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Gillo Pontecorvo (1919–2006)

Director | Writer | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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He would often cast non-professionals in order to fill a role with a person who he thought had the right face for the character. See more trivia »

Born:

Gilberto Pontecorvo
in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Died:

(age 86) in Rome, Lazio, Italy
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2003 Firenze, il nostro domani (documentary)
 
2002 La primavera del 2002 - L'Italia protesta, l'Italia si ferma (documentary)
 
2001 Another World Is Possible (documentary)
 
1997 Nostalgia di protezione (short)
 
1989 12 registi per 12 città (documentary) (segment "Udine")
 
1984 L'addio a Enrico Berlinguer (documentary)
 
1979 Ogro
 
1969 Burn!
 
1966 The Battle of Algiers
 
1963 Paras (documentary)
 
1960 Kapò
 
1959 Gli uomini del lago (documentary short)
 
1959 Pane e zolfo (documentary)
 
1957 La grande strada azzurra
 
1957 Die Windrose (segment "Giovanna")
 
1955 Cani dietro le sbarre (documentary)
 
1955 Giovanna (short)
 
1955 Uomini del marmo (documentary short)
 
1954 Festa a Castelluccio (documentary)
 
1954 Porta Portese (documentary)
 
1953 Missione Timiriazev (documentary)
 
Show ShowWriter (7 titles)
1997 Nostalgia di protezione (short)
 
1979 Ogro (writer)
 
1969 Burn! ( - uncredited / story)
 
1966 The Battle of Algiers
 
1960 Kapò
 
1957 La grande strada azzurra (screenplay)
 
1955 Uomini del marmo (documentary short)
 
1955 Toto and Carolina (first assistant director)
 
1953 Love in the City (assistant director - segment "Storia di Caterina")
 
1953 The Unfaithfuls (assistant director)
 
1951 Miracles Only Happen Once (assistant director - as G. Pontecorvo)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (3 titles)
2004 Marxist Poetry: The Making of 'The Battle of Algiers' (video documentary) (archival material)
 
1984 L'addio a Enrico Berlinguer (documentary) (coordinator)
 
1970 Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli (documentary) (support)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1996 The Stupids
Talk Show Guest #1
 
1957 La grande strada azzurra
 
1946 Outcry
Pietro
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
2009 Inglourious Basterds (writer: "ALGERI: 1 NOVEMBRE 1954" Battle of Algiers / 1966)
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2012 Special Collector's Edition (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
– Operación Ogro (2012) (in memory of)
 
2005 Remembering History (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
1995 Különbözö helyek (documentary short) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (11 titles)
2009 Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso (documentary)
 
2005 Elio Petri... appunti su un autore (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Un controtipo - appunti su Gillo Pontecorvo (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Marxist Poetry: The Making of 'The Battle of Algiers' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 The Making of 'The Battle of Algiers' (documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Per Yves Montand (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Ritratti italiani n. 7: Gillo Pontecorvo (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Homo cinematographicus (TV documentary)
Himself (regista)
 
1996 Ritratti d'autore (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Gillo Pontecorvo (1996) … Himself
 
1995 Ennio Morricone (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth (TV documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2007 The 79th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
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Personal Details

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3 Biographical Movies  | 2 Print Biographies  | 1 Interview  | 11 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

G. Pontecorvo
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Trivia:

He would often cast non-professionals in order to fill a role with a person who he thought had the right face for the character. See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio