Gillo Pontecorvo
Born in Pisa, Italy — Nov 19 1919• Died Oct 12 2006
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Gillo Pontecorvo, born November 19, 1919 in Pisa and died October 12, 2006 in Rome, is an Italian filmmaker. Of Italian Jewish origin, Gillou Pontecorvo is the brother of Bruno Pontecorvo, a nuclear physicist working for the USSR, and Guido Pontecorvo, an Italian-British geneticist, as well as the grandson of the Jewish industrialist Pellegrino Pontecorvo. He has three sons: Marco (cinematographer and director), Simone (painter) and Ludovico (physicist). A chemist by training, he quickly turned to journalism and became correspondent in Paris for several…
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The Battle of Algiers
Sound
The Stupids
Talk show guest
Burn!
Directing
12 Directors for 12 Cities
Directing
Kapo
Directing
The Unfaithfuls
Directing
Toto and Carolina
Directing
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
Operation Ogre
Directing
The Wind Rose
Directing
Homo Cinematographicus
Self
Love in the City
Directing
Rome, November 12, 1994
Directing
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
Self
The Wide Blue Road
(uncredited)
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Self
Giovanna
Directing
Outcry
Pietro
Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms
Self
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Self
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops
Directing
Sabatoventiquattromarzo
Directing
Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers
Self
Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth
Self
Return to Algiers
Himself
L'Homme Que Nous Aimons Le Plus
Directing
La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte
Self (archive footage)
Una storia per I 'energia
Directing