Eros Macchi
Eros Macchi (born August 2, 1920 in Milan , † July 5, 2007 in Rocca di Papa ) was an Italian television director and documentary filmmaker .
Life
As a documentary filmmaker, Macchi devoted himself almost entirely to television, a new medium in the 1950s. From 1954 onwards he was responsible for a large number of different programs, series and formats, including Via delle sette notte , Canzonissima , Johnny 7 Luna Park and Io a modo mio . He also translated a number of plays and wrote synopsis and scripts for feature films . Staged together with two colleagues, his documentary film Wonderful Colorful World came to Italian and later German cinemas in 1957.
Filmography (selection)
- 1957: Wonderful colorful world (Questo nostro mondo) (co-director)
Web links
- Eros Macchi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Macchi at mymovies (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registers. Gremese Editore, Rome 2002, p. 254
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Macchi, Eros |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian documentary filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 2, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 5, 2007 |
| Place of death | Rocca di Papa |