Pietro Germi

Directing·Sep 14, 1914·Genoa, Liguria, Italy

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pietro Germi (14 September 1914, Genoa - 5 December 1974) was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting. He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. During his time in school, Germi supported himself by working as an extra, bit actor, assistant director, and, on occasion, writer. Germi made his directorial debut in 1945 with the film Il testimone. His early work, this film included, were very much in the Italian Neorealist style; many were social dramas that dealt with contemporary issues pertaining to people of Sicilian heritage. Through the years, Germi shifted away from social drama towards satirical comedies, but retained his loved element of the Sicilian people. In the 1960s, Germi received worldwide success with the films Divorce, Italian Style, Seduced and Abandoned, and Signore e Signori. The latter is better known in the English-speaking world as The Birds the Bees and the Italians. He was nominated for Academy Awards in both directing and writing for Divorce, Italian Style, and, subsequently, won in the writing category. He also won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for Signore e signori. Germi collaborated on the scripts for all the films he directed and appeared as an actor in a few of them. He died in Rome of hepatitis on 5 December 1974.

Film	Credit
Marcello, una vita dolce2006 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
My Friends1975 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Alfredo, Alfredo1972 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
A Pocketful of Chestnuts1970 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Serafino1968 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Climax1967 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians1966 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
A Man Named John1965 · Pontiff's Father	Pontiff's Father
Seduced and Abandoned1964 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Divorce Italian Style1961 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Lovemakers1961 · Stefano	Stefano
Blood Feud1961 · Bolognesi	Bolognesi
Lipstick1960 · Commissario Fioresi	Commissario Fioresi
Five Branded Women1960 · Partisan Commander	Partisan Commander
The Facts of Murder1959 · Il Dott. Ingravallo, Director, Screenplay	Il Dott. Ingravallo, Director, Screenplay
Man of Straw1958 · Andrea, Director, Screenplay	Andrea, Director, Screenplay
The Railroad Man1956 · Andrea Marcocci, Director, Screenplay	Andrea Marcocci, Director, Screenplay
Mid-Century Loves1954 · Director	Director
Black 131953 · Writer	Writer
Jealousy1953 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Bandit of Tacca del Lupo1952 · Director	Director
Mademoiselle Gobete1952 · Director	Director
The City Defends Itself1951 · Director	Director
The Path of Hope1950 · Director	Director
In the Name of the Law1949 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Escape to France1948 · Tembien	Tembien
Lost Youth1948 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
AAnglo-Saxon writers and poets in Rome1947 · Director	Director
Monte Cassino1946 · Actor	Actor
The Testimony1946 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
I dieci comandamenti1945 · Writer	Writer
Gli ultimi filibustieri1943 · Writer	Writer
Il figlio del corsaro rosso1943 · Writer	Writer
The Iron Crown1941 · Cavaliere	Cavaliere
LL'amore canta1941 · Writer	Writer
Retroscena1939 · Writer	Writer