Giuliano Montaldo: Difference between revisions

{{shortShort description|Italian film director (1930–2023)}}

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| caption = Montaldo in 2012

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1930|2|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = [[Genoa]], [[Liguria]],Kingdom [[of Italy|Italy]]

| occupation death_place = [[Film director]]<br>[[Screenwriter]]<br>[[ActorRome]], Italy

| years_activeoccupation = 1951Film director, -screenwriter, presentactor

'''Giuliano Montaldo''' (born 22 February 1930 in– [[Genoa]]6 September 2023) iswas an [[cinema of Italy|Italian]] [[film director]]., screenwriter and actor.

While he was still a young student, Montaldo was recruited by the director [[Carlo Lizzani]] for the role of leading actor in the film ''[[AchtungAttention! BanditiBandits!]]'' (1951). Following this experience he began an apprenticeship as an assistant director of Lizzani and [[Gillo Pontecorvo]], as well as appearing in the 1955 ''[[The Abandoned (1955 film)|Gli SbandatiAbandoned]]''. (1955).

In 1960 he made his debut as a director with ''Tiro[[Pigeon al piccioneShoot]]'', a film about the [[Partisan (military)|partisan]] resistance, which entered for a competition in [[Venice Film Festival]] in 1961. In 1965 he wrote and directed ''[[The Reckless|Una bella grinta]]'', a cynical representation of the economic boom of Italy, winning the Special Prize of the Jury at [[15th Berlin International Film Festival]]. He then directed the production ''[[Grand slamSlam (1967 moviefilm)|Grand Slam]]'' ([[1967 in film|1967]]) which starred an international cast including [[Edward G. Robinson]], [[Klaus Kinski]], and [[Janet Leigh]].<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Movie Review|first1=Renata|last1=Adler|first2=Howard|last2=Thompson|author1-link=Renata Adler|date=February 21, 1968|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D00E6D61031E034BC4951DFB4668383679EDE}}</ref> His cinema career continued with ''[[The Fifth Day of Peace|Gott mit uns]]'' (1969), ''[[Sacco and& Vanzetti (1971 film)|Sacco and Vanzetti]]'' (1971), ''[[Giordano Bruno (film)|Giordano Bruno]]'' (1973), a trilogy about the abuses of the military, judicial and religious power; ''[[TempoTime dito Kill (1989 film)|Time to uccidereKill]]'' (1989–1991), with actor [[Nicolas Cage]].<ref>[{{cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/50050/Tempo-Di-Uccidere/overview |title=Tempo di Uccidere - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - New York Times |website=movies.nytimes.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226231728/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/50050/Tempo-Di-Uccidere/overview] |archive-date=26 February 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1982 he directed the television [[miniseries]] ''[[Marco Polo (mini-series)|Marco Polo]]'', which won the [[Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries|Outstanding Miniseries]].

* ''[[TiroPigeon al piccioneShoot]]'' (1961)

* ''[[Naked to Live]] (''Nudi per vivere]]'') (1964) - documentary

* ''[[ExtraconiugaleExtramarital]]'' (''Extraconiugale''), episode "La moglie svedese" (1964)

* ''[[The Reckless|Una bella grinta]]'' (1965)

* ''[[AdGrand ogniSlam costo(1967 film)|Grand Slam]]'' (1967)

* ''[[The Fifth Day of Peace|Dio è con noi]]'' (1969)

* ''[[Machine Gun McCain|Gli intoccabili]]'' (1969)

* ''[[Sacco e& Vanzetti (1971 film)|Sacco and& Vanzetti]]'' (1971)

* ''[[L'AgneseAnd vaAgnes aChose morireto (film)|L'Agnese va a morireDie]]'' (1976)

* ''[[Closed Circuit (1978 film)|CircuitoClosed chiusoCircuit]]'' (1978) - TV film

* ''[[IlA giocattoloDangerous Toy]]'' (1979)

* ''[[Arlecchino|Harlequin]]'' (1982) - short subject

* ''[[Marco Polo (mini-1982 TV series)|Marco Polo]]'' (1982) - miniserieminiseries TV

* ''[[Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer]]'' (''L'addio a Enrico Berlinguer]]'') (1984) - short subject

* ''[[IlControl giorno(1987 primafilm)|Control]]'' (1987)

* ''[[GliThe occhialiGold d'oroRimmed Glasses]]'' (1987)

* ''[[TempoTime dito uccidereKill (1989 film)|Time to Kill]]'' (1989)

* ''[[There Will Be Once]]'' (''Ci sarà una volta]]'') (1992) - documentary

* ''[[The Seasons of the Eagle]] (''Le stagioni dell'aquila]]'') (1997) - documentary

* ''[[IThe DemoniDemons diof SanSt. PietroburgoPetersberg]]'' (2008)

* ''[[L'industrialeThe Entrepreneur]]'' (2011)

*[http://www.mymovies.it/dizionario/Biblio.asp?R=256 Il Dizionario online del cinema] {{in lang|it}}

[[Category:LivingItalian peoplescreenwriters]]