Gillo Pontecorvo


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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Gillo Pontecorvo (19 November 1919 – 12 October 2006) was an Italian filmmaker. He worked as a film director for more than a decade before his best known film La battaglia di Algeri (The Battle of Algiers, 1966) was released. For this he was nominated for the Best Director Oscar in 1969 and won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in that year. His other films include Kapò (1960), which takes place in a World War II concentration camp, and Burn!...

Place of Birth: Pisa, Italy

Date of Birth: Nov 19, 1919

Date of Death: Oct 12, 2006


Filmography

Actor (6 Known Credits)


Director (8 Known Credits)


Director
Director
Director
Queimada (1969)
Director
Director
Kapò (1960)
Director
Director
Die Windrose (1957)
Director

Writer (2 Known Credits)


Kapò (1960)
Writer

Story (1 Known Credits)


Queimada

Story

Queimada (1969)
Story

Screenplay (1 Known Credits)


Operación Ogro

Screenplay

Screenplay

Original Music Composer (1 Known Credits)


La battaglia di Algeri

Original Music Composer

Original Music Composer

Assistant Director (1 Known Credits)


Le infedeli

Assistant Director

Le infedeli (1953)
Assistant Director

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