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Pietro Germi
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Pietro Germi was an Italian film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Genoa in 1914, he began his professional career in 1939 and worked until 1972. He received his education at the Experimental Centre of Cinematography. His notable works include *Divorce, Italian Style*, *Seduced and Abandoned*, *Alfredo, Alfredo*, and *The Birds, the Bees and the Italians*.
Germi was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. He also received the Palme d'Or, Silver Bear, and Golden Shell awards. He died in Rome in 1974 from hepatitis.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1914
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Sedotta e abbandonata
- Sedotta e abbondonata
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Film & TV
Directing · Genoa, Liguria, Italy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pietro Germi (14 September 1914, Genoa - 5 December 1974) was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting. He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. During…
Known for
- Marcello, una vita dolce — Self (archive footage)2006
- A Man Named John — Pontiff's Father1965
- The Lovemakers — Stefano1961
- Blood Feud — Bolognesi1961
- Lipstick — Commissario Fioresi1960
- Five Branded Women — Partisan Commander1960
- The Facts of Murder — Il Dott. Ingravallo1959
- Man of Straw — Andrea1958
- The Railroad Man — Andrea Marcocci1956
- Cinépanorama — Self1956
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 5
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,569x
- Microsoft COCO: Common Objects in Context
· 2014 · cited 26,200x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,255x
- Self-consistent molecular orbital methods. XXIII. A polarization-type basis set for second-row elements
· 1982 · cited 7,840x
- Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,585x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1914-09-14 ) 14 September 1914, Genoa , Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- 5 December 1974 (1974-12-05) (aged 60), Rome , Italy
- Occupations
- Screenwriter film director actor
- Years active
- 1939–1974
- Height
- 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
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Encyclopedic overview
Pietro Germi ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛːtro ˈdʒɛrmi]; 14 September 1914 – 5 December 1974) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor, noted for his development of the neorealist and commedia all'italiana genres.
His 1961 film Divorce Italian Style earned him a Best Original Screenplay Oscar and a Best Director nomination at the 35th Academy Awards. Seven of his films competed at the Cannes Film Festival, with his 1966 comedy The Birds, the Bees and the Italians winning the Palme d'Or.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pietro Germi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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