Antonio Pietrangeli

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-01-19 (49 years old)

Deathday

1968-07-12

Place of Birth

Rome - Italy

Antonio Pietrangeli

Biography

Antonio Pietrangeli (born 19 January 1919 in Rome, died 12 July 1968 in Gaeta) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Pietrangeli was a major practitioner of the Commedia all'italiana genre. He started writing film reviews for famous Italian cinema magazines such as Bianco e nero and Cinema. As a screenwriter, Pietrangeli's work included Ossessione directed byVisconti, Fabiola by Blasetti, Europa '51 by Rossellini, and La lupa by Lattuada. His directing debut was Il sole negli occhi (1953). Career highlights include Io la conoscevo bene (1965) and Adua e le compagne (1960). He drowned in the sea of Gaeta in 1968 while working on Come,...

Acting

1949

La Terra Trema

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Production

1961

Ghosts of Rome

as Director

1960

1955

The Bachelor

as Director

1954

The Island Princess

as Screenplay

1963

The Visitor

as Director

1954

1965

I Knew Her Well

as Director

1948

Lovers Without Love

as Screenplay

1953

Empty Eyes

as Director

1963

1966

The Queens

as Director

1948

Lost Youth

as Screenplay

1961

1961

Ghosts of Rome

as Screenplay

1958

March's Child

as Screenplay

1958

1955

The Bachelor

as Screenplay

1955

The Bachelor

as Story

1963

The Girl from Parma

as Screenplay

1954

Mid-Century Loves

as Screenplay

1954

1958

March's Child

as Director

1953

The She-Wolf

as Screenplay

1951

Last Meeting

as Screenplay

1965

1957

1944

Obsession

as Screenplay

1944

Obsession

as Assistant Director

1960

1963

The Visitor

as Screenplay

1954

Where Is Freedom?

as Screenplay

1952

Europe '51

as Second Assistant Director

1949

La Terra Trema

as Screenplay

1953

Empty Eyes

as Screenplay

1953

Empty Eyes

as Story

1953

1953

The World Condemns Them

as First Assistant Director

1952

Girls Marked Danger

as Screenplay

1950

1965

I Knew Her Well

as Screenplay

1969

1951

1957

It Happened in Rome

as Screenplay

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