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Joseph Janni (21 May 1916 – 29 May 1994) was a Jewish Italian-British film producer best known for his work with John Schlesinger.[1] He was born in Milan, Italy and became interested in filmmaking while at university.
Joseph Janni | |
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| Born | 21 May 1916 |
| Died | 29 May 1994 (aged 78) |
| Education | Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia |
| Spouse |
Stella Griffiths (m. 1949) |
He emigrated to England in 1939, and once Italy declared war, he was briefly interned in Metropole Camp on the Isle of Man.[2][better source needed] Returning to London, he worked with John Corfield.[3]
Janni's success with The Glass Mountain brought him work with the Rank Organisation.[4] He went on to produce the first films of John Schlesinger and Ken Loach.[5]
Selected filmography
edit- Headline (1944)
- The Glass Mountain (1949)
- The Woman in Question (1950)
- White Corridors (1951)
- Honeymoon Deferred (1951)
- Something Money Can't Buy (1952)
- Romeo and Juliet (1954)
- A Town Like Alice (1956)
- Robbery Under Arms (1957)
- The Captain's Table (1958)
- The Savage Innocents (1962)
- A Kind of Loving (1962)
- Billy Liar (1963)
- Darling (1965)
- Modesty Blaise (1966)
- Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
- Poor Cow (1967)
- In Search of Gregory (1969)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
- Made (1972)
- Los Amigos (1973)
- Yanks (1979)
References
edit- ^ "Joseph Janni". Archived from the original on 24 June 2016.
- ^ Joseph Janni profile, IMDb.com. Accessed 24 October 2022.
- ^ Burton, Alan; Chibnall, Steve (11 July 2013). Historical Dictionary of British Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-8108-8026-9.
- ^ Mann, William J. (2005). Edge of Midnight: The Life of John Schlesinger. Arrow. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-09-945188-4.
- ^ David Shipman. Joseph Janni obituary, The Independent, 2 June 1994.
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