Gianfranco Mingozzi
{{Short description|Italian film director}}
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| birth_place = Bologna, Italy
| death_date = {{death-date and age|7 October 2009|5 April 1932}}
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| occupation = Director, screenwriter
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Gianfranco Mingozzi (5 April 1932 – 7 October 2009) was an Italian director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in Bologna, Mingozzi got a degree in Law, then enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating in 1958.{{cite book|last1=Roberto Poppi|title=I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|year=2002|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884401712}}{{cite news|title=Il Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia ricorda Gianfranco Mingozzi|url=http://www.fondazionecsc.it/news.jsp?ID_NEWS=426&areaNews=8>emplate=news.jsp|accessdate=21 June 2015|work=Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia|date=October 2009}} After being assistant of Federico Fellini, René Clément, Philippe de Broca and Gianni Franciolini, in 1962 he debuted as a screenwriter for La vita provvisoria, and then made his directorial debut with "La vedova bianca", a segment of the anthology film Le italiane e l'amore.{{cite book|last1=Roberto Poppi|title=I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|year=2002|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884401712}} He was also a critically acclaimed documentarist.{{cite book|last1=Roberto Poppi|title=I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|year=2002|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884401712}}{{cite news|title=Il Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia ricorda Gianfranco Mingozzi|url=http://www.fondazionecsc.it/news.jsp?ID_NEWS=426&areaNews=8>emplate=news.jsp|accessdate=21 June 2015|work=Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia|date=October 2009}}
Selected filmography
- Con il cuore fermo Sicilia (1965)
- Sardinia Kidnapped (1968)
- Flavia the Heretic (1974)
- Gli ultimi tre giorni (1977)
- Exploits of a Young Don Juan (1986)
- Il frullo del passero (1988)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id =0591308}}
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Category:Italian film directors
Category:20th-century Italian screenwriters
Category:Italian male screenwriters
Category:Film people from Bologna
Category:20th-century Italian male writers
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