Castellano & Pipolo

Castellano & Pipolo
Born Franco Castellano
20 June 1925
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Died 28 December 1999(1999-12-28) (aged 74)
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Occupation Film director, screenwriter
Castellano & Pipolo
Born Giuseppe Moccia
22 June 1933
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Died 20 August 2006(2006-08-20) (aged 73)
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Occupation Film director, screenwriter

Castellano & Pipolo is the stage name used by the pair of Italian screenwriters and film directors Franco Castellano[1][2] (1925–1999) and Giuseppe Moccia[2] (1933–2006). Together, they wrote the screenplays for about seventy films, and directed twenty films, mainly comedies.[3][4] Their 1984 film Il ragazzo di campagna was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.[5]

Selected filmography

See also Category:Films directed by Castellano & Pipolo

References

  1. The New York Times
  2. 1 2 The New York Times
  3. Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
  4. Giancarlo Colombo. Who's Who in Italy. Who's Who in Italy, 2006.
  5. "Italian Comedy - The State of Things". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-01.



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