Search results
Gilberto Pontecorvo Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( Italian: [ˈdʒillo ponteˈkɔrvo]; 19 November 1919 – 12 October 2006) was an Italian filmmaker associated with the political cinema movement of the 1960s and 1970s. He is best known for directing the landmark war docudrama The Battle of Algiers (1966).
Gillo Pontecorvo was an Italian filmmaker. He is best known for his 1966 masterpiece, The Battle of Algiers, widely viewed as one of the finest films of its genre: realistic though fictionalized documentary.
- January 1, 1
- Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
- January 1, 1
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
Gilberto Pontecorvo, detto Gillo è stato un regista, sceneggiatore, attore, compositore e partigiano italiano.
One of the most influential political films in history, The Battle of Algiers, by Gillo Pontecorvo, vividly re-creates a key year in the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s.
- Ali La Pointe
Learn about the life and career of Gillo Pontecorvo, an Italian filmmaker known for his anti-colonial and neorealist films. Find out his birth and death dates, family, awards, and trivia on IMDb.
- November 19, 1919
- October 12, 2006
Oct 14, 2006 · ROME, Oct. 13 — Gillo Pontecorvo, the Italian filmmaker who explored terrorism and torture in colonial Algeria in the powerful and influential 1965 classic, “The Battle of Algiers,” died ...
People also ask
Who is Gilberto Pontecorvo Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI?
Who was Gillo Pontecorvo?
When did Pontecorvo join the Communist Party?
What was Pontecorvo's theme?
Pontecorvo's name is forever linked to his one, unassailable masterpiece, The Battle of Algiers (1966). An account of Algeria's liberation from French rule, it was shot in a neorealist style and exerts an influence which continues to this day.
