Aldo Vergano

{{Short description|Italian film director, screenwriter and journalist}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Aldo Vergano

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1891|8|27}}

| birth_place = Rome

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1957|9|21|1891|8|27}}

| death_place = Rome

| occupation = film director, screenwriter

| children = Serena Vergano

| image = Quellimontagna43 blasetti-set.jpg

}}

Aldo Vergano (1891–1957) was an Italian director, screenwriter and journalist. He was the father of actress Serena Vergano.

Biography

Born in Rome, Vergano was the co-founder with Alessandro Blasetti of the magazine Cinematografo.{{cite book|last=Roberto Poppi|title=I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|year=2002|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884401712}}

He made his film debut with the screenplay of Blasetti's Sun, one of the most important films of the Italian silent cinema. In the thirties, though persecuted by fascism for his political views, he was a prolific screenwriter of Telefoni Bianchi films. He made his debut as a director with the patriotic drama Pietro Micca.

Vergano is probably best known for the film The Sun Still Rises, produced by the PNA, (the National Association of Italian Partisans), which is considered "one of the cornerstones of neorealism".Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei Film 2008. Baldini Castoldi Dalai Editore, 2007. {{ISBN|9788860731869}}.

Selected filmography

;Director

;Screenwriter

References

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