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Giuseppe Patroni Griffi

Film Director / Screenwriter / Writer / Playwright | * 02/26/1921 († 84, 12/15/2005) | Naples (Italy)
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (26 February 1921 – 15 December 2005) was an Italian playwright, screenwriter, director and author. He was born in Naples in an aristocratic family and moved to Rome immediately after the end of World War II and spent his professional life there. Patroni Griffi is considered one of the most prominent contributors to Italian theater and film in post-war Italy. Roberto Rossellini made a film from his play Anima nera. His first listed film writing credit was on the 1952 musical Canzoni di mezzo secolo. Patroni Griffi would later direct Charlotte Rampling, Elizabeth Taylor, Marcello Mastroianni, Laura Antonelli, Florinda Bolkan, Terence Stamp, Fabio Testi. Patroni Griffi was also involved with numerous television productions of lyric opera, including Verdi's La Traviata. His many theatrical productions include works by Pirandello, Eduardo De Filippo, Jean Cocteau and Tennessee Williams. As a writer, he published a first collection of stories in 1955, Ragazzo di Trastevere. Later, he contributed significantly to the body of Italian gay literature with Scende giù per Toledo and La morte della bellezza, both set in Naples. He died in Rome. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for Giuseppe Patroni Griffi

Primetime Emmy Awards
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Movies with Giuseppe Patroni Griffi as Actor(1)

as Self (uncredited)1972 La tenda in piazza

Movies with Giuseppe Patroni Griffi as Crew(26)

Directing/Director1985 The Trap
Directing/Director1975 The Divine Nymph
Writing/Screenplay1975 The Divine Nymph
Directing/Director1974 Identikit
Writing/Screenplay1974 Identikit
Directing/Director1971 'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Writing/Writer1971 'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Directing/Director1969 One Night at Dinner
Writing/Screenplay1969 One Night at Dinner
Writing/Screenplay1967 More Than a Miracle
Writing/Story1967 More Than a Miracle
Writing/Story1967 The Witches
Writing/Screenplay1967 The Witches
Writing/Story1963 I cuori infranti
Writing/Screenplay1963 I cuori infranti
Directing/Director1962 The Sea
Writing/Screenplay1962 The Sea
Writing/Theatre Play1962 Dark Soul
Writing/Screenplay1961 Girl with a Suitcase
Writing/Story1961 Girl with a Suitcase
Writing/Writer1960 Letters of a Novice
Writing/Screenplay1959 The Swindlers
Writing/Writer1953 Cavalcade of Song
Writing/Writer1952 Half a Century of Song
Writing/Story1952 The Eternal Chain
Writing/Screenplay1952 The Eternal Chain

Citizenship: Italy
Born: Saturday, 02/26 1921 (February) in Naples (Italy)
Died: Thursday, 12/15 2005 (December) in Rome (aged: 84)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: Italian (IT)
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi frequently works together with these people:
Francesco Rosi (6x, Crew)
Ennio Morricone (5x, Crew)
Alfio Valdarnini (5x, Crew)
Piero Poletto (5x, Crew)
Piero Piccioni (4x, Crew)
Nino Manfredi (3x, Actor)
Mario Serandrei (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:357006, Added: 08/15/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024