Luigi Maggi

Luigi Maggi
Born	21 December 1867 Turin, Piedmont Italy
Died	22 August 1946 Turin, Piedmont Italy
Occupation(s)	Actor Director
Years active	1906–1928

Luigi Maggi (December 21, 1867 – August 22, 1946) was an Italian actor and film director who worked prolifically during the silent era. Working for Ambrosio Film he co-directed the 1908 hit film The Last Days of Pompeii, which launched the historical epic as a popular Italian genre.

Selected filmography

Director

• The Last Days of Pompeii (1908)
• The Fall of Troy (1908)
• Nero (1909)
• Galileo Galilei (1909)
• Il Fornaretto di Venezia (1914), with Paola Pezzaglia

Sources

• Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
• Winkler, Martin M. Troy: From Homer's Iliad to Hollywood Epic. John Wiley & Sons, 2009.

External links

• Luigi Maggi at IMDb