Gianfranco Mingozzi
Italian film director
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Gianfranco Mingozzi (5 April 1932 – 7 October 2009) was an Italian director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in Bologna, Mingozzi got a degree in Law, then enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating in 1958.[1][2] After being assistant of Federico Fellini, René Clément, Philippe de Broca and Gianni Franciolini, in 1962 he debuted as a screenwriter for La vita provvisoria, and then made his directorial debut with "La vedova bianca", a segment of the anthology film Le italiane e l'amore.[1] He was also a critically acclaimed documentarist.[1][2]
Selected filmography
- Con il cuore fermo Sicilia (1965)
- Sardinia Kidnapped (1968)
- Flavia the Heretic (1974)
- Gli ultimi tre giorni (1977)
- Les Exploits d'un jeune Don Juan (1986)
- Il frullo del passero (1988)
