Giorgio Papi
Italian film producer
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Giorgio Papi (1917–2002) was an Italian film producer and production manager.
Born1917
Died2002 (aged 84–85)
Rome, Italy
OccupationsFilm producer and production manager
ChildrenMaria Ludovica Papi
Giorgio Papi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1917 |
| Died | 2002 (aged 84–85) Rome, Italy |
| Occupations | Film producer and production manager |
| Children | Maria Ludovica Papi |
| Relatives | Pier Giorgio Palladino |
He met Orson Welles in the set of Black Magic (1949), where he was the head of production, and they worked in Othello (1951).[1]
He produced along Arrigo Colombo A Fistful of Dollars (1964).[2] Both hired Sergio Leone to direct the film with a budget of 200.000 dollars.[3] In 1964 they founded Jolly Film,[4] and they produced Gunfight at Red Sands (1963),[5] and Grand Slam (1967), between others.[6]
He was member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1972.[7]
Filmography
- Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)
- Violent City (1970)
- Grand Slam (1967)
- A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
- Inspector Maigret (1958)
- The Intruder (1956)
- Othello (1951)
- Cagliostro (1949)
- Te amaré siempre (1943)
- Four Steps in the Clouds (1942)
- Before the Postman (1942)