Luigi Comencini

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1916-06-08 (91 years old)

Deathday

2007-04-06

Place of Birth

Salò, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy

Luigi Comencini

Biography

Luigi Comencini (8 June 1916, Salò – 6 April 2007) was an Italian film director. Together with Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli, he was considered among the masters of the commedia all'italiana genre. His daughters Cristina and Francesca are both film directors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Luigi Comencini,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

2010

1960

as Self (archive footage)

1988

2021

Futura

as Self (archive footage) (voice)

Production

1950

1965

1960

1976

Strange Occasion

as Director

1965

The Dolls

as Director

1953

1979

Traffic Jam

as Director

1949

1972

The Scopone Game

as Director

1953

1955

1948

Guaglio

as Screenplay

1948

Guaglio

as Story

1957

1982

1960

Everybody Go Home!

as Screenplay

1980

Voltati Eugenio

as Director

1967

Misunderstood

as Director

1975

The Sunday Woman

as Director

1954

Frisky

as Screenplay

1954

Frisky

as Story

1987

1954

Frisky

as Director

1964

Bebo's Girl

as Director

1952

Heidi

as Director

1969

Unknown Woman

as Director

1961

1964

My Wife

as Director

1976

1977

The Cat

as Director

1974

1958

Dangerous Women

as Director

1987

A Boy from Calabria

as Screenplay

1958

Dangerous Women

as Screenplay

1952

1968

1968

1955

1991

1979

Traffic Jam

as Story

1979

Traffic Jam

as Screenplay

1953

1951

1986

History

as Director

1964

2001

If I Were You

as Thanks

1965

1957

1965

Six Days a Week

as Director

1957

1964

My Wife

as Story

1949

1949

The Mill on the Po

as Adaptation

1948

Guaglio

as Director

1988

2002

A cavallo della tigre

as Original Film Writer

1959

1955

La bella di Roma

as Director

1952

Girls Marked Danger

as Screenplay

1959

1982

Looking for Jesus

as Screenplay

1982

1988

La Bohème

as Director

1950

1974

1980

1961

On the Tiger's Back

as Screenplay

1947

1953

1986

History

as Writer

1946

1969

Unknown Woman

as Screenplay

1955

La bella di Roma

as Screenplay

2024

L'argent de la vieille

as Director of Photography

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