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Carlo Lizzani (born 1922 April 3) is an Italian film director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
, scriptwriter
Scriptwriter

A scriptwriter is a person who writes Screenplay and script for movies, games, comics, plays, television, comedy shows, political speeches, and other presentations....
 and critic.

Born in Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, after World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 Lizzani worked on such notable films of the late 1940s as Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Rossellini

Roberto Rossellini was an Italian film director. Rossellini was one of the most important directors of Italian neorealism film, contributing films such as Roma citt? aperta to the movement....
's Germany Year Zero
Germany Year Zero

Germania, anno zero is the final film in Roberto Rossellini's famed war movie trilogy . Unlike the first two movies, Germany Year Zero takes place in post-war Germany instead of a post-war Italy....
, Alberto Lattuada
Alberto Lattuada

Alberto Lattuada was an Italy film director.Lattuada was born in Milan, the son of composer Felice Lattuada. He was initially interested in literature, becoming, while still a student, a member of the editorial staff of antifascism fortnightly "Camminare..." ....
's The Mill on the Po (both 1948) and Giuseppe De Santis
Giuseppe de Santis

Giuseppe De Santis was an Italian film director. One of the most idealistic neorealism filmmakers of the 1940s and 1950s, he wrote and directed films punctuated by ardent cries for social reform....
' Bitter Rice
Bitter Rice

Bitter Rice , is a 1949 in film Cinema of Italy film made by Lux Film, written and directed by Giuseppe De Santis.Produced by Dino De Laurentiis, starring Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone, Doris Dowling and Vittorio Gassman, Bitter Rice was a commercial success in Europe and America....
 (1950, for which he received an Academy Award nomination
Nomination

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 for Best Original Story).

After helming documentaries, he debuted as a feature director with the admired World War II drama Achtung! Banditi! (1951).






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Carlo Lizzani (born 1922 April 3) is an Italian film director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
, scriptwriter
Scriptwriter

A scriptwriter is a person who writes Screenplay and script for movies, games, comics, plays, television, comedy shows, political speeches, and other presentations....
 and critic.

Born in Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, after World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 Lizzani worked on such notable films of the late 1940s as Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Rossellini

Roberto Rossellini was an Italian film director. Rossellini was one of the most important directors of Italian neorealism film, contributing films such as Roma citt? aperta to the movement....
's Germany Year Zero
Germany Year Zero

Germania, anno zero is the final film in Roberto Rossellini's famed war movie trilogy . Unlike the first two movies, Germany Year Zero takes place in post-war Germany instead of a post-war Italy....
, Alberto Lattuada
Alberto Lattuada

Alberto Lattuada was an Italy film director.Lattuada was born in Milan, the son of composer Felice Lattuada. He was initially interested in literature, becoming, while still a student, a member of the editorial staff of antifascism fortnightly "Camminare..." ....
's The Mill on the Po (both 1948) and Giuseppe De Santis
Giuseppe de Santis

Giuseppe De Santis was an Italian film director. One of the most idealistic neorealism filmmakers of the 1940s and 1950s, he wrote and directed films punctuated by ardent cries for social reform....
' Bitter Rice
Bitter Rice

Bitter Rice , is a 1949 in film Cinema of Italy film made by Lux Film, written and directed by Giuseppe De Santis.Produced by Dino De Laurentiis, starring Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone, Doris Dowling and Vittorio Gassman, Bitter Rice was a commercial success in Europe and America....
 (1950, for which he received an Academy Award nomination
Nomination

Nomination is part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election to an office, or the bestowing of an honor or award.In the context of elections for public office, a candidate who has been selected by a political party is normally said to be the nominee of that party....
 for Best Original Story).

After helming documentaries, he debuted as a feature director with the admired World War II drama Achtung! Banditi! (1951). He films an episode of L'Amore in Cittā
L'Amore in Cittā

L'Amore in Citt? is a 1953 anthology film composed of six different segments, each with a different writer or director. List of episodes in order of appearance: "Paid Love" written and directed by Carlo Lizzani, "Attempted Suicide" by Michelangelo Antonioni, "Paradise For Four Hours" by Dino Risi, "Marriage Agency" by Federico Fellini, "...
. Respected for his awarded drama Chronicle of Poor Lovers
Chronicle of Poor Lovers

Chronicle of Poor Lovers is a 1954 in film cinema of Italy drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival....
 (1954), he has proven a solid director of genre films, notably crime films such as The Violent Four (1968) and Crazy Joe (1974) or erotic comedy Roma Bene
Roma Bene

Roma Bene is a 1971 in film Italy erotic comedy film, starring Virna Lisi, Nino Manfredi, Irene Papas and Senta Berger....
 (1971).

He worked frequently for Italian television in the 1980s and was the jury of the Berlin Film Festival in 1994.

His film Celluloide
Celluloide

Celluloide is a 1996 in film Italy film directed by Carlo Lizzani. The story revolves around the making of the Roberto Rosselini film Rome, Open City....
 talks about the making of Rome, Open City
Rome, open city

Rome, Open City is a 1945 in film Italy war drama film, directed by Roberto Rossellini. The picture features Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani and Marcello Pagliero, and is set in Rome during the Nazism occupation in 1944....
.

Filmography

  • Viaggio al sud, documentario (1949)
  • Via Emilia Km 147, documentario (1949)
  • Nel Mezzogiorno qualcosa č cambiata, documentario (1950)
  • Modena, cittā dell'Emilia Rossa, documentario (1950)
  • Achtung! Banditi! (1951)
  • Ai margini della metropoli
    Ai margini della metropoli

    Ai margini della metropoli is a Italian films of 1952 Italy crime film drama directed by Carlo Lizzani. The film stars Massimo Girotti, Marina Berti and Giulietta Masina....
    , coregia di Massimo Mida (1952)
  • L'amore che si paga, episodio del film L'amore in cittā
    L'Amore in Cittā

    L'Amore in Citt? is a 1953 anthology film composed of six different segments, each with a different writer or director. List of episodes in order of appearance: "Paid Love" written and directed by Carlo Lizzani, "Attempted Suicide" by Michelangelo Antonioni, "Paradise For Four Hours" by Dino Risi, "Marriage Agency" by Federico Fellini, "...
     (1953)
  • Cronache di poveri amanti (1953)
  • Siluri umani, uncredited - Antonio Leonviola and Marc-Antonio Bragadin (1954)
  • Lo svitato (1955)
  • La muraglia cinese (1958)
  • Esterina (1959)
  • Il gobbo (1960)
  • Carabiniere a cavallo (1961)
  • L'oro di Roma (1961)
  • La vita agra (1963)
  • Il processo di Verona (1963)
  • Amori pericolosi (1964)
  • La Celestina P... R... (1964)
  • La guerra segreta (1965)
  • L'autostrada del Sole, episodio del film Thrilling (1965)
  • Requiescant (1966)
  • Svegliati e uccidi (1966)
  • L'amante di Gramigna (1968)
  • Banditi a Milano (1968)
  • Barbagia (1969)
  • Amore e rabbia (1969)
  • Roma bene
    Roma Bene

    Roma Bene is a 1971 in film Italy erotic comedy film, starring Virna Lisi, Nino Manfredi, Irene Papas and Senta Berger....
     (1971)
  • Torino nera (1972)
  • Crazy Joe (1973)
  • Mussolini ultimo atto (1974)
  • Storie di vita e di malavita (1975)
  • Un delitto inutile (1976)
  • Kleinhoff hotel (1977)
  • Fontamara (1980)
  • La casa del tappeto giallo (1983)
  • Mamma Ebe (1985)
  • Un'isola (1986)
  • Caro Gorbaciov (1988)
  • 12 registi per 12 cittā (1989) documentario
  • Cattiva (1991)
  • Celluloide (1996)
  • Luchino Visconti (1999) documentario
  • Cesare Zavattini (2002) documentario
  • Napoli, Napoli, Napoli (2006) documentario
  • Agusta-Westland, un primato italiano (2007) documentario
  • Hotel Meina (2007)


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