Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | |
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 Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | |
| Born | 26 February 1921 Naples, Italy |
| Died | 15 December 2005 (aged 84) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, playwright, screenwriter, author |
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (26 February 1921 – 15 December 2005) was an Italian playwright, screenwriter, director and author.[1][2]
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]
- ^ "Giuseppe Patroni Griffi". The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015.
- ^ MYmovies.it. "Giuseppe Patroni Griffi". MYmovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2024.