Giovanni Grimaldi
Giovanni Grimaldi (often Gianni Grimaldi , born November 14, 1917 in Catania , † February 27, 2001 in Rome ) was an Italian screenwriter and film director .
Life
Grimaldi, who was trained as a lawyer and journalist, initially worked for a number of newspapers and humorous periodicals such as “Trilussa”, “Marc'Aurelio” and with Giovannino Guareschi at “Candido”. As a writer and director he worked for theater, television - with Domenico Modugno, "Scaramouche" was created as a musical, with Vittorio Gassman "Il mattatore" was broadcast - and radio (his contributions to "Rosso e nero" were outstanding). In 1946 he co-founded Ruggero Maccari the Pinco Pallino magazine . At the beginning of the 1950s a fruitful work began as a screenwriter for parodies, comedies and farces, but also for spaghetti westerns . Since 1964 he has also directed almost twenty films as a comedy director. He often worked as a screenwriter with Bruno Corbucci , whom he had known since working together for theater and television, also under the name Jean Grimaud ; as a director with Franco & Ciccio and Lando Buzzanca .
Films (selection)
script
- 1955: Good night, lawyer! (Buonanotte… avvocato!) - Director: Giorgio Bianchi
- 1961: I magnifici tre
- 1964: Danza Macabra
- 1965: Cuatro dólares de venganza
- 1969: Two idiots as gunslingers (Franco e Ciccio sul sentiero di guerra)
- 1971: Dracula in the Castle of Secrets (Nella stretta morsa del ragno)
Director
- 1965: Pistoleros (All'ombra di una colt)
- 1966: Django - black god of death (Starblack)
- 1967: Il bello, il brutto, il cretino
Web links
- Giovanni Grimaldi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Giovanni Grimaldi on MyMovies (Italian).
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I Registi, Gremese 2002, p. 221.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grimaldi, Giovanni |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grimaldi, Gianni; Grimaud, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian screenwriter and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Catania |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 2001 |
| Place of death | Rome |