Giuseppe Patroni Griffi

Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (26 February 1921 – 15 December 2005) was an Italian playwright, screenwriter, director and author.^[1][2]

Born(1921-02-26)26 February 1921

Naples, Italy

Died15 December 2005(2005-12-15) (aged 84)

Rome, Italy

OccupationsFilm director, playwright, screenwriter, author

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Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
Born	(1921-02-26)26 February 1921 Naples, Italy
Died	15 December 2005(2005-12-15) (aged 84) Rome, Italy
Occupations	Film director, playwright, screenwriter, author

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He was born in Naples in an aristocratic family and moved to Rome immediately after the end of World War II and spent his professional life there. Patroni Griffi is considered one of the most prominent contributors to Italian theater and film in post-war Italy.

Roberto Rossellini made a film from his play Anima nera.^{[citation needed]}

His first listed film writing credit was on the 1952 musical Canzoni di mezzo secolo. Patroni Griffi would later direct Charlotte Rampling, Elizabeth Taylor, Marcello Mastroianni, Laura Antonelli, Florinda Bolkan, Terence Stamp, Fabio Testi.^{[citation needed]}

Patroni Griffi was also involved with numerous television productions of lyric opera, including Verdi's La Traviata. His many theatrical productions include works by Pirandello, Eduardo De Filippo, Jean Cocteau and Tennessee Williams. As a writer, he published a first collection of stories in 1955, Ragazzo di Trastevere. Later, he contributed significantly to the body of Italian gay literature with Scende giù per Toledo and La morte della bellezza, both set in Naples.^{[citation needed]}

He died in Rome.^{[citation needed]}