Giovanni Paolucci (director)
Giovanni Paolucci (born June 24, 1912 in Pallanza , † March 21, 1964 in Rome ) was an Italian documentary filmmaker and film director .
Life
Paolucci earned a degree in law and then enrolled at the Experimental Center of Cinematography , where he studied from 1938 to 1941. At the same time he worked as an amateur filmmaker and wrote for film periodicals such as “Bianco e Nero” and “Cinema” or newspapers such as “Il Giornale di Brescia”. From 1941 he worked as a documentary filmmaker and put forward a considerable number of works up to 1962, some of which are counted among the best that were shot in Italy; La montagna di cenere from 1953 z. B. has received numerous awards.
In addition, Paolucci - during the Second World War worked as an assistant director and film editor for the cinema - also made three feature films based on his own scripts; his first in 1946. Preludio d'amore benefited above all from the outstanding photography by Piero Portalupi . Gli orizzonti del sole also attracted attention as a remarkable youth film. He created templates for some works by other directors or was (probably for tax reasons) the Italian director, including Michael Cacoyannis ' Il relitto and Anthony Mann's El Cid .
Paolucci died at the age of 52.
Filmography (selection)
- Documentaries
- 1941: Portofino
- 1953: La montagna di cenere
- 1960: Operazione Blooming
- Feature films
- 1946: Preludio d'amore (& screenplay)
- 1955: La tua donna (& screenplay)
Web links
- Giovanni Paolucci in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registi. Rome, Gremese 2002, pp. 320/321
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paolucci, Giovanni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian documentary filmmaker and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pallanza |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 21, 1964 |
| Place of death | Rome |