Gian Gaspare Napolitano

{{short description|Italian journalist}}

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| name = Gian Gaspare Napolitano

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|4|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Palermo, Sicily, Italy

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1966|1|5|1907|4|30|df=yes}}

| death_place = Rome, Italy

| occupation = Screenwriter
Film director

| yearsactive = 1935–1956

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Gian Gaspare Napolitano (30 April 1907 – 5 January 1966) was an Italian journalist, screenwriter and film director.

During the 1920s, he wrote for the literary review "900", Cahiers d'Italie et d'Europe. He made ten films between 1935 and 1956. He was a member of the Venice Film Festival jury in 1951, 1953 and 1961. During the Second World War, he was a liaison officer with the Black Watch, and in 1945 he wrote the novel In guerra con gli scozzesi based on his experiences.

His film Magia verde won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival{{Cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1953/03_preistr_ger_1953/03_Preistraeger_1953.html |title=3rd Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners |access-date=2009-12-21 |work=berlinale.de |archive-date=15 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015121239/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1953/03_preistr_ger_1953/03_Preistraeger_1953.html |url-status=dead }} and was nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes.{{Cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3928/year/1953.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Green Magic |access-date=2009-01-23|work=festival-cannes.com}}