2006
Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1919)
Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1919)
Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1919)
Gillo Pontecorvo
Italian film director (1919–2006)
- Died
- 2006
Gilberto Pontecorvo Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian filmmaker associated with the political cinema movement of the 1960s and '70s. He is best known for directing the landmark war docudrama The Battle of Algiers (1966). It won the Golden Lion at the 27th Venice Film Festival, and earned him Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.
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