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Carlo Lizzani

Film Director / Actor / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 04/03/1922 († 91, 10/05/2013) | Rome, Lazio (Italy)
Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. ()

Carlo Lizzani was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. Born in Rome, after World War II Lizzani worked on such notable films of the late 1940s as Roberto Rossellini's Germany Year Zero, Alberto Lattuada's The Mill on the Po (both 1948) and Giuseppe De Santis' Bitter Rice (1950, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story). After helming documentaries, he debuted as a feature director with the admired World War II drama Achtung! Banditi! (1951). He films an episode of L'Amore in Città. Respected for his awarded drama Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954), he has proven a solid director of genre films, notably crime films such as The Violent Four (1968) and Crazy Joe (1974) or erotic comedy Roma bene (1971). He worked frequently for Italian television in the 1980s and was a member of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival in 1994. His film Celluloide deals with the making of Rome, Open City.He committed suicide in 2013.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | History

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Awards & Nominations for Carlo Lizzani

Knight Grand Cross of The Order of Merit of The Italian Republic Grand Officer of The Order of Merit of The Italian Republic Academy Award for Best Story
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Movies with Carlo Lizzani as Actor(21)

as Himself - Filmmaker (archive footage)2017 Cinecittà Babylon
as himself2014 Sperduti nel buio
as himself2011 Noi c'eravamo
as himself2010 Ritratto di mio padre
as himself2008 Il falso bugiardo
as Pio XII2002 Pope John XXIII
as Self - Filmmaker2001 Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
as himself1999 Luchino Visconti
as Journalist (uncredited)1969 The Tough and the Mighty
as Don Camillo, il prete1946 Outcry

Movies with Carlo Lizzani as Crew(99)

Directing/Director2011 Scossa
Directing/Director2008 All Human Rights for All
Writing/Writer2008 All Human Rights for All
Directing/Director2008 Giuseppe De Santis
Directing/Director2007 Hotel Meina
Writing/Screenplay2007 Hotel Meina
Directing/Director2004 Le cinque giornate di Milano
Directing/Director2003 Cesare Zavattini
Directing/Director2002 Maria Josè, l'ultima regina
Directing/Director1999 Luchino Visconti
Writing/Writer1999 Luchino Visconti
Directing/Director1996 Celluloide
Writing/Screenplay1996 Celluloide
Directing/Director1991 The Wicked
Directing/Director1989 12 Directors for 12 Cities
Directing/Director1988 Dear Gorbachev
Writing/Screenplay1988 Dear Gorbachev
Directing/Director1987 Assicurazione sulla morte
Directing/Director1985 Mother Ebe
Writing/Writer1985 Mother Ebe
Directing/Director1984 Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier
Directing/Director1984 Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Directing/Director1983 Inverno di malato
Writing/Writer1983 Inverno di malato
Directing/Director1983 Venezia
Directing/Director1983 The House of the Yellow Carpet
Directing/Director1980 Fontamara
Writing/Screenplay1980 Fontamara
Directing/Director1977 Kleinhoff Hotel
Directing/Director1976 San Babila-8 P.M.
Writing/Writer1976 San Babila-8 P.M.
Directing/Director1975 The Teenage Prostitution Racket
Directing/Director1974 The Last Four Days
Writing/Screenplay1974 The Last Four Days
Directing/Director1974 Crazy Joe
Directing/Director1972 Black Turin
Directing/Director1971 Roma bene
Writing/Screenplay1971 Roma bene
Directing/Director1969 Love and Anger
Production/Producer1969 Love and Anger
Writing/Writer1969 Love and Anger
Directing/Director1969 The Tough and the Mighty
Writing/Writer1969 The Tough and the Mighty
Directing/Director1969 The Bandit
Writing/Writer1969 The Bandit
Production/Producer1968 Black Jesus
Directing/Director1968 Bandits in Milan
Writing/Screenplay1968 Bandits in Milan
Writing/Story1968 Bandits in Milan
Directing/Director1967 Kill and Pray
Production/Producer1967 Kill and Pray
Directing/Director1966 Wake Up and Die
Production/Producer1966 Wake Up and Die
Directing/Director1966 The Hills Run Red
Directing/Director1965 La Celestina P… R…
Writing/Screenplay1965 La Celestina P… R…
Directing/Director1965 Thrilling
Directing/Director1965 The Dirty Game
Directing/Director1964 It's a Hard Life
Writing/Screenplay1964 It's a Hard Life
Directing/Director1964 Amori pericolosi
Writing/Writer1964 Amori pericolosi
Directing/Director1963 The Verona Trial
Writing/Screenplay1961 Duel of Champions
Directing/Director1961 Gold of Rome
Writing/Story1961 Gold of Rome
Writing/Screenplay1961 Gold of Rome
Directing/Director1961 The Policeman on Horseback
Directing/Director1960 The Hunchback
Writing/Screenplay1960 The Hunchback
Directing/Director1959 Esterina
Directing/Director1958 Behind the Great Wall
Directing/Director1956 The Screwball
Writing/Writer1956 The Screwball
Directing/Director1954 Chronicle of Poor Lovers
Writing/Screenplay1954 Chronicle of Poor Lovers
Writing/Screenplay1954 Human Torpedoes
Directing/Director1953 At the Edge of the City
Writing/Writer1953 At the Edge of the City
Directing/Director1953 Love in the City
Directing/Director1951 Attention! Bandits!
Writing/Screenplay1951 Attention! Bandits!
Writing/Story1951 Attention! Bandits!
Writing/Screenplay1950 Under the Olive Tree
Directing/Director1950 Something Changed in Midday
Writing/Screenplay1949 Bitter Rice
Writing/Story1949 Bitter Rice
Directing/First Assistant Director1949 The Mill on the Po
Directing/Assistant Director1948 Germany, Year Zero
Writing/Writer1948 Germany, Year Zero
Directing/Co-Director1947 Tragic Hunt
Writing/Story1947 Tragic Hunt
Writing/Screenplay1947 Tragic Hunt
Writing/Screenplay1946 Outcry

Full Name: Carlo Lizzani
Citizenship: Italy
Born: Monday, 04/03 1922 (April) in Rome, Lazio (Italy)
Died: Saturday, 10/05 2013 (October) in Rome (aged: 91)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: Italian (IT)
Educated at: Sapienza University of Rome
Other names for Carlo Lizzani (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Lee W. Beaver"
"Карло Лидзани"
"Карло Лиццани"
Carlo Lizzani frequently works together with these people:
Franco Fraticelli (21x, Crew)
Giuliano Montaldo (13x, Crew)
Giuseppe De Santis (13x, Crew)
Ettore Scola (12x, Crew)
Dino De Laurentiis (12x, Crew)
Ugo Pirro (11x, Crew)
Ennio Morricone (10x, Crew)
Massimo Mida (7x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:309788, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024