Gian Vittorio Baldi

Directing·Oct 30, 1930·Lugo, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italia

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Gian Vittorio Baldi (30 October 1930 - 23 March 2015) was an Italian film producer, director and screenwriter. Born in Bologna , Emilia-Romagna , Baldi graduated in Social science at the Sapienza University in Rome and then enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. He debuted as a director of documentary shorts, and in 1958 he won the Golden Lion for best short film at the Venice Film Festival with Il piani delle zitelle (" The crying of spinsters "). He directed a number of independent films, generally characterized by social criticism. His film Fire! entered the main competition at the 29th Venice International Film Festival, while the film The Last Day of School Before Christmas (aka The Last Day of School Before Christmas ) was screened at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors 'Fortnight section. Baldi also worked as a producer of art films , producing films by Pier Paolo Pasolini , Robert Bresson , Nelo Risi , Straub-Huillet and Dacia Maraini , among others. A devotee of natural wines, from the 1990s Baldi was active as a winemaker and produced several award-winning wines, notably the Ronchi di Castelluccio.

Film	Credit
Invisible World2013 · Segment "Fábula – Pasolini em Heliópolis", Director, Writer	Segment "Fábula – Pasolini em Heliópolis", Director, Writer
ZZEN - Zona Espansione Nord1989 · Director	Director
Night of The Flowers1979 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Notes Towards an African Orestes1975 · Producer	Producer
The Last Day of School Before Christmas1975 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Four Nights of a Dreamer1972 · Producer	Producer
Wind from the East1970 · Producer	Producer
Pigsty1969 · Producer	Producer
Fire!1968 · Director, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Screenplay
Diary of a Schizophrenic Girl1968 · Producer	Producer
Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach1968 · Producer	Producer
Trio1967 · Producer	Producer
Fiammetta1965 · Director	Director
That Tender Age1964 · Director	Director
Luciano, una vita bruciata1962 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Latin Lovers1961 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
LLuciano (via dei Cappellari)1960 · Director	Director
La casa delle vedove1960 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
IIl Bar di GigiDirector, Writer	Director, Writer