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Giuliano Montaldo
Montaldo in 2012
Born(1930-02-22)22 February 1930
Died6 September 2023(2023-09-06) (aged 93)
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, actor
Years active1951–2023
SpouseVera Pescarolo

Giuliano Montaldo (22 February 1930 – 6 September 2023) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor.

Biography

While he was still a young student, Montaldo was recruited by the director Carlo Lizzani for the role of leading actor in Attention! Bandits! (1951). Following this experience he began an apprenticeship as an assistant director of Lizzani and Gillo Pontecorvo, as well as appearing in Abandoned (1955).

In 1960 he made his debut as a director with Pigeon Shoot, about the partisan resistance, which entered a competition in Venice Film Festival in 1961. In 1965 he wrote and directed The Reckless, a cynical representation of the economic boom of Italy, winning the Special Prize of the Jury at 15th Berlin International Film Festival. He then directed the production Grand Slam ( 1967) which starred an international cast including Edward G. Robinson, Klaus Kinski, and Janet Leigh. [1] His cinema career continued with Gott mit uns (1969), Sacco and Vanzetti (1971), Giordano Bruno (1973), a trilogy about the abuses of the military, judicial and religious power; Time to Kill (1989–1991), with actor Nicolas Cage. [2] In 1982 he directed the television miniseries Marco Polo, which won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries.

In 1971 he was a member of the jury at the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. [3]

Montaldo died on 6 September 2023, at the age of 93. [4] [5]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ Adler, Renata; Thompson, Howard (21 February 1968). "Movie Review". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Tempo di Uccidere - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - New York Times". movies.nytimes.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  3. ^ "7th Moscow International Film Festival (1971)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
  4. ^ "Morto Giuliano Montaldo, il regista di 'Sacco e Vanzetti'". La Repubblica. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  5. ^ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/giuliano-montaldo-dead-sacco-vanzetti-machine-gun-mccain-1235583902/amp/

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