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Gualtiero Jacopetti

Film Director / Journalist / Screenwriter | * 09/04/1919 († 91, 08/17/2011) | Barga, Lucca, Tuscany (Italy)
Gualtiero Jacopetti (Italian: [ɡwalˈtjɛːro jakoˈpetti]; 4 September 1919 – 17 August 2011) was an Italian documentary film director. With Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi, he is considered the originator of mondo films, also called "shockumentaries". ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Comedies | Drama

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Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade. ...

Goodbye Uncle Tom

Certification unknown

1971 | 3.3/5 | 2h 3min
Drama
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A documentary consisting of a series of travelogue vignettes providing glimpses into cultural practices throughout the world intended to shock or surprise, including an insect banquet and a memorable ...

Mondo Cane

Certification unknown

1962 | 3.2/5 | 1h 45min
Documentary
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Voltaire, a 16th century author was furious that learned members of a "civilized" society could claim that the apparent senseless violence and mayhem wrought by disasters, war, disease, man's cruelty, ...

Mondo Candido

Certification unknown

1975 | 2.6/5 | 1h 47min
Adventure, Comedy
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A mondo doc detailing the wild and weird world of women... around the world. ...

Women of the World

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1963 | 2.7/5 | 1h 50min
Documentary
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Movies with Gualtiero Jacopetti as Actor(6)

2012 L'importanza di essere scomodo: Gualtiero Jacopetti
2003 The Godfathers of Mondo
as himself1971 Goodbye Uncle Tom
as Himself (uncredited)1966 Africa Addio
as himself1963 Women of the World
as Avv. Terenzio Anastasi1954 A Day in Court

Movies with Gualtiero Jacopetti as Crew(17)

Directing/Director1975 Mondo Candido
Writing/Story1975 Mondo Candido
Writing/Writer1975 Mondo Candido
Directing/Director1971 Goodbye Uncle Tom
Editing/Editor1971 Goodbye Uncle Tom
Production/Producer1971 Goodbye Uncle Tom
Writing/Writer1971 Goodbye Uncle Tom
Directing/Director1966 Africa Addio
Editing/Editor1966 Africa Addio
Writing/Writer1966 Africa Addio
Directing/Director1963 Mondo Cane 2
Directing/Director1963 Women of the World
Directing/Director1962 Mondo Cane
Editing/Editor1962 Mondo Cane
Production/Producer1962 Mondo Cane
Writing/Writer1962 Mondo Cane
Writing/Writer1959 European Nights

Citizenship: Italy
Born: Thursday, 09/04 1919 (September) in Barga, Lucca, Tuscany (Italy)
Died: Wednesday, 08/17 2011 (August) in Rome (aged: 91)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: Italian (IT, native language)
Gualtiero Jacopetti frequently works together with these people:
Franco Prosperi (15x, Crew)
Riz Ortolani (6x, Crew)
Lucio Fulci (4x, Crew)
Paolo Cavara (4x, Crew)
Alberto Sordi (3x, Actor)
Steno (3x, Crew)
Antonio Climati (3x, Crew)
Benito Frattari (3x, Crew)
Angelo Rizzoli (2x, Crew)
Frederick Ridgard (2x, Crew)
Giancarlo Viganotti (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:531818, Added: 10/09/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024