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Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975)

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 Pummi (1961) was based on his own novel and its violent depiction of the life of a pimp in the slums of Rome caused a sensation. He ... See full bio »

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Sodoman 120 päivää
Sodoman 120 päivää Writer
(1975)
Decamerone
Decamerone Writer
(1971)
Oidipus
Oidipus Writer
(1967)
Cabirian yöt
Cabirian yöt Writer
(1957)
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 2019 Ancora Lucciole (Documentary short) (excerpts)
 2016 Pílades (Video) (play)
 2013 Orlando Ferito - Roland blessé (Documentary) (texts)
 2011 Amore carne (Documentary) (texts)
 2008 La rabbia di Pasolini (Documentary) (commentary)
 2002 Orgía (Short) (play)
 1999 Una disperata vitalità (Documentary) (poems)
 1997 Le bassin de J.W. (text "Descriptions de descriptions")
 1996 Il pratone del casilino (Short) (novel "Petrolio")
 1995 L'intesa (story)
 1988 L'altro enigma (TV Movie) (story)
 1985 Die Leiche wurde nie gefunden (TV Movie) (play)
 1981 Calderon (play "Calderon")
 1981 Mulheres... Mulheres (story "Morire d'Amore")
 1977 Laboratorio teatrale di Luca Ronconi (TV Movie documentary) (play "Calderón")
 1975 Sodoman 120 päivää (written by)
 1974 Tuhat ja yksi yötä (written by)
 1973 Himokkaiden hommelit (screenplay) / (story)
 1972 Canterburyn tarinoita (screenplay)
 1972 12 dicembre (Documentary) (idea)
 1971 Decamerone
 1971 Le mura di Sana'a (Documentary short) (commentary)
 1970 Appunti per un'Orestiade africana (Documentary) (written by)
 1970 Ostia (written by)
 1969 Medea (written by)
 1969 Sikolätti (writer)
 1969 Amore e rabbia (screenplay - segment "La sequenza del fiore di carta")
 1968 Teorema (screenplay)
 1968 Appunti per un film sull'India (TV Movie documentary) (written by)
 1968 Capriccio all'italiana (segment "Che cosa sono le nuvole?")
 1968 Che cosa sono le nuvole? (Short) (written by)
 1967 Il ragazzo motore (Documentary short) (short story)
 1967 Oidipus (written by)
 1967 Requiescant (screenplay - uncredited)
 1967 Elävältä poltettu noita (story and screenplay - segment "Terra vista dalla luna, La")
 1966 Haukat ja varpuset (screenplay) / (story)
 1963 Milano nera (collaboration)
 1963 La rabbia (Documentary) (commentary - part one)
 1963 Ro.Go.Pa.G. (writer - segment "La ricotta")
 1962 Mamma Roma
 1962 Viikatemies (uncredited) / (story)
 1962 Una vita violenta (novel)
 1961 La Canta delle Marane (Short) (writer)
 1961 Pummi (screenplay) / (story)
 1961 Ilotyttöjen kortteli (screenplay - as Pierpaolo Pasolini)
 1960 Stendalì: Suonano ancora (Documentary short) (collaborator)
 1960 Syntinen päivä (screenplay) / (story)
 1960 Il carro armato dell'8 settembre (screenplay)
 1960 La lunga notte del '43 (screenplay)
 1960 Morte di un amico (story)
 1960 Kaunis Antonio (screenplay)
 1960 Ihana elämä (uncredited)
 1959 Rohkea yö (novel "Ragazzi di vita") / (screenplay)
 1958 Ignoti alla Città (Documentary short)
 1958 Giovani mariti (writer)
 1957 Marisa la civetta (screenplay) / (story)
 1957 Grigio (Documentary short) (writer)
 1957 Cabirian yöt (collaborating writer)
 1956 Manon: Finestra 2 (Short) (text - uncredited)
 1955 Il prigioniero della montagna (as Paul Pasolini)
 1954 Nainen joelta (screenplay)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Novel: "Teorema" (filmed as Teorema (1968)) See more »

Publicity Listings:

16 Biographical Movies | 5 Print Biographies | 11 Articles | 1 Pictorial | See more »

Alternate Names:

P.P. Pasolini | Paul Pasolini | Pierpaolo Pasolini

Height:

5' 5¾" (1.67 m)

Parents:

Carlo Alberto Pasolini | Susanna Pasolini

Relatives:

Nico Naldini (cousin)
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