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Pietro Germi

Born September 14, 1914
Genoa, Flag of Italy Italy
Died December 5, 1974
Rome

Pietro Germi (September 14, 1914 - December 5, 1974) was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Genoa ( Genova, ˈdʒɛːnova in Italian; Zena in Genoese and Ligurian; Genua in Latin and archaically in English Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. Genoa ( Genova, ˈdʒɛːnova in Italian; Zena in Genoese and Ligurian; Genua in Latin and archaically in English Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting.

He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 The Centro sperimentale di cinematografia (Experimental film centre or Italian National film school was established in 1935 in Italy and During his time in school, Germi supported himself by working as an extra, bit actor, assistant director, and, on occasion, writer. Germi made his directorial debut in 1945 with the film Il testimone. His early work, this film included, were very much in the Italian Neorealist style; many were social dramas that dealt with contemporary issues pertaining to people of Sicilian heritage.

Through the years, Germi shifted away from social drama towards satirical comedies, but retained his loved element of the Sicilian people. In the 1960s, Germi received worldwide success with the films Divorce, Italian Style, Seduced and Abandoned, and Signore e Signori. Divorce Italian Style (Italian Divorzio all'italiana) is a 1961 Italian Comedy Film directed by Pietro Seduced and Abandoned (Italian original title Sedotta e abbandonata) is a 1964 Italian language Comedy Film The Birds the Bees and the Italians is a 1965 Italian film directed by Pietro Germi. The latter is better known in the English-speaking world as The Birds the Bees and the Italians. He was nominated for Academy Awards in both directing and writing for Divorce, Italian Style, and, subsequently, won in the writing category. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. He also won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for Signore e signori. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice,

Germi collaborated on the scripts for all the films he directed and appeared as an actor in a few of them. He died in Rome of hepatitis on December 5, 1974.

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Lost Youth (Gioventù perduta is a 1947 Italian language Drama Film directed by Pietro Germi. In the Name of the Law (or In nome della legge) is a 1949 Italian language Mafia Drama Film Path of Hope (or Il Cammino della speranza) is a 1950 Italian language Drama Film directed by Pietro The Railroad Man ( Il Ferroviere) is a 1956 Italian language award winning Drama Film directed by Pietro Germi Un maledetto imbroglio also known as The Facts of Murder is a 1959 award winning Italian Crime film mystery directed by and starring Divorce Italian Style (Italian Divorzio all'italiana) is a 1961 Italian Comedy Film directed by Pietro Seduced and Abandoned (Italian original title Sedotta e abbandonata) is a 1964 Italian language Comedy Film The Birds the Bees and the Italians is a 1965 Italian film directed by Pietro Germi. Alfredo Alfredo is a 1972 Italian language award winning Comedy Film directed by Pietro Germi. Ephraim Katz ( March 11, 1932, Tel Aviv — August 2, 1992, Manhattan) was a writer journalist and filmmaker who devoted
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