Anton Giulio Majano

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Anton Giulio Majano (born July 5, 1909 in Chieti , † August 12, 1994 in Marino ) was an Italian film and television director and screenwriter .

Life

Majano graduated in political science and began his film career in 1937 while working on Luis Trenker's Condottieri ; Over the next almost twenty years he was responsible for dialogues, assistant directors or scripts - often for Mario Costa - for numerous films; after the Second World War he worked on some notable works such as La domenica della buona gente or Terrore sulla città . In 1943 he made his debut as a cinema director and had produced around ten works by 1961, which, however, remained little in the mind.

Its real importance lies in its television work; from 1955, with the film Piccole donne , he was the main exponent and inventor of the teleromanzo genre , to which he contributed numerous films. In addition, he filmed - after 1961 working exclusively for the small screen and often as mini-series - but also classics such as Treasure Island , An American Tragedy , The Beloved of the Great Bear or David Copperfield for Italian television. With a work that tends to be a little too sentimental, he is considered one of the medium's most important early directors.

The actress Paola Majano is his daughter.

Filmography (selection)

Director

  • 1943: La carica degli eroi (co-director, unfinished)
  • 1953: A Sunday in Rome (La domenica della buona gente)
  • 1955: Piccole donne (TV movie)
  • 1961: The Corsican Brothers (I fratelli corsi)
  • 1961: Seddok - the strangler with devil's claws (Seddok)
  • 1986: Strada senza uscita (TV movie)

script

  • 1948: Bajazzo (I pagliacci)
  • 1952: forgive me! (Perdonami!)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registers. Gremese Editore, Rome 2002, p. 257
personal data
SURNAME Majano, Anton Giulio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian film and television director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Chieti
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 1994
Place of death Marino