Giovanni Grimaldi (14 November 1917 – 25 February 2001) was an Italian screenwriter, journalist and film director. He was sometimes credited as Gianni Grimaldi.[1]
Giovanni Grimaldi | |
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 Grimaldi in 1960 | |
| Born | 14 November 1917 |
| Died | 25 February 2001 (aged 84) |
| Years active | 1952–1983 |
Biography
editBorn in Catania, Sicily, Grimaldi entered the cinema industry in 1952 as a screenwriter of a large number of often highly successful films, frequently working together with Bruno Corbucci.[2] Since 1964 he became a prolific director of comedy films, often working with Lando Buzzanca and with the couple Franco and Ciccio.[2]
Aside from films, Grimaldi was a journalist, a collaborator and even the director of several Italian humor magazines such as Trilussa, Candido and Marc'Aurelio.[2] He was also a radio author, a playwright and a television director. He was the father of the director and screenwriter Aldo Grimaldi.[2]
Selected filmography
editDirector and screenwriter
edit- Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone (1965)
- In a Colt's Shadow (1965)
- James Tont operazione U.N.O. (1965)
- The Handsome, the Ugly, and the Stupid (1967)
- I 2 deputati (1968)
- Don Chisciotte and Sancio Panza (1968)
- Un caso di coscienza (1970)
- Il magnate (1973)
- La governante (1974)
- Il fidanzamento (1975)
Screenwriter
edit- I, Hamlet (1952)
- Matrimonial Agency (1953)
- It Happened at the Police Station (1954)
- Buonanotte... avvocato! (1955)
- Allow Me, Daddy! (1956)
- Who Hesitates is Lost (1960)
- The Two Marshals (1961)
- Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita (1961)
- Gladiators 7 (1962)
- The Slave (1962)
- Lo smemorato di Collegno (1962)
- The Two Colonels (1962)
- Toto's First Night (1962)
- Toto vs. Maciste (1962)
- The Monk of Monza (1963)
- Toto vs. the Four (1963)
- Totò Diabolicus (1963)
- Toto and Cleopatra (1963)
- Sexy Toto (1963)
- I due mafiosi (1964)
- Tears on Your Face (1964)
- What Ever Happened to Baby Toto? (1964)
- Toto of Arabia (1965)
- Latin Lovers (1965)
- Mi vedrai tornare (1966)
- 4 Dollars of Revenge (1966)
- Nel sole (1967)
- Angeli senza paradiso (1970)
- Paths of War (1970)
- When Women Were Called Virgins (1972)
- The Inconsolable Widow Thanks All Those Who Consoled Her (1973)
Sources
edit- ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
- ^ a b c d Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
External links
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