Gian Paolo Callegari

Gian Paolo Callegari (born March 7, 1909 in Bologna , † 1982 ) was an Italian playwright , screenwriter and film director .

Life

After studying law, Callegari worked as a journalist and film critic for La Tribuna ; In addition, he gained a certain reputation as a playwright with pieces that were unusual for the time, such as the romance La pista di carbone or his dramas Cristo ha ucciso and Le ragazze bruciati verdi . Since 1939 he was also active in film, writing around thirty scripts, often for genre films . He made his first directorial work in 1952 and made several commercially successful, but only moderately interesting films. Between 1961 and 1969 he was also active with four television subjects.

Filmography (selection)

• 1940: L'ebrezza del cielo (screenplay and assistant director)
• 1942: Il fanciullo del West (screenplay)
• 1953: The Slaves of Venice ( I piombi di Venezia) (Director)
• 1953: The Temple Treasure of Bengal (Il tesoro del Bengala) (screenplay)
• 1954: The Black Devils of Romangai (La vendetta dei Tughs) (co-director)
• 1958: uprising of the gladiators (La rivolta dei gladiatori)
• 1959: Judith - The Sword of Vengeance (Giuditta e Oloferne)
• 1960: Theseus, hero of Hellas (Teseo contro il Minotauro) (screenplay)
• 1961: Pontius Pilatus - governor of horror (Ponzio Pilato) (co-director)
• 1963: The Slaves of Damascus (L'eroe di Babilonia)
• 1974: Virilità (screenplay)

Web links

• Gian Paolo Callegari in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Callegari at mymovies (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ life data according to the Italian National Library in Rome [1]  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 1912 is often given  
2. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I Registi, Gremese 2002, p. 82