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The Stupids1996* 4.8
Homo Cinematographicus1998* 8.0
The Wide Blue Road1957* 6.2
Return to Algiers1992* 5.0
Outcry1946* 6.7
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker2005* 6.7
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers2004* 10.0
Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers2004* 7.2
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer1984* 6.5
La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte2018* 10.0
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso2009* NR
Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth1992* 6.0
Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms2007* 10.0
Gillo Pontecorvo
DirectingBorn 19 Nov 1919Pisa, Italy
Gillo Pontecorvo, born November 19, 1919 in Pisa and died October 12, 2006 in Rome, is an Italian filmmaker. Of Italian Jewish origin, Gillou Pontecorvo is the brother of Bruno Pontecorvo, a nuclear physicist working for the USSR, and Guido Pontecorvo, an Italian-British geneticist, as well as the grandson of the Jewish industrialist Pellegrino Pontecorvo. He has three sons: Marco (cinematographer and director), Simone (painter) and Ludovico (physicist).
A chemist by training, he quickly turned to journalism and became correspondent in Paris for several Italian publications. In 1941, he joine…
Known For & Filmography
The Stupids1996* 4.8Homo Cinematographicus1998* 8.0The Wide Blue Road1957* 6.2Return to Algiers1992* 5.0Outcry1946* 6.7Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker2005* 6.7Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers2004* 10.0Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers2004* 7.2Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer1984* 6.5La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte2018* 10.0Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso2009* NRPontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth1992* 6.0Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms2007* 10.0Data by TMDB. Not endorsed or certified by TMDB.