Paolo Fondato

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Paolo Fondato (* 1947 in Rome ) is an Italian director.

Life

Fondato, son of the film director Marcello , began in 1969 as an assistant director for Gianni Grimaldi , his father and others. He then switched to television as a director, for which he directed a few films, and wrote two scripts for his father in the 1980s. In 1997 he made his cinema debut with Ma Shamal , an adventure film . The following year the comedy Donna di piacere was based on a novel by Barbara Alberti . Fondato was also active as a documentarist and producer .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1997: Ma Shamal - Ritorno al deserto
  • 1998: Donna di piacere

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi, Gremese 2002, p. 181