
Highest rated as cast or director
Pier Paolo Pasolini's 7 titles from the 1960s have a median Balasaur Score of 73, led by Mamma Roma (83) and The Gospel According to St. Matthew (79), against 66 for those from the 1970s.
Biography
Pier Paolo Pasolini (March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975) was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure. He demonstrated a unique and extraordinary cultural versatility, becoming a highly controversial figure in the process.
Directed 30
1970s
- 1976
- 1975
Notes Towards an African Orestes
Director
- 1974
The Walls of Sana'a
Director
- 1972
December 12th
Director
- 1971
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
Medea
Director
Pigsty
Director
Love and Anger
Director
The Sequence of the Paper Flower
Director
- 1968
Orgy
Director
Notes for a Film in India
Director
Caprice Italian Style
Director
What Are the Clouds?
Director
- 1967
The Earth As Seen from the Moon
Director
Pasolini Interviews: Ezra Pound
Director
- 1966
The Hawks and the Sparrows
Director
- 1965
Scouting in Palestine
Director
Love Meetings
Director
- 1963
La ricotta
Director
Ro.Go.Pa.G.
Director
- 1962
- 1961
Accattone
Director
Wrote 54
2000s
- 2008
La Rabbia di Pasolini
Writer
1980s
- 1988
L'altro enigma
Author
- 1981
Mulheres... Mulheres
Short Story
1970s
- 1976
- 1975
Notes Towards an African Orestes
Writer
- 1974
The Walls of Sana'a
Writer
- 1973
Bawdy Tales
Screenplay, Story
- 1972
December 12th
Idea
- 1971
- 1970
Ostia
Story, Screenplay
1960s
- 1969
Medea
Writer
Pigsty
Writer
The Sequence of the Paper Flower
Screenplay
Love and Anger
Writer
- 1968
Orgy
Writer
Notes for a Film in India
Writer
Caprice Italian Style
Writer
What Are the Clouds?
Writer
- 1967
The Earth As Seen from the Moon
Writer
- 1966
The Hawks and the Sparrows
Screenplay, Story
- 1965
Scouting in Palestine
Writer
- 1963
La ricotta
Writer
Ro.Go.Pa.G.
Screenplay
- 1962
La Commare Secca
Story
Violent Life
Novel
- 1961
Accattone
Screenplay, Story
Girl in the Window
Screenplay
The Marshes' Chant
Writer
Milano nera
Writer
- 1960
Stendali (Still They Toll)
Writer
From a Roman Balcony
Screenplay
Il carro armato dell'8 settembre
Screenplay
Long Night in '43
Screenplay
Il bell'Antonio
Screenplay
Death of a Friend
Story
1950s
- 1959
The Big Night
Screenplay, Novel
- 1958
Young Husbands
Screenplay
The City’s Unknown
Writer
- 1957
Grigio
Writer
Marisa
Screenplay, Story
- 1956
Manon: Finestra 2
Writer
- 1955
- 1954
Woman of the River
Screenplay
Acted in 25
2020s
- 2024
imagenaction
Archive footage (voice)
- 2021
Morceaux de Cannes
Movie
Vor mir der Süden
Movie
- 2020
L’Ultima Partita di Pasolini
Movie
2010s
- 2015
Pasolini - Il corpo e la voce
Movie
Pasolini maestro corsaro
Movie
2000s
- 2008
La rabbia 1, la rabbia 2, la rabbia 3... l'Arabia
Movie
- 2006
Pasolini prossimo nostro
Se stesso
Pasolini and the Secret Humiliation of Chaucer
Interviewee (archive)
- 2005
Via Pasolini
Interviewee
Salò, l’ultimo film di Pier Paolo Pasolini
Movie
- 2004
Visioni della Medea (tracce di un film sognato)
Movie
- 2002
Salò: Yesterday and Today
Movie
- 2000
Arruso
Sé stesso (Materiale d'archivio)
1990s
- 1995
Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo
Movie
- 1994
The Ashes of Pasolini
Movie
1970s
- 1976
Pier Paolo Pasolini : vivre et encore plus
Lui-même
- 1972
S.P.Q.R.
Movie
- 1971
1960s
- 1967
- 1966
Pasolini l'Enragé
Movie
Notes from a Critofilm
Movie
- 1960
The Hunchback
Monco
Edited 3
2000s
- 2008
La Rabbia di Pasolini
Editor
1970s
- 1975
Notes Towards an African Orestes
Editor
1960s
- 1963
Other crew 1
1970s
- 1970
Ostia
Supervising Technical Director
Sound 1
1970s
- 1972
Appearances37
2020s
- 2026
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2023
Pier Paolo Pasolini - Una visione nuova
Self
- 2022
Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967
Self
- 2021
- 2020
In a Future April: The Young Pasolini
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2010s
- 2019
Notarangelo the Soul Hunter
Self (archive footage)
- 2018
Pier Paolo Pasolini: An Italian Journey
Self (archive footage)
- 2016
The Isle of Medea
Self (archive footage)
- 2014
Pasolini, la passion de Rome
Self (archive footage)
- 2013
Io sono nata viaggiando
Self (archive footage)
- 2012
Pasolini's Last Words
Self (archive)
2000s
- 2008
Il falso bugiardo
Self (archive footage)
- 2007
Callas Assoluta
Self (archive footage)
- 2006
'68 - Reality's Utopia
Self (archive footage)
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2005
Der Sanfte Radikale
himself (archive footage)
- 2002
Bernardo Bertolucci: What Is the Purpose of Cinema?
Self (archive footage)
- 2000
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
Self (archive footage)
1990s
- 1998
Reunion; Salo
Himself (Archive)
1980s
- 1985
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
Self
- 1981
Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die
Self- archive footage
- 1980
My Name Is Anna Magnani
Self (archive footage)
1970s
- 1975
Backstage on the Set of Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Self
Notes Towards an African Orestes
Self (uncredited)
- 1974
The Walls of Sana'a
Narrator (voice)
Pasolini and the Form of the City
Himself
- 1971
Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker's Life
Self
1960s
- 1969
Pasolini on 'Porcile'
Self
- 1968
Notes for a Film in India
Self
- 1967
Cinéma et Réalité
Self
Pasolini Interviews: Ezra Pound
Himself
- 1966
Cinéastes de notre temps : Pier Paolo Pasolini
himself
- 1965
Scouting in Palestine
Self (uncredited)
Love Meetings
Self - Interviewer (uncredited)
No release date
Sfuge (apres Varda)
Self
Thanked in the credits1
1990s
- 1995





