Gillo Pontecorvo
Italian film director (1919-2006) · Italy · On the map · Directors · Died at 86
Gilberto Pontecorvo Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian filmmaker associated with the political cinema movement of the 1960s and '70s. He is best known for directing the landmark war docudrama The Battle of Algiers (1966).
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Elio Petri: Notes About a FilmmakerFilm2004
Five Directors On The Battle of AlgiersFilm1998Homo CinematographicusFilm1996
The StupidsFilm, Talk show guest1995Rome, November 12, 1994Film, Director1989
12 Directors for 12 CitiesFilm, Director1984
Farewell to Enrico BerlinguerFilm, Director1979
Operation OgreFilm, Director, Writer1966
The Battle of AlgiersFilm, Director, Writer1960
KapoFilm, Director, Writer1955
GiovannaFilm, Director, Writer1946
OutcryFilm, Pietro1919Born19 November 1919People around Gillo
Franco Solinas Also in Giovanna and The Wide Blue Road
Giorgio Arlorio Also in Burn! and Operation Ogre
Franco Giraldi Also in Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984)- Alfredo Angeli Also in Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984)
Emmanuelle Riva Gillo directed Kapò (1959), also in Kapo (1960)
Alida Valli Gillo directed La grande strada azzurra (1957)
Gian Maria Volonte Gillo directed Ogro (1979)
Susan Strasberg Gillo directed Kapò (1959), also in Kapo (1960)
Nicole Garcia Gillo directed Ogro (1979)
Carlo Lizzani Also in The Sun Still Rises (1946)
Ángela Molina Gillo directed Ogro (1979)
Francesco Maselli Also in Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984)
Ana Torrent Gillo directed Ogro (1979)
Laurent Terzieff Gillo directed Kapò (1959), also in Kapo (1960)- Peter Carsten Gillo directed La grande strada azzurra (1957)
Paola Pitagora Gillo directed Kapò (1959), also in Kapo (1960)
Gianni Garko Gillo directed Kapò (1959), also in Kapo (1960)
Giuseppe Bertolucci Also in Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984)
Eusebio Poncela Gillo directed Ogro (1979)
Didi Perego Gillo directed Kapò (1959), also in Kapo (1960)
Federica Ranchi Gillo directed La grande strada azzurra (1957)
Aldo Vergano Directed The Sun Still Rises (1946)
Francesco Laudadio Also in Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984)
Saverio Marconi Gillo directed Ogro (1979)
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The Battle of Algiers 1966
Operation Ogre 1979
Kapo 1960
Burn! 1969
The Stupids 1996
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It won the Golden Lion at the 27th Venice Film Festival, and earned him Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.
