Gianni Puccini

Gianni Puccini (born November 9, 1914 in Milan , † December 3, 1968 in Rome ) was an Italian film director and screenwriter .

Life

Puccini, son of the writer Mario Puccini , moved to the Italian capital to study and graduated from Lettere e Filosofia . From 1938 he worked as a critic for Bianco e Nero and Cinema ; In 43 he also became editor of the latter magazine. Since the early 1940s, he has also been active as a screenwriter for over 30 productions by well-known directors. He often worked with Giuseppe De Santis . From 1951 he also directed films that were successful with audiences; last time in 1967 in the drama I sette fratelli Cervi .

Puccini's brother is the director Massimo Mida .

Movies

script

• 1942: Obsession (Ossessione)
• 1947: Tragic Hunt (Caccia tragica)
• 1949: bitter rice (Riso amaro)
• 1950: Vendetta (Non c'è pace tra gli ulivi)
• 1950: Closed curtains (Persiane chiuse)
• 1952: It happened point 11 (Roma ore 11)
• 1953: Curse of Beauty (Un marito per Anna Zaccheo)
• 1954: Days of Love (Giorni d'amore)
• 1956: Women and Wolves (Uomini e lupi)

Director

• 1951: Il capitano di Venezia
• 1957: With bowler hat and ice cream gloves (Parola di ladro) (co-director)
• 1957: The joys of the family (Il marito) (co-director)
• 1958: Love spook at midnight (Carmela è una bambola)
• 1959: My beautiful husband (Il nemico di mia moglie)
• 1960: L'impiegato
• 1960: Il carro armato dell'8 September
• 1962: Key to Seventh Heaven (L'attico)
• 1963: Amore in four dimensions (Amore in 4 dimensioni) (an episode)
• 1964: Amore facile
• 1964: If the men only knew (L'idea fissa) (an episode)
• 1965: I soldi
• 1967: Ballata da un miliardo
• 1967: Embers of the Sun (Dove si spara di più)
• 1965: Io uccido, tu uccidi
• 1967: The seven Cervi brothers (I sette fratelli Cervi)

Web links

• Gianni Puccini in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Roberto Poppi: I registi dal 1930 ai nostri giorni . Rom, Gremese 2002, p. 349