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Gualtiero Jacopetti (Italian: [ɡwalˈtjɛːro jakoˈpetti]; 4 September 1919 – 17 August 2011) was an Italian documentary film director. With Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi, he is considered the originator of mondo films, also called "shockumentaries".
Aug 19, 2011 · Gualtiero Jacopetti, a filmmaker who titillated and disgusted moviegoers by roaming the globe to document bizarre, not to say creepy, phenomena — a chicken that smokes cigarettes, for instance —...
Gualtiero Jacopetti was an Italian journalist, writer, director and editor, known for his controversial documentaries such as Mondo candido and Goodbye Uncle Tom. He was born in 1919, married and divorced, and died in 2011.
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- Barga, Tuscany, Italy
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- Rome, Lazio, Italy
Aug 21, 2011 · So it’s worth recognizing the film’s writer and supervising director, Gualtiero Jacopetti, who died Aug. 17 at 91. Born in Barga, Tuscany, in 1919, Jacopetti served in the Italian...
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Born in Barga, Tuscany, in 1919, Jacopetti was a firebrand who joined the Italian Resistance and helped Allied troops as they moved into Italy in 1943. After the Second World War, he...
Gualtiero Jacopetti was born on 4 September 1919 in Barga, Tuscany, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for A Dog's Life (1962), Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971) and Mondo candido (1975). He was married to Jolanda Kaldaras.
Aug 18, 2011 · Gualtiero Jacopetti, the Italian director and screenwriter behind the Italian mondo “shockumentaries” of the early 1960s that influenced and inspired filmmakers for years to come, died...
