Pasquale Squitieri
Italian film director (1938–2017)
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Pasquale Squitieri (27 November 1938 – 18 February 2017[1]) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
- Film director
- screenwriter
Pasquale Squitieri | |
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| Born | 27 November 1938 Naples, Italy |
| Died | 18 February 2017 (aged 78) Rome, Italy |
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| Years active | 1969–2017 |
| Spouse |
Ottavia Fusco (m. 2013) |
| Partner | Claudia Cardinale (1975–2017) |
| Children | 1 |
Life and career
Born in Naples, Squitieri graduated in law, then was briefly involved in stage, as author ("La battaglia") and even actor (directed by Francesco Rosi).[2] He made his film debut with Io e Dio, produced by Vittorio De Sica, and, after two Spaghetti Westerns he signed as William Redford, he focused on drama films centered on political and social issues.[2] Squitieri's film I Am the Law won the David di Donatello for Best Film in 1978.[3] Li chiamarono... briganti!, a film about the brigand Carmine Crocco, was suspended from the cinemas and it is not available on the home video market. Squitieri was the partner of Claudia Cardinale since 1975.[2] His 1980 film Savage Breed was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.[4] Since 2003, Squitieri had been romantically linked to actress and singer Ottavia Fusco, whom he had married in December 2013.
Selected filmography
- Io e Dio (1969)
- Django Defies Sartana (1970)
- Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold (1971)
- Gang War in Naples (1972)
- Blood Brothers (1974)
- The Climber (1975)
- I Am the Law (1977)
- Corleone (1978)
- L'arma (1978)
- Savage Breed (1980)
- Claretta (1984)
- The Repenter (1985)
- Naso di cane (1986) (TV miniseries)
- The Third Solution (1988)
- Gli invisibili (1988)
- Atto di dolore (1990)
- Il colore dell'odio (1990)
- Geografia della fame (1991)
- Li chiamarono... briganti! (1999)
- L'avvocato de Gregorio (2003)
- Father (2011)