Filippo Paolone

Filippo Paolone (born July 23, 1917 in Mosciano Sant'Angelo , † November 13, 1993 in Rome ) was an Italian journalist , documentary filmmaker , academician and film lobbyist.

Life

Paolone worked in a variety of ways and roles; He was a lecturer in the history of information sciences at the “School of Publicism” of the “Statistical Faculty” at the Università di Roma , vice-president of the “Studio Romano for social affairs”, editor of the “Audio-Video” magazine, and president of the “Unione Industrie Cinetelevisive” specializzate “(Unics), member of the executive committee of David di Donatello and vice-president of Anica . In 1987 he signed the new “national employment contract” for filmmakers for the company.

He has also made numerous documentaries since 1954 and worked as a screenwriter in the feature film sector in the 1950s. His feature film as a director from 1959, Pierino Salvadanio , was aimed at children. Paolone is best known as a pioneer of industrial and technical documentary film in Italy. He was also a film scholar and developed his own theory on audiovisual communication. Paolone has made his documentaries based on his theoretical research on audiovisual media to make communication more effective. Parallel to his film production, Paolone wrote numerous theoretical works on audiovisual media as a tool for public opinion formation and training. Paolone invented the system of "working grammars" in Italy: thematic series of documentaries to clarify a specific technical subject.

Filmography (selection)

1955: Gli orizzonti del sole
1957: L'angelo custode
1959: Pierino Salvadanaio (documentary, director)

Fonts (selection)

Film e opinione , i quaderni della “Rivista del cinematografo”, Roma, So.Gra.Ro, 1958
Storia degli strumenti del pubblicismo , Roma, So.Gra.Ro, 1959
Situazioni e problemi del cinema specializzato in italia , Roma, ANICA, 1983

Web links

Filippo Paolone in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Paolone at mymovies

Individual evidence

↑ the most commonly given year of death, 1982, cannot be correct. On December 15, 1985, La Repubblica announced that Paolone was confirmed as President of Anica for "Cinematography specializzate"
↑ The contract as RTF ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registi. Rome, Gremese 2002, p. 320
↑ Marco D'Agostini, Anselmo Roberto Paolone: Filmati per formare: storytelling e tecniche audiovisive nell'opera di Filippo Paolone . Milano 2018, ISBN 978-88-575-4552-3 .

personal data
SURNAME	Paolone, Filippo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian journalist, documentary filmmaker and film lobbyist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 23, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mosciano Sant'Angelo
DATE OF DEATH	20th century or 21st century

[1] the most commonly given year of death, 1982, cannot be correct. On December 15, 1985, La Repubblica announced that Paolone was confirmed as President of Anica for "Cinematography specializzate"

[2] The contract as RTF ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[3] Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registi. Rome, Gremese 2002, p. 320

[:0-4] Marco D'Agostini, Anselmo Roberto Paolone: Filmati per formare: storytelling e tecniche audiovisive nell'opera di Filippo Paolone . Milano 2018, ISBN 978-88-575-4552-3 .