Biography
Carlo Lizzani was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. Born in Rome, after World War II Lizzani worked on such notable films of the late 1940s as Roberto Rossellini's Germany Year Zero, Alberto Lattuada's The Mill on the Po (both 1948) and Giuseppe De Santis' Bitter Rice (1950, for which he received an Academy Award nomination 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 Città. Respected for his awarded drama Chronicle of Poor Lovers (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 (1971). He worked frequently for Italian television in the 1980s and was a member of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival in 1994. His film Celluloide deals with the making of Rome, Open City. He committed suicide in 2013.
Directed 54
2010s
- 2012
Scossa
Director
2000s
- 2008
All Human Rights for All
Director
Hotel Meina
Director
- 2004
Le cinque giornate di Milano
Director
- 2003
Cesare Zavattini
Director
- 2002
Luchino Visconti
Director
Maria Josè, l'ultima regina
Director
- 2001
Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokes
Director
1990s
- 1999
La Donna del Treno
Director
- 1996
Celluloide
Director
- 1994
Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier
Director
- 1991
1980s
- 1989
12 Directors for 12 Cities
Director
- 1988
Dear Gorbachev
Director
- 1987
Assicurazione sulla morte
Director
- 1985
Mother Ebe
Director
- 1984
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Director
Sabatoventiquattromarzo
Director
- 1983
The House of the Yellow Carpet
Director
Inverno di malato
Director
- 1980
Fontamara
Director
1970s
- 1977
Kleinhoff Hotel
Director
- 1976
San Babila-8 P.M.
Director
- 1975
The Teenage Prostitution Racket
Director
- 1974
The Last Four Days
Director
Crazy Joe
Director
- 1972
Black Turin
Director
- 1971
Roma bene
Director
1960s
- 1969
The Tough and the Mighty
Director
Love and Anger
Director
The Bandit
Director
- 1968
- 1967
- 1966
Wake Up and Die
Director
- 1965
Thrilling
Director
The Dirty Game
Director
La Celestina P… R…
Director
- 1964
Amori pericolosi
Director
It's a Hard Life
Director
- 1963
The Verona Trial
Director
- 1961
Gold of Rome
Director
The Policeman on Horseback
Director
- 1960
The Hunchback
Director
1950s
- 1959
Esterina
Director
- 1958
Behind the Great Wall
Director
- 1956
The Screwball
Director
- 1954
Chronicle of Poor Lovers
Director
- 1953
- 1951
Attention! Bandits!
Director
1940s
- 1949
- 1948
- 1947
Tragic Hunt
Co-Director
Wrote 35
2010s
- 2013
We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism
Writer
2000s
- 2008
All Human Rights for All
Writer
Hotel Meina
Writer
- 2002
Luchino Visconti
Writer
Maria Josè, l'ultima regina
Screenplay, Story
1990s
- 1996
Celluloide
Screenplay
1980s
- 1988
Dear Gorbachev
Screenplay
- 1987
- 1985
Mother Ebe
Writer
- 1983
Inverno di malato
Writer
- 1980
Fontamara
Screenplay
1970s
- 1976
San Babila-8 P.M.
Writer
- 1975
The Teenage Prostitution Racket
Writer
- 1974
The Last Four Days
Screenplay
- 1971
Roma bene
Screenplay
1960s
- 1969
The Tough and the Mighty
Writer
Love and Anger
Writer
The Bandit
Writer
- 1968
- 1965
La Celestina P… R…
Screenplay
- 1964
Amori pericolosi
Writer
It's a Hard Life
Screenplay
- 1961
Gold of Rome
Screenplay, Story
- 1960
The Hunchback
Screenplay
1950s
- 1956
The Screwball
Writer
- 1954
Human Torpedoes
Screenplay
Chronicle of Poor Lovers
Screenplay
- 1953
- 1951
Attention! Bandits!
Screenplay, Story
- 1950
1940s
- 1949
- 1948
- 1947
Tragic Hunt
Screenplay, Story
- 1946
Outcry
Screenplay
Acted in 5
2010s
- 2012
Mr. Teddy
Movie
2000s
- 2002
Pope John XXIII
Pio XII
1960s
- 1969
The Tough and the Mighty
Journalist (uncredited)
- 1968
1940s
- 1946
Outcry
Don Camillo, il prete
Produced 4
1960s
- 1969
Love and Anger
Producer
- 1968
Black Jesus
Producer
- 1967
- 1966
Wake Up and Die
Producer
Created 1
2000s
- 2004
Le cinque giornate di Milano
Creator
Appearances24
2010s
- 2017
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Self
- 2014
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
Self
Sperduti nel buio
Himself
- 2013
We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism
Narrator / Self
- 2012
Giuliano Montaldo - Quattro volte vent'anni
Self
The Years of Lost Images
Self
- 2011
Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane
Self
Noi c'eravamo
Self
- 2010
Portrait Of My Father
Self
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
Self
2000s
- 2009
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
Self
- 2008
Il falso bugiardo
Self
- 2007
Linee d'ombra
Self
- 2006
Uomini forti
Self
Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'
Self
- 2005
Behind Love and Anger
Self - Director (segment "L'indifferenza")
- 2003
Un film et son époque
Self · 1 episode
- 2002
Luchino Visconti
Self
- 2001
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
Self - Filmmaker
Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokes
Narrator
1990s
- 1990
Rossellini
Self
1980s
- 1984
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Self
Thanked in the credits2
2000s
- 2005
Behind Love and Anger
Thanks
1960s
- 1962
To Arms, We Are Fascists!
Thanks