Gian Luigi Rondi

Gian Luigi Rondi
Rondi in 2005
President for Life of The Academy of Italian Cinema - David di Donatello Awards
In office
25 November 2009 – 22 September 2016
President of The Academy of Italian Cinema - David di Donatello Awards
In office
26 September 1981 – 22 September 2016
Preceded byPaolo Grassi
Succeeded byGiuliano Montaldo (ad interim)
Vice President of The Academy of Italian Cinema - David di Donatello Awards
In office
20 October 1979 – 26 September 1981
Preceded byEstablished office
Succeeded byElena Valenzano
Personal details
Born(1921-12-10)10 December 1921
Tirano, Italy
Died22 September 2016(2016-09-22) (aged 94)
Rome, Italy
Occupationfilm critic

Gian Luigi Rondi (10 December 1921 – 22 September 2016) was an Italian film critic.[1] He was a member of the jury at the 12th and 15th Moscow International Film Festival.[2][3] He was also a member of the jury at the 11th and 32nd Berlin International Film Festival.[4][5] He was also a member of the jury three times at the Cannes Film Festival in 1963, 1967 and 1980.[6] He was the president of the jury at the 48th Venice Film Festival.[7] A closeted homosexual for most of his life,[8] he was married to Yvette Spadaccini from 1948 to her death in 2012.

  1. ^ "Morto il critico cinematografico Gian Luigi Rondi, ex direttore della Mostra del Cinema di Venezia: aveva 94 anni". corriere. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  2. ^ "12th Moscow International Film Festival (1981)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  3. ^ "15th Moscow International Film Festival (1987)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  4. ^ "11th Berlin International Film Festival: Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  5. ^ "Berlinale 1982: Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  6. ^ "Cannes Film Festival: Gian Luigi Rondi". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  7. ^ "Juries for the 1990s". Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  8. ^ Grieco, David (22 September 2016). "Gian Luigi Rondi, il mio ex nemico che ha avuto il coraggio della verità". globalist.it. Retrieved 26 February 2022.