Carlo Lizzani
Directing
- Born
- April 3, 1922 · Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Died
- October 5, 2013 (age 91)
Carlo Lizzani was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. Born in Rome, after World War II Lizzani worked on such notable films of the late 1940s as Roberto Rossellini's Germany Year Zero, Alberto Lattuada's The Mill on the Po (both 1948) and Giuseppe De Santis' Bitter Rice (1950, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story). After helming documentaries, he debuted as a feature director with the admired World War II drama Achtung! Banditi! (1951). He films an episode of L'Amore in Città. Respected for his awarded drama Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954), he has proven a solid director of genre films, notably crime films such as The Violent Four (1968) and Crazy Joe (1974) or erotic comedy Roma Bene (1971). He worked frequently for Italian television in the 1980s and was a member of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival in 1994. His film Celluloide deals with the making of Rome, Open City. He committed suicide in 2013.
Known for
Germany, Year Zero
July 11, 1948
Bitter Rice
September 30, 1949
Love in the City
November 27, 1953
The Last Four Days
March 27, 1974
It's a Hard Life
April 22, 1964
San Babila-8 P.M.
May 26, 1976
The Violent Four
March 29, 1968
Kill and Pray
March 10, 1967
Love and Anger
May 29, 1969
Attention! Bandits!
November 10, 1951
Chronicle of Poor Lovers
February 19, 1954
The Hills Run Red
September 9, 1966
Behind the camera69
- 2013We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism Writer
- 2012Scossa Director
- 2008Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel Director, Writer
- 2008All Human Rights for All Director, Writer
- 2008Hotel Meina Director, Writer
- 2008Giuseppe De Santis Director
- 2003Cesare Zavattini Director
- 2002Luchino Visconti Director, Writer
- 2001Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokes Director
- 1999La Donna del Treno