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Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975)

Writer | Director | Actor

Pier Paolo Pasolini achieved fame and notoriety long before he entered the film industry. A published poet at 19, he had already written numerous novels and essays before his first screenplay in 1954. His first film Accattone was based on his own novel and its violent depiction of the life of a pimp in the slums of Rome caused a sensation... See full bio »

Born:

in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Died:

(age 53) in Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy
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2008 La rabbia di Pasolini (documentary) (commentary)
 
2006 'Na specie de cadavere lunghissimo (video)
 
1999 Una disperata vitalità (documentary) (poems)
 
1997 Le bassin de J.W. (text "Descriptions de descriptions")
 
1996 Il pratone del casilino (novel "Petrolio")
 
1995 L'intesa (story)
 
1988 L'altro enigma (TV movie) (story)
 
1981 Calderon (play "Calderon")
 
1981 Mulheres... Mulheres (story "Morire d'Amore")
 
1977 Laboratorio teatrale di Luca Ronconi (TV documentary) (play "Calderón")
 
1975 Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (written by)
 
1974 Arabian Nights
 
1973 Bawdy Tales (writer)
 
1972 The Canterbury Tales (screenplay)
 
1972 Document on Giuseppe Pinelli (documentary) (idea)
 
1971 The Decameron
 
1971 Le mura di Sana'a (documentary short) (commentary)
 
1970 Notes Towards an African Orestes (documentary) (written by)
 
1970 Ostia (story and screenplay)
 
1969 Medea (written by)
 
1969 Pigpen (writer)
 
1969 Love and Anger (screenplay / segment "La sequenza del fiore di carta")
 
1968 Theorem (novel / screenplay)
 
1968 Appunti per un film sull'India (TV documentary short) (written by)
 
1968 Capriccio all'italiana (segment "Che cosa sono le nuvole?")
 
1967 Oedipus Rex
 
1967 Requiescant (uncredited)
 
1967 The Witches (segment "Terra vista dalla luna, La")
 
1967 Il ragazzo-motore (short) (short story)
 
1966 The Hawks and the Sparrows (screenplay / story)
 
1965 Sopralluoghi in Palestina per il vangelo secondo Matteo (documentary)
 
1964 The Gospel According to St. Matthew
 
1964 Love Meetings (documentary)
 
1963 La rabbia (documentary) (commentary / part one)
 
1963 Ro.Go.Pa.G. (segment "La ricotta")
 
1962 The Grim Reaper (screenplay / story)
 
1962 Mamma Roma
 
1962 Violent Life (novel)
 
1961 Accattone (screenplay / story)
 
1961 La ragazza in vetrina
 
1961 Milano nera
 
1960 From a Roman Balcony
 
1960 Il carro armato dell'8 settembre (screenplay)
 
1960 It Happened in '43
 
1960 Bell' Antonio (screenplay)
 
1960 La Dolce Vita (uncredited)
 
1959 The Big Night (novel "Ragazzi di vita" / screenplay)
 
1959 Death of a Friend (story)
 
1958 Giovani mariti (writer)
 
1958 Grigio (documentary short) (writer)
 
1957 Nights of Cabiria (screenplay)
 
1957 Marisa (screenplay / story)
 
1956 Manon: Finestra 2 (short) (text)
 
1955 Il prigioniero della montagna (as Paul Pasolini)
 
1954 The River Girl
 
Show ShowDirector (26 titles)
2008 La rabbia di Pasolini (documentary)
 
1975 Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
 
1974 Arabian Nights
 
1972 The Canterbury Tales
 
1972 Document on Giuseppe Pinelli (documentary) (uncredited)
 
1971 The Decameron
 
1971 Le mura di Sana'a (documentary short)
 
1970 Notes Towards an African Orestes (documentary)
 
1970 Appunti per un romanzo dell'immondezza (documentary)
 
1969 Medea
 
1969 Pigpen
 
1969 Love and Anger (segment "La sequenza del fiore di carta")
 
1968 Theorem
 
1968 Appunti per un film sull'India (TV documentary short)
 
1968 Capriccio all'italiana (segment "Che cosa sono le nuvole?")
 
1967 Oedipus Rex
 
1967 The Witches (segment "Terra vista dalla luna, La")
 
1967 Pasolini intervista: Ezra Pound (TV documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1966 The Hawks and the Sparrows
 
1965 Sopralluoghi in Palestina per il vangelo secondo Matteo (documentary)
 
1964 The Gospel According to St. Matthew
 
1964 Love Meetings (documentary)
 
1963 La rabbia (documentary) (part one)
 
1963 Ro.Go.Pa.G. (segment "La ricotta")
 
1962 Mamma Roma
 
1961 Accattone
 
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1972 The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
 
1972 S.P.Q.R.
 
1971 The Decameron
Allievo di Giotto (as P.P. Pasolini)
 
1967 Oedipus Rex
High Priest (uncredited)
 
1967 Requiescant
Father Juan
 
1967 Il ragazzo-motore (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1960 Il gobbo
Monco
 
Show ShowEditor (2 titles)
2008 La rabbia di Pasolini (documentary)
 
1963 La rabbia (documentary) (part 1)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1970 Ostia (presenter, supervisor)
 
1970 Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli (documentary) (support)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
1968 Capriccio all'italiana (writer: "Cosa sono le nuvole")
 
1966 The Hawks and the Sparrows (writer: "Uccellacci E Uccellini Titoli Di Testa")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1972 The Canterbury Tales (music supervisor - as P.P. Pasolini)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2012 Scatman (short) (grateful thanks)
 
1976 Hamlet (this film is dedicated to)
 
Show ShowSelf (12 titles)
1974 Io e... (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Pasolini e... la forma della città (1974) … Himself
 
1971 Le mura di Sana'a (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1971 Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker's Life (documentary short)
Himself
 
1970 Notes Towards an African Orestes (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1970 Pasolini e il pubblico (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1968 Appunti per un film sull'India (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1968 Fellini in città ovvero Frammenti di una conversazione su Federico Fellini (documentary short)
Himself
 
1967 Pasolini intervista: Ezra Pound (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1966 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Pasolini l'enragé (1966) … Himself
 
1965 Sopralluoghi in Palestina per il vangelo secondo Matteo (documentary)
Himself
 
1964 Love Meetings (documentary)
Himself - Interviewer
 
1960 Fellini (TV series)
Himself
– Ses films avec Giulietta Masina … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (22 titles)
2011 The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV series documentary)
 
2011 Time Shift (TV series documentary)
 
2009 La notte quando è morto Pasolini (documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 Walking with Pasolini (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 La rabbia di Pasolini (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Il falso bugiardo
Himself
 
2008 Erika Rabau: Puck of Berlin (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 La rabbia 1, la rabbia 2, la rabbia 3... l'Arabia (documentary)
 
2007 Callas assoluta (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Pasolini prossimo nostro (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Pier Paolo Pasolini - L'idea d'amore (short)
Himself
 
2005 Come si fa a non amare Pier Paolo Pasolini - Appunti per un film sull'immondezza (documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Salò d'hier à aujourd'hui (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Bernardo Bertolucci: What Is the Purpose of Cinema? (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Pier Paolo Pasolini e la ragione di un sogno (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Salò: Fade to Black (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Arruso (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1995 Pasolini, un delitto italiano
Himself (uncredited)
 
1994 Le ceneri di Pasolini (documentary)
Himself
 
1986 A futura memoria: Pier Paolo Pasolini (documentary)
Himself
 
1981 Wie de Waarheid Zegt Moet Dood (documentary)
Himself
 
1980 My Name Is Anna Magnani (documentary)
Himself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1955) Novel: "Ragazzi di Vita" (Children of Life) See more »

Publicity Listings:

13 Biographical Movies  | 5 Print Biographies  | 9 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

P.P. Pasolini | Paul Pasolini

Height:

5' 5¾" (1.67 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

The mark which has dominated all my work is the longing for life, this sense of exclusion, which doesn't lessen, but augments this love of life. See more »

Trivia:

His book of poetry was first published in 1942 titled "Poesie a Casarsa". See more »

Trademark:

Uses classical music in his films See more »

Star Sign:

Pisces