- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- September 14, 1914
- Place of Birth
- Genoa, Liguria, Italy
- Died
- December 5, 1974
Pietro Germi
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pietro Germi (14 September 1914, Genoa - 5 December 1974) was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting. He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. During his time in school, Germi supported himself by working as an extra, bit actor, assistant director, and, on occasion, writer. Germi made his directorial debut in 1945 with the film Il testimone. His early work, this film included, were very much in the Italian Neorealist style; many were social dramas that dealt with contemporary issues pertaining to people of Sicilian heritage. Through the years, Germi shifted away from social drama towards satirical comedies, but retained his loved element of the…
Filmography
movieMarcello, una vita dolce
2006 · Self (archive footage)
movieMy Friends
1975 · Story, Screenplay
movieAlfredo, Alfredo
1972 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieA Pocketful of Chestnuts
1970 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieSerafino
1968 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieThe Climax
1967 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieThe Birds, the Bees and the Italians
1966 · Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer
movieA Man Named John
1965 · Pontiff's Father
movieSeduced and Abandoned
1964 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieDivorce Italian Style
1961 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieThe Lovemakers
1961 · Stefano
movieBlood Feud
1961 · Bolognesi
movieLipstick
1960 · Commissario Fioresi
movieFive Branded Women
1960 · Partisan Commander
movieThe Facts of Murder
1959 · Il Dott. Ingravallo, Director, Screenplay
movieMan of Straw
1958 · Andrea, Director, Screenplay, Story
movieThe Railroad Man
1956 · Andrea Marcocci, Director, Screenplay
tvCinépanorama
1956 · Self
movieMid-Century Loves
1954 · Director
movieBlack 13
1953 · Writer
movieJealousy
1953 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Bandit of Tacca del Lupo
1952 · Director, Story, Adaptation
movieMademoiselle Gobete
1952 · Director
movieThe City Defends Itself
1951 · Director, Co-Writer
movieThe Path of Hope
1950 · Director, Story
movieAgainst the Law
1950 · Story
movieIn the Name of the Law
1949 · Director, Screenplay
movieEscape to France
1948 · Tembien
movieLost Youth
1948 · Director, Story, Screenplay
Anglo-Saxon writers and poets in Rome
movieAnglo-Saxon writers and poets in Rome
1947 · Director
movieMonte Cassino
1946
movieThe Testimony
1946 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieI dieci comandamenti
1945 · Writer
movieGli ultimi filibustieri
1943 · Writer
movieIl figlio del corsaro rosso
1943 · Writer
movieThe Iron Crown
1941 · Cavaliere
L'amore canta
movieL'amore canta
1941 · Writer
movieThe Sinner
1940 · Assistant Director
movieRetroscena
1939 · Writer