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Overview
Date of Birth:
Date of Death:
Trivia:
Although he made fewer than 20 films, he is regarded as one of Italy's... more
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another
10 wins
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NewsDesk:
(7 articles)
King of cool
(From The Guardian - Film News. 5 December 2009, 4:05 PM, PST)
ReThinking The Battle of Algiers: A Movie the Pentagon, the Black Panthers and the Ira Can Agree On
(From Huffington Post. 11 September 2009, 8:36 AM, PDT)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 5 December 2009, 4:05 PM, PST)
ReThinking The Battle of Algiers: A Movie the Pentagon, the Black Panthers and the Ira Can Agree On
(From Huffington Post. 11 September 2009, 8:36 AM, PDT)
Alternate Names:
G. Pontecorvo
Filmography
Jump to filmography as: Director, Writer, Second Unit Director or Assistant Director, Actor, Miscellaneous Crew, Composer, Thanks, Self
Director:
- Firenze, il nostro domani (2003)
- Un altro mondo è possibile (2001)
... aka Another World Is Possible (USA) - I corti italiani (1997) (segment "Nostalgia di protezione")
- Nostalgia di protezione (1997)
- Danza della fata confetto (1996)
- 12 registi per 12 città (1989) (segment "Udine")
- L'addio a Enrico Berlinguer (1984)
- Operación Ogro (1979)
... aka Ogro (International: English title) (Italy)
... aka Operation Ogre - Queimada (1969)
... aka Burn! (USA)
... aka The Mercenary (Canada: English title) - La battaglia di Algeri (1966)
... aka The Battle of Algiers (UK) (USA)
... aka Maarakat madinat al Jazaer (Algeria: Arabic title) - Paras (1963)
- Gli uomini del lago (1959)
- Kapò (1959)
- Pane e zolfo (1959)
- Die Windrose (1957) (segment "Giovanna")
... aka A Rosa-dos-Ventos (Brazil)
... aka Rose of the Winds - La grande strada azzurra (1957)
... aka Das Leben ist ohne Gnade (West Germany)
... aka Das Leben ohne Gnade (West Germany)
... aka La grande route bleue (France: literal title)
... aka The Wide Blue Road
... aka Un dénommé Squarcio (France)
... aka Veliki plavi put (Yugoslavia: Serbian title) - Cani dietro le sbarre (1955)
- Giovanna (1955)
- Uomini del marmo (1955)
- Festa a Castelluccio (1954)
- Porta Portese (1954)
- Missione Timiriazev (1953)
Writer:
- I corti italiani (1997) (segment "Nostalgia di protezione")
- Nostalgia di protezione (1997) (writer)
- Operación Ogro (1979) (writer)
... aka Ogro (International: English title) (Italy)
... aka Operation Ogre - Queimada (1969) (uncredited) (story)
... aka Burn! (USA)
... aka The Mercenary (Canada: English title) - La battaglia di Algeri (1966) (writer)
... aka The Battle of Algiers (UK) (USA)
... aka Maarakat madinat al Jazaer (Algeria: Arabic title) - Kapò (1959) (writer)
- La grande strada azzurra (1957) (screenplay)
... aka Das Leben ist ohne Gnade (West Germany)
... aka Das Leben ohne Gnade (West Germany)
... aka La grande route bleue (France: literal title)
... aka The Wide Blue Road
... aka Un dénommé Squarcio (France)
... aka Veliki plavi put (Yugoslavia: Serbian title) - Uomini del marmo (1955) (writer)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:
- Totò e Carolina (1955) (first assistant director)
... aka Toto and Carolina (International: English title) - L'amore in città (1953) (assistant director) (segment "Storia di Caterina")
... aka Love in the City (USA) - Le infedeli (1953) (assistant director)
... aka Les infidèles (France)
... aka The Unfaithfuls (USA) - Les miracles n'ont lieu qu'une fois (1951) (assistant director) (as G. Pontecorvo)
... aka I miracoli non si ripetono (Italy)
... aka Miracles Only Happen Once (International: English title)
Actor:
- The Stupids (1996) .... Talk Show Guest #1
- La grande strada azzurra (1957)
... aka Das Leben ist ohne Gnade (West Germany)
... aka Das Leben ohne Gnade (West Germany)
... aka La grande route bleue (France: literal title)
... aka The Wide Blue Road
... aka Un dénommé Squarcio (France)
... aka Veliki plavi put (Yugoslavia: Serbian title) - Il sole sorge ancora (1946) .... Pietro
... aka Outcry (USA)
Miscellaneous Crew:
- Marxist Poetry: The Making of 'The Battle of Algiers' (2004) (V) (archival material)
Composer:
- La battaglia di Algeri (1966)
... aka The Battle of Algiers (UK) (USA)
... aka Maarakat madinat al Jazaer (Algeria: Arabic title)
Thanks:
- Remembering History (2005) (V) (special thanks)
Self:
- Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso (2009)
- Un controtipo - appunti su Gillo Pontecorvo (2005) .... Himself
- Marxist Poetry: The Making of 'The Battle of Algiers' (2004) (V) .... Himself
- Ritratti italiani n. 7: Gillo Pontecorvo (2001) .... Himself
- Homo cinematographicus (1998) (TV) .... Himself (regista)
- "Ritratti d'autore" .... Himself (1 episode, 1996)
- Gillo Pontecorvo (1996) TV episode .... Himself - Ennio Morricone (1995) (TV) .... Himself
- Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth (1992) (TV) .... Himself
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3 Biographical Movies | 2 Print Biographies | 1 Interview | 11 Articles
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