Gillo Pontecorvo

Gillo Pontecorvo

Director 5 / Actor 4 / Writer 2 · 1946 – 2005 · 🎬 11 · 🇮🇹 Italy

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). It won the Golden Lion at the 27th Venice Film Festival, and earned him Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.

All · 11 🎬 Movies · 11

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Highlights

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

2005

The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops

The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops

2002

The Stupids

The Stupids

1996

Frequent Collaborators

Franco Solinas

6 shared

Aldo Vergano

3 shared

Carlo Lizzani

Carlo Lizzani

2 shared

Jean Martin

Jean Martin

2 shared

Dusan Perković

2 shared

Rouiched

2 shared

All decades 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

🎬 Movies

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

actor

2005

The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops

The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops

director

2002

The Stupids

The Stupids

actor

1996

Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth

Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth

actor

1992

Burn!

Burn!

director

1969

The Battle of Algiers

The Battle of Algiers

director

1966

The Battle of Algiers

The Battle of Algiers

writer

1966

Kapo

Kapo

writer

1960

Kapo

Kapo

director

1960

The Wind Rose

The Wind Rose

director

1957

Outcry

Outcry

actor

1946

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