Alberto Grimaldi
Alberto Grimaldi (born March 28, 1925 in Naples , Campania , † January 23, 2021 in Miami , Florida ) was an Italian film producer .
Life
A lawyer by training, Grimaldi began making feature films in the 1960s. Through the production of numerous classic spaghetti westerns and audience-prone, but also controversial films by directors such as Sergio Leone , Bernardo Bertolucci , Federico Fellini and Pier Paolo Pasolini allowed Grimaldi Italian films of the 1960s and 1970s attracted worldwide attention. These films were awarded by the film company United Artists . The only exception is Ginger and Fred, who was awarded by the United Artists parent company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the United States.
In 2002 Grimaldi was involved in the Martin Scorsese film Gangs of New York as a producer.
Filmography (selection)
- 1962: Zorro, the black avenger (Cabalgando hacia la muerte)
- 1963: The Three Inexorable (Tres hombres buenos)
- 1964: The Law of Two (I due violenti)
- 1964: The 7 from Texas (Antes llega la muerte)
- 1964: The son of Jesse James (El hijo de Jesse James)
- 1965: $ 100,000 for a Colt (La muerte cumple condena)
- 1965: For a few dollars more (Per qualche dollaro in più)
- 1966: The Haunted of the Sierra Madre (La resa dei conti)
- 1966: Two glorious scoundrels (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo)
- 1967: Five against Casablanca (Attentato ai tre grandi)
- 1967: Face to Face (Faccia a faccia)
- 1967: Extraordinary Stories (Histoires extraordinaires)
- 1968: Lady Hamilton - Between shame and love
- 1968: The Feared Two (Il mercenario)
- 1968: The Cursed House (Un tranquillo posto di campagna)
- 1969: Fellinis Satyricon (Fellini - Satyricon)
- 1969: Sabata (Ehi amico… c'è Sabata, hai chiuso!)
- 1969: Queimada - Island of Terror (Burn!)
- 1969: Grab the tiger by the tail quickly (Le Diable par la queue)
- 1970: Adios, Sabata (Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di ...)
- 1970: Decameron (Il Decameron)
- 1972: Avanti, Avanti! (Avanti!)
- 1972: The last tango in Paris (Ultimo Tango a Parigi)
- 1972: Pasolini's maddened stories (I racconti di Canterbury)
- 1972: Cursed, Damned and Alleluia (E poi lo chiamarono Il Magnifico)
- 1975: The 120 days of Sodom (Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma)
- 1974: Erotic stories from 1001 nights (Il fiore delle mille e una notte)
- 1974: Fists like dynamite (Dallas)
- 1976: 1900 (Novecento)
- 1976: Fellini's Casanova (Il Casanova di Federico Fellini)
- 1976: Power and its price (Cadaveri eccellenti)
- 1978: La ciudad maldita
- 1986: Ginger and Fred (Ginger e Fred)
- 2002: Gangs of New York (Gangs of New York)
Web links
- Alberto Grimaldi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grimaldi, Alberto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples , Campania , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 2021 |
| Place of death | Miami , Florida , United States |