Antonio Pietrangeli
Born: 1919-01-19 in Rome - Italy
Died: 1968-07-12
Known For: Directing
Biography
Antonio Pietrangeli (born 19 January 1919 in Rome, died 12 July 1968 in Gaeta) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Pietrangeli was a major practitioner of the Commedia all'italiana genre. He started writing film reviews for famous Italian cinema magazines such as Bianco e nero and Cinema. As a screenwriter, Pietrangeli's work included Ossessione directed byVisconti, Fabiola by Blasetti, Europa '51 by Rossellini, and La lupa by Lattuada. His directing debut was Il sole negli occhi (1953). Career highlights include Io la conoscevo bene (1965) and Adua e le compagne (1960). He drowned in the sea of Gaeta in 1968 while working on Come, quando, perché, which was completed by Valerio Zurlini. [wikipedia]
Filmography
1969
- How, When, and with Whom ... (Director)
1966
- The Queens ... (Director)
1965
- I Knew Her Well ... (Director)
1964
- The Magnificent Cuckold ... (Director)
1963
- The Girl from Parma ... (Director)
- The Visitor ... (Director)
1961
- Ghosts of Rome ... (Director)
1960
- Adua and Her Friends ... (Director)
1958
- March's Child ... (Story)
1957
- It Happened in Rome ... (Director)
1955
- The Bachelor ... (Director)
1954
- Where Is Freedom? ... (Screenplay)
- The Island Princess ... (Screenplay)
- Mid-Century Loves ... (Director)
1953
- Rivalità ... (Screenplay)
- The She-Wolf ... (Screenplay)
- The World Condemns Them ... (Screenplay)
- Empty Eyes ... (Director)
1952
- Europe '51 ... (Second Assistant Director)
- Girls Marked Danger ... (Story)
1951
- Last Meeting ... (Screenplay)
- Honeymoon Deferred ... (Story)
1950
- Quel fantasma di mio marito ... (Co-Writer)
- The Last Days of Pompeii ... (Screenplay)
1949
- La Terra Trema as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- La sposa non può attendere ... (Story)
1948
- Lost Youth ... (Screenplay)
- Lovers Without Love ... (Screenplay)
1944
- Obsession ... (Screenplay)