# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/franco-castellano
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:07:36.968Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/franco-castellano"
name: "Franco Castellano"
slug: "franco-castellano"
description: "Franco Castellano was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 94 films between 1958 and 1997. He also directed 21 films between 1964 and 1992. Most of the films he co-wrote and co-directed as a part of the Castellano & Pipolo duo alongside Giuseppe Moccia. Their 1984 film Il ragazzo di campagna was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival."
tagline: "Italian screenwriter, actor and film director (1925-1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Castellanopipolo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IT"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1925-06-20"
deathDate: "1999-12-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.893414666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0144689"
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    title: "Franco Castellano"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump