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Giovanni Pastrone

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
1

Gender
Male

Birthday
September 13, 1883 (142 years old)

Place of Birth
Montechiaro d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy

Giovanni Pastrone

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Giovanni Pastrone, also known by his artistic name Piero Fosco (13 September 1883 - 27 June 1959), was an Italian film pioneer, director, screenwriter, actor and technician.

Pastrone was born in Montechiaro d'Asti. He worked during the era of the silent film, but he influenced many important directors in the international cinema, such as David Wark Griffith, in his Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916).

He died in Turin on 27 June 1959.

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Known For

Directing

1923Povere bimbe...Director
1920Hedda Gabler...Director
1918La Moglie di Claudio...Director
1918Maciste atleta...Director
1917The War and the Dream of Momi...Director
1916The Warrior...Director
1916The Royal Tigress...Director
1916The Fire...Director
1914Cabiria...Director
1913Stronger than Sherlock Holmes...Director
1912At the Cinema Show...Director
1911The Fall of Troy...Director
1910Agnese Visconti...Director
1909Enrico III...Director
1909Julius Caesar...Director

Writing

1923Povere bimbe...Screenplay
1917The Light, Triptych of Modern Life...Writer
1917The War and the Dream of Momi...Writer
1916The Warrior...Writer
1916The Warrior...Screenplay
1916The Fire...Writer
1915Maciste...Screenplay
1914Cabiria...Screenplay
1911The Fall of Troy...Writer

Production

1914Cabiria...Producer

Acting

1909Julius Caesaras Giulio Cesare