Gillo Pontecorvo
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-11-19 (87 years old)
Deathday
2006-10-12
Place of Birth
Pisa, Italy
Also known As
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جيلو بونتيكورفو
Gillo Pontecorvo
Biography
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 joined the Italian Communist Party (PCI), and participa...
Acting
1992
1946
as Pietro
1992
as Himself
2005
2018
as Self (archive footage)
2004
1984
1996
as Talk show guest
1957
as (uncredited)
1998
as Self
Production
1957
as Screenplay
1955
as Director
1955
as Writer
1969
as Director
1979
as Director
1979
as Screenplay
1966
as Director
1966
as Writer
1966
as Original Music Composer
1960
as Director
1989
as Director
1957
as Director
1992
as Director
1953
as First Assistant Director
1955
as First Assistant Director
1960
as Original Music Composer
1957
as Director
1995
as Director
2002
1953
as Assistant Director
1984
as Director
1960
as Screenplay
1984
as Director
1949
as Assistant Director
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