José Giovanni
Born in Paris, France — Jun 22 1923• Died Apr 24 2004
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José Giovanni (22 June 1923, Paris, France – 24 April 2004, Lausanne, Switzerland) was the pseudonym of Joseph Damiani, a French writer and film-maker of Corsican origin who became a naturalized Swiss citizen in 1986. A former collaborationist and criminal who at one time was sentenced to death, Giovanni often drew his inspiration from personal experience or from real gangsters, such as Abel Danos in his 1960 film Classe tous risques, overlooking that they had been members of the French Gestapo. In his films as well as his novels, while praising masculi…
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Der Alte
Writing
30 millions d'amis
Self
Le Trou
Writing
The Sicilian Clan
Writing
Two Men in Town
Directing
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Self
Ho !
Writing
The Pariah
Directing
The Ruffian
Directing
The Gypsy
Directing
Le Deuxième Souffle
Writing
The Big Risk
Writing
The Second Wind
Writing
Last Known Address
Directing
Une robe noire pour un tueur
Writing
The Last Adventure
Writing
Rififi in Tokyo
Writing
One Way Ticket
Directing
Boomerang
Directing
Two Men in Town
Writing
Lino Ventura, la part intime
Self (archive footage)
Among Wolves
Directing
The Wise Guys
Writing
Birds of Prey
Directing
Symphony for a Massacre
Moreau
The Man from Marrakech
Writing
A Man Named Rocca
Writing
Claude Sautet or the Invisible Magic
Self
My Father Saved My Life
Directing
Crime à l'altimètre
Directing
To Skin a Spy
Writing
The Sewers of Paradise
Directing
L'Irlandaise
Directing
Where Did Tom Go?
Writing
Law of Survival
Directing
My Friend the Traitor
Directing
Après le trou
Writing