Luciano Emmer
Directing
- Born
- January 19, 1918 · Milan, Italy
- Died
- September 16, 2009 (age 91)
Luciano Emmer (19 January 1918 – 16 September 2009) was an Italian film director. He was born in Milan, but most of his childhood lived in Venice.
He started as filmmaker at filming Giotto's frescoes in Padua in 1938. Screenwriter Sergio Amidei, found the finance for Emmer to make a feature about Romans spending a Sunday in August on the beach at Ostia. He won a Golden Globe in 1951 for Pictura: An Adventure in Art. He has directed more documentaries than fiction pictures, most notably Domenica d'agosto and the romance-comedy-drama Three Girls from Rome.
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Luciano Emmer started his career as a filmmaker working with Enrico Gras. He founded the production company Dolomiti Film and directed several documentaries. In 1949, Emmer produced his first feature film Dimanche d'August (1950) with Marcello Mastroianni. Also with Mastroianni, the following year he made Paris is always Paris (1951).
In the 1950s, Luciano Emmer made advertising films meanwhile he continued with his documentary work. He was labeled as an example of the Italian pink neorealism. In 1956, Emmer directed with Robert Enrico To Each His Own Paradise. After The Girl in the Window (1961), a social drama with Marina Vlady and Lino Ventura, he turned to television. He made his return to the cinema with Enough! I make a movie.
Known for
Sunday in August
March 7, 1950
Three Girls from Rome
February 1, 1952
Paris Is Always Paris
November 15, 1951
Girl in the Window
April 14, 1961
The Bigamist
February 17, 1956
Islands in the Lagoon
May 1, 1948
The Most Wonderful Moment
March 21, 1957
Camilla
November 24, 1954
Romantici a Venezia
January 1, 1948
A Long Long Long Night of Love
February 23, 2001
High School
April 1, 1954
Il paradiso terrestre
February 14, 1942
Behind the camera53
- 2009La paz y la guerra Director
- 2009Le donne, i sonetti, gli amori di Raffaello Director
- 2009Carceri d'invenzione. Piranesi Director
- 2008All Human Rights for All Director
- 2008Le pecore di Cheyenne Director
- 2008Trilogy - the Thought, the Look, the Word Director, Editor, Production Executive, Writer
- 2007La musa pensosa. Viaggio nel pensiero dei filosofi greci e romani Director
- 2006Le flame del paradis - Le fiamme del paradiso Screenplay, Director
- 2004I magici colori di Napoli Writer, Director