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Giacomo Gentilomo

Director · 1909–2001 · Trieste, Italy

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Biography

Giacomo Gentilomo was an Italian film director and painter. He began his career in the film industry at the age of 21, working as a script supervisor and assistant director. Between 1933 and 1937, he was active as a film editor. Gentilomo made his directorial debut in 1939 with Il Carnevale di Venezia. His 1945 film O sole mio received critical acclaim and is considered one of the earliest examples of Italian neorealism due to its use of exterior scenes and non-professional actors. In the mid-1960s, dissatisfied with cinema, Gentilomo decided to abandon films and instead pursued his passion for painting.

Directed 32

1960s

  1. 1964

    Hercules Against the Moon Men

    Director

    30
  2. 1963

    Brennus, Enemy of Rome

    Director

  3. Slave Girls of Sheba

    Director

  4. 1962

    Charge of the Black Lancers

    Director

  5. 1961

    Goliath and the Vampires

    Director

  6. The Last of the Vikings

    Director

1950s

  1. 1959

    Knight Without a Country

    Director

  2. 1958

    The Dragon's Blood

    Director

  3. 1957

    La trovatella di Pompei

    Director

  4. 1956

    Una voce, una chitarra, un po' di luna

    Director

  5. 1954

    The Two Orphans

    Director

  6. Passionately

    Director

  7. 1953

    The Blind Woman of Sorrento

    Director

  8. 1952

    Immortal Melodies

    Director

  9. 1951

    The Young Caruso

    Director

  10. 1950

    The Accusation

    Director

  11. Lo sparviero del Nilo

    Director

1940s

  1. 1949

    Ti ritroverò

    Director

  2. Snow White and the Seven Thieves

    Director

  3. 1947

    The Brothers Karamazov

    Director

  4. 1946

    The Lovers

    Director

  5. Teheran

    Director

  6. O sole mio

    Director

  7. 1944

    In cerca di felicità

    Director

  8. 1943

    Cortocircuito

    Director

  9. Mater dolorosa

    Director

  10. 1942

    Finalmente soli

    Director

  11. 1941

    Luna di miele

    Director

  12. Thrill

    Director

  13. 1940

    Ecco la radio!

    Director

1930s

  1. 1935

    I Love You Only

    First Assistant Director

  2. 1934

    Full Speed

    First Assistant Director

Wrote 13

1960s

  1. 1964

    Hercules Against the Moon Men

    Story

    30
  2. 1961

    The Last of the Vikings

    Screenplay

1950s

  1. 1959

    The Black Archer

    Screenplay, Story

  2. 1958

    The Dragon's Blood

    Writer

  3. 1957

    La trovatella di Pompei

    Screenplay

  4. 1952

    Immortal Melodies

    Writer

  5. 1951

    The Young Caruso

    Screenplay

  6. 1950

    The Accusation

    Screenplay

1940s

  1. 1949

    Snow White and the Seven Thieves

    Screenplay

  2. 1946

    The Lovers

    Writer

  3. 1944

    In cerca di felicità

    Screenplay

  4. 1941

    Thrill

    Screenplay, Dialogue

1930s

  1. 1935

    I Love You Only

    Screenplay

Edited 5

1940s

  1. 1943

    Mater dolorosa

    Editor

1930s

  1. 1936

    Amore

    Editor

  2. 1935

    I Love You Only

    Editor

  3. Lorenzino de' Medici

    Editor

  4. 1934

    Full Speed

    Editor