Giacomo Gentilomo
- Directing
- April 5, 1909 · Trieste, Italy
- April 16, 2001
Biography
Giacomo Gentilomo was an Italian film director and painter. He began his career in the film industry at the age of 21, working as a script supervisor and assistant director. Between 1933 and 1937, he was active as a film editor. Gentilomo made his directorial debut in 1939 with Il Carnevale di Venezia. His 1945 film O sole mio received critical acclaim and is considered one of the earliest examples of Italian neorealism due to its use of exterior scenes and non-professional actors. In the mid-1960s, dissatisfied with cinema, Gentilomo decided to abandon films and instead pursued his passion for painting.
Known for
Filmography
- Hercules Against the Moon Men · Director, Story
- Brennus, Enemy of Rome · Director
- Slave Girls of Sheba · Director
- Charge of the Black Lancers · Director
- Goliath and the Vampires · Director
- The Last of the Vikings · Director, Screenplay
- The Black Archer · Screenplay, Story
- Knight Without a Country · Director
- The Dragon's Blood · Director, Writer
- La trovatella di Pompei · Director, Screenplay
- Una voce, una chitarra, un po' di luna · Director
- The Two Orphans · Director
- Passionately · Director
- The Blind Woman of Sorrento · Director
- Immortal Melodies · Director, Writer
- The Young Caruso · Director, Screenplay
- The Accusation · Director, Screenplay
- Lo sparviero del Nilo · Director
- Ti ritroverò · Director
- Snow White and the Seven Thieves · Director, Screenplay
- The Brothers Karamazov · Director
- The Lovers · Director, Writer
- Teheran · Director
- O sole mio · Director
- In cerca di felicità · Screenplay, Director
- Cortocircuito · Director
- Mater dolorosa · Director, Editing
- Pazzo d'amore · Director
- Finalmente soli · Director
- Luna di miele · Director
- Thrill · Screenplay, Dialogue
- Ecco la radio! · Director
- Musica in piazza · Screenplay, Editing
- Luci sommerse · Screenplay, Editing
- Amore · Editing
- I Love You Only · Screenplay, First Assistant Director
- Lorenzino de' Medici · Editing
- Full Speed · First Assistant Director, Editing