Giuseppe Patroni Griffi

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-02-27 (84 years old)

Deathday

2005-12-15

Place of Birth

Naples, Campania, Italy

Giuseppe Patroni Griffi

Biography

Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (26 February 1921 – 15 December 2005) was an Italian playwright, screenwriter, director and author. He was born in Naples in an aristocratic family and moved to Rome immediately after the end of World War II and spent his professional life there. Patroni Griffi is considered one of the most prominent contributors to Italian theater and film in post-war Italy. Roberto Rossellini made a film from his play Anima nera. His first listed film writing credit was on the 1952 musical Canzoni di mezzo secolo. Patroni Griffi would later direct Charlotte Rampling, Elizabeth Taylor, Marcello Mastroianni, Laura Antonelli, Florind...

Acting

2016

Metti, una sera a cena con Peppino

as Self (archive footage)

1972

La tenda in piazza

as Self (uncredited)

Production

1959

The Swindlers

as Screenplay

1974

Identikit

as Screenplay

1975

The Divine Nymph

as Director

1974

Identikit

as Director

1998

Femmina

as Writer

1969

Love Circle

as Director

1985

The Trap

as Director

1967

More Than a Miracle

as Screenplay

1975

The Divine Nymph

as Screenplay

1962

The Sea

as Story

1967

The Witches

as Story

1967

The Witches

as Screenplay

1963

I cuori infranti

as Screenplay

1962

The Sea

as Screenplay

1962

The Sea

as Director

1952

1952

The Eternal Chain

as Screenplay

1962

Dark Soul

as Theatre Play

1969

Love Circle

as Theatre Play

1961

2007

1963

1969

Love Circle

as Screenplay

1986

Tosca

as Director

1953

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