Giuseppe Greco (director)
Giuseppe Greco (also known as Giorgio Castellani , * 1952 in Croceverde-Giardini , † February 12, 2011 there ) was an Italian film director and screenwriter .
Life
Greco, who mostly worked under the name Giorgio Castellani , first appeared in 1981, when the Sicilian was acting as an actor and producer of the comedy Crema, cioccolata e pa ... prika , which he had also written. In 1992 he directed Vite Perdute , who tried to profit from the hit comedies Marco Risi , which he imitated in theme and style. In 1997, I Grimaldi, a second film that was not published in large parts of Italy, followed. Greco's father was an important exponent of the Cosa Nostra , Michele Greco .
Filmography (selection)
- 1992: Vite perdute
- 1997: I Grimaldi
Web links
- Giuseppe Greco in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Obituary (Italian)
- Obituary at ilgiornale (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I Registi, Gremese 2002, p. 218
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Greco, Giuseppe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Castellani, Giorgio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Croceverde-Giardini |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 2011 |
| Place of death | Croceverde-Giardini |