Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
Directing
- Born
- February 27, 1921 · Naples, Campania, Italy
- Died
- December 15, 2005 (age 84)
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (26 February 1921 – 15 December 2005) was an Italian playwright, screenwriter, director and author.
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.
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Roberto Rossellini made a film from his play Anima nera.
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.
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.
Known for
Girl with a Suitcase
February 9, 1961
The Witches
February 22, 1967
More Than a Miracle
October 19, 1967
The Swindlers
September 23, 1959
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
September 20, 1971
Love Circle
April 13, 1969
The Divine Nymph
October 16, 1975
Identikit
May 20, 1974
The Sea
March 8, 1962
The Trap
September 11, 1985
Dark Soul
August 31, 1962
I cuori infranti
November 21, 1963
Behind the camera18
- 2007La traviata in Paris Director
- 1998Woman Writer
- 1986Tosca Director
- 1985The Trap Director
- 1975The Divine Nymph Director, Screenplay
- 1974Identikit Screenplay, Director
- 1971'Tis Pity She's a Whore Director, Writer
- 1969Love Circle Director, Theatre Play, Screenplay
- 1967More Than a Miracle Screenplay, Story
- 1967The Witches