Massimo Mida
Massimo Mida (actually Massimo Puccini ; born May 5, 1917 in Falconara Marittima , † April 21, 1992 in Rome ) was an Italian documentary filmmaker , film director and screenwriter .
Life
Mida, the brother of the director Gianni Puccini , took his grandmother's name as a stage name. He attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in 1940/1941 after obtaining a law degree, and during the war he belonged to the “Centro Cinematografico dell'Aeronautica”. He wrote about film for numerous publications such as “Unione Sarda”, “Paese Sera”, “Cinema” and “Bianco e Nero” and worked on the screenplay for Roberto Rossellini's Una pilota ritorna ; He carefully selected his other works and was involved in several important films of the 1940s and 1950s. From 1951 on, he worked mainly as a documentarist; he seldom worked as a director for feature film productions. More often he worked on various formats for television.
Mida wrote several important works on Italian cinema, including "Cinema e resistenza" and "Dai telefoni bianchi al neorealismo".
Filmography (selection)
script
- 1950: Closed curtains (Persiane chiuse)
- 1952: On the outskirts of the big city (Ai margini della metropoli)
- 1953: Sunday in Rome (La domenica della buona gente)
- 1954: Chronicle of poor lovers (Cronaca di poveri amanti)
Direction and script
- 1963: Amore in four dimensions (Amore in 4 dimensioni) (episode)
- 1974: Il fratello
Web links
- Massimo Mida in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Mida at mymovies (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I Registi . Gremese 2002, pp. 287/288
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mida, Massimo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Puccini, Massimo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian documentary filmmaker, film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Falconara Marittima |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 1992 |
| Place of death | Rome |