Gillo Pontecorvo

Director

Born: November 19, 1919
Died: October 12, 2006 (age 86)
From: Pisa, Italy

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…

Filmography (24)

La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte (2018)
Self (archive footage)
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso (2009)
Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms (2007)
Self
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker (2005)
Self
Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers (2004)
Self
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers (2004)
Self
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops (2002)
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Homo Cinematographicus
Homo Cinematographicus (1998)
Self
The Stupids (1996)
Talk show guest
Rome, November 12, 1994
Rome, November 12, 1994 (1995)
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Return to Algiers (1992)
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Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth (1992)
Self
12 Directors for 12 Cities (1989)
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Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984)
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Sabatoventiquattromarzo (1984)
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Operation Ogre (1979)
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Burn! (1969)
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The Battle of Algiers (1966)
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Kapo (1960)
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The Wide Blue Road (1957)
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The Wind Rose (1957)
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Giovanna (1955)
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Outcry (1946)
Pietro
Una storia per I 'energia
Una storia per I 'energia
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