Giorgio Simonelli
Giorgio Carlo Simonelli (born November 23, 1901 in Rome ; † October 3, 1966 there ) was an Italian film director and film editor .
Life
After obtaining a degree in economics , Simonelli worked as a journalist and also wrote film reviews for magazines such as “Gente nostra” or “Avvenimento”. In 1928 he directed the silent film Maratona with Fausto Neroni and two years later he was one of the scriptwriters of the first Italian sound film, Le canzone dell'amore . Simonelli became an assistant to Guido Brignone and Gennaro Righelli ; from 1934 he was involved in numerous productions of the decade as a film editor. He was also responsible for directing two films; one of them as Carlo de Lellis . During these years he was responsible for the company's official film magazine at the production company Cines , headed by Emilio Cecchi .
In 1940 he finally moved to the director's chair and specialized in his around sixty films on comedies, which often had great audiences but were less well-reviewed by the critics. Simonelli worked with all the great comedians in the country, such as Totò , Eduardo De Filippo , Nino Taranto , Erminio Macario , Renato Rascel , Ugo Tognazzi , Alberto Sordi and, towards the end of his life, with the grotesque comedians Franco & Ciccio . Occasionally he was also involved in the scripting of his films.
In 1959 Simonelli took part in the “Cinema dell'Umorismo a Bordighera ” with Noi siamo due evasi . He is the father of Giovanni Simonelli .
Filmography (selection)
- Director
- 1928: Maratona (co-director)
- 1938: Between Life and Death (Luciano Serra pilota)
- 1951: Io sono il Capataz
- 1960: Un dollaro di fifa
- 1960: Robin Hood and the Pirates (Robin Hood ei pirati)
- 1961: I magnifici tre
- 1963: Ursus, the invincible (Ursus nella terra di fuoco)
- 1964: Due mafiosi nel Far West
- 1965: Mr. Major, two bottles are on the spot (I due sergenti del generale Custer)
- 1966: I due figli di Ringo
- cut
- 1935: Don Bosco
Web links
- Giorgio Simonelli in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Simonelli at mymovies (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registi, Gremese 2002, pp. 402/403.
- ↑ bordighera.it ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2016 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.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Simonelli, Giorgio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | De Lellis, Carlo (pseudonym); Simonelli, Giorgio Carlo (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film director and film editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd October 1966 |
| Place of death | Rome |