Known For
Directing
Born
Sep 14, 1914
Died
Dec 05, 1974
Place of Birth
Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Credits
39 titles
Pietro Germi
Biography
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 his time in school, Germi supported himself by working as an extra, bit actor, assistant director, and, on occasion, writer. Germi made his directorial debut in 1945 with the film Il testimone. His early work, this film included, were very much in the Italian Neorealist style; many were social dramas that dealt with contemporary issues pertaining to people of Sicilian heritage. Through the years, Germi shifted away from social drama towards satirical comedies, but retained his loved element of the Sicilian people. In the 1960s, Germi received worldwide success with the films Divorce, Italian Style, Seduced and Abandoned, and Signore e Signori. The latter is better known in the English-speaking world as The Birds the Bees and the Italians. He was nominated for Academy Awards in both directing and writing for Divorce, Italian Style, and, subsequently, won in the writing category. He also won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for Signore e signori. Germi collaborated on the scripts for all the films he directed and appeared as an actor in a few of them. He died in Rome of hepatitis on 5 December 1974.
Known For
Filmography
Marcello, una vita dolce
Self (archive footage)
My Friends
Story
Alfredo, Alfredo
Director
A Pocketful of Chestnuts
Director
Serafino
Director
The Climax
Director
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
Director
A Man Named John
Pontiff's Father
Seduced and Abandoned
Director
Divorce Italian Style
Director
The Lovemakers
Stefano
Blood Feud
Bolognesi
Lipstick
Commissario Fioresi
Five Branded Women
Partisan Commander
The Facts of Murder
Il Dott. Ingravallo
Man of Straw
Andrea
The Railroad Man
Andrea Marcocci
Cinépanorama
Self
Mid-Century Loves
Director
Black 13
Writer
Jealousy
Director
The Bandit of Tacca del Lupo
Director
Mademoiselle Gobete
Director
The City Defends Itself
Director
The Path of Hope
Director
Against the Law
Story
In the Name of the Law
Director
Escape to France
Tembien
Lost Youth
Director
Anglo-Saxon writers and poets in Rome
Director
Monte Cassino
The Testimony
Director
I dieci comandamenti
Writer
Gli ultimi filibustieri
Writer
Il figlio del corsaro rosso
Writer
The Iron Crown
Cavaliere
L'amore canta
Writer
The Sinner
Assistant Director
Retroscena
Writer