Giacomo Gentilomo

{{Short description|Italian film director, painter (1909–2001)}}

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Giacomo Gentilomo (5 April 1909 – 16 April 2001) was an Italian film director and painter.

Early life

He was born in Trieste. Gentilomo moved to Rome at a young age.

Career

At 21 years old he entered the cinema industry, working as a script surveyor and an assistant director.{{cite book|last1=Roberto Poppi|title=I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|date=2002 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884401712}} Active between 1933 and 1937 as a film editor, in 1939 he debuted as a director with Il Carnevale di Venezia. His 1945 film O sole mio got critical acclaim. His later career was mainly devoted to genre films, and failed to achieve significant critical interest. Dissatisfied with cinema, in the mid-1960s Gentilomo decided to abandon films and to instead fulfill his passion for painting.

Filmography

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