Antonio Pietrangeli
- Directing
- January 19, 1919 · Rome - Italy
- July 12, 1968
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, quando, perché, which was completed by Valerio Zurlini. [wikipedia]
Known for
Filmography
- How, When, and with Whom · Director, Screenplay
- The Queens · Director
- I Knew Her Well · Director, Story
- The Magnificent Cuckold · Director
- The Visitor · Director, Screenplay
- The Girl from Parma · Director, Screenplay
- Ghosts of Rome · Director, Story
- Adua and Her Friends · Director, Story
- March's Child · Story, Screenplay
- It Happened in Rome · Director, Story
- The Bachelor · Director, Story
- The Island Princess · Screenplay, Writer
- Journey to Italy · Additional Writing
- Where Is Freedom? · Screenplay
- Mid-Century Loves · Director, Screenplay
- The She-Wolf · Screenplay
- Empty Eyes · Director, Screenplay
- The World Condemns Them · Screenplay, First Assistant Director
- Rivalità · Screenplay, Story
- Europa '51 · Psychiatrist (uncredited), Second Assistant Director
- Girls Marked Danger · Story, Screenplay
- L'invidia · Writer, Assistant Director
- Last Meeting · Screenplay
- Honeymoon Deferred · Story
- All for Love · Screenplay
- The Last Days of Pompeii · Screenplay
- Quel fantasma di mio marito · Co-Writer
- La Terra Trema · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Screenplay
- La sposa non può attendere · Story
- Lost Youth · Screenplay
- Lovers Without Love · Screenplay, Story
- Obsession · Screenplay, Assistant Director