Biography
Born in 1930 in Genoa. Still a young student in 1950 when director Carlo Lizzani gave him a role in the film Achtung Banditi!. Following this experience he traveled to Rome where, after acting in film and theatre, he became the Assistant Director of Lizzani, Gillo Pontecorvo, Sergio Leone, Francesco Rosi. In 1960 he made his debut as a Director with Tiro Al piccione, a film about the Partisan Resistance, on competition at the 1961 Venice Film Festival. In 1964 he directed La Moglie Svedese, an episode of the film Extraconiugale. With his second movie, Una Bella Grinta, won the special prize of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival in 1965, a film about a social climber in Italy during the time of the economic miracle. That year he also directed the second unit of Pontecorvo's masterpiece The Battle Of Algiers.
Directed 29
2010s
- 2011
2000s
- 2009
L'oro di Cuba
Director
- 2008
The Demons of St. Petersburg
Director
1980s
- 1989
- 1987
Control
Director
- 1984
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Director
Sabatoventiquattromarzo
Director
- 1983
Turandot
Director
Arlecchino
Director
- 1982
1970s
- 1979
A Dangerous Toy
Director
- 1978
Closed Circuit
Director
- 1976
And Agnes Chose to Die
Director
- 1975
- 1973
Giordano Bruno
Director
- 1971
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
- 1967
Grand Slam
Director
- 1966
- 1965
The Reckless
Director
- 1964
Extraconiugale
Director
- 1963
Nudi per vivere
Director
- 1961
Pigeon Shoot
Director
The Assassin
First Assistant Director
- 1960
Kapo
Co-Director
1950s
- 1959
Esterina
First Assistant Director
- 1957
The Wide Blue Road
Assistant Director
Acted in 22
2020s
- 2023
One Hour Only
Giuliano
- 2020
Vera & Giuliano
Movie
2010s
- 2018
The Legal Death
Movie
- 2017
Everything You Want
Giorgio
- 2016
L'abbiamo fatta grossa
Generale
- 2013
2000s
- 2009
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
Movie
- 2006
The Caiman
Franco Caspio
1990s
- 1996
Celluloide
Civalleri (uncredited)
- 1995
Un eroe borghese
Roberto Calvi
- 1993
The Long Silence
Procuratore Capo
1980s
- 1985
Cinecittà Cinecittà
Director #2 · 1 episode
1960s
- 1961
The Assassin
Movie
1950s
- 1957
The Most Wonderful Moment
Don Grazzini
The Doll that Took the Town
Movie
- 1955
Abandoned
Scattered Soldier from Tuscany
The Girls of San Frediano
Venturini
- 1954
High School
Professore di religione
Chronicle of Poor Lovers
Alfredo Campolmi
- 1953
The Blind Woman of Sorrento
Don Pietro Lisandrini
- 1951
Attention! Bandits!
Lorenzo
Wrote 18
2010s
- 2011
2000s
- 2009
L'oro di Cuba
Story, Screenplay
- 2008
The Demons of St. Petersburg
Screenplay
1980s
- 1989
- 1987
Control
Screenplay
- 1982
1970s
- 1979
A Dangerous Toy
Screenplay
- 1978
Closed Circuit
Screenplay
- 1976
And Agnes Chose to Die
Screenplay, Dialogue
- 1973
Giordano Bruno
Screenplay
- 1971
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
- 1965
The Reckless
Screenplay
- 1964
Extraconiugale
Screenplay
- 1961
Pigeon Shoot
Screenplay
Other crew 1
1960s
- 1966
Produced 1
1950s
- 1955
Giovanna
Production Manager
Appearances19
2020s
- 2025
Siamo in un film di Alberto Sordi?
Self
- 2024
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
Self
- 2022
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
Self
2010s
- 2017
Tonino
Self
Raccontare Venezia
Self
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Self - Filmmaker
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Self
- 2015
Il segreto di Otello
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
2000s
- 2007
Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms
Self
- 2006
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
Self
Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
Self
- 2005
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self
- 2004
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
Self - Interviewee