Director)
- Control ... (Director)
1985
- Cinecittà Cinecittà as Director #2
1984
- Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer ... (Director)
- Sabatoventiquattromarzo ... (Director)
1983
- Turandot ... (Director)
1982
- Marco Polo ... (Screenplay)
1979
- A Dangerous Toy ... (Director)
1978
- Closed Circuit ... (Director)
1976
- And Agnes Chose To Die ... (Director)
1975
- A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot ... (Second Unit Director)
1973
- Giordano Bruno ... (Director)
1971
- Sacco & Vanzetti ... (Director)
1970
- The Fifth Day of Peace ... (Director)
1969
- Machine Gun McCain ... (Director)
1967
- Grand Slam ... (Director)
1966
- The Battle of Algiers ... (Second Unit)
1965
- The Reckless ... (Screenplay)
1964
- Extraconiugale ... (Screenplay)
1963
- Nudi per vivere ... (Director)
1961
- Pigeon Shoot ... (Director)
- The Assassin
- Duel of Champions ... (Screenplay)
1960
- Kapo ... (Co-Director)
1959
- Esterina ... (First Assistant Director)
1957
- The Most Wonderful Moment as Don Grazzini
- The Wide Blue Road ... (Assistant Director)
- The Doll that Took the Town
1955
- The Girls of San Frediano as Venturini
- Abandoned as Scattered Soldier from Tuscany
- Giovanna ... (Production Manager)
1954
- Chronicle of Poor Lovers as Alfredo Campolmi
- High School as Professore di religione
1953
- At the Edge of the City as don Antonio
- La cieca di Sorrento as Don Pietro Lisandrini
1951
- Attention! Bandits! as Lorenzo