Image: Wikimedia CommonsGillo Pontecorvo
Italian film director (1919–2006)
- Born November 19, 1919
- 3 movies
Gillo Pontecorvo was an Italian filmmaker associated with the political cinema movement of the 1960s and 1970s. He is best known for The Battle of Algiers, which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and earned him Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. His other films include Kapo, Burn! and Ogro.
Gillo Pontecorvo appears in 3 films in The Rerun, from 1960 to 1969. That includes 3 titles as director. Most of that work is in drama, history and war.
Known for
- The Battle of Algiers (1966), Director. Won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
- Burn! (1969), Director. A period film about a fictional slave revolt in the Lesser Antilles.
- Kapo (1960), Director. A Holocaust drama released in 1960.
- Ogro (1979), Director. A dramatization of the assassination of Spanish Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco.
Movies
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Gillo Pontecorvo been in?
- Gillo Pontecorvo appears in Burn! (1969), The Battle of Algiers (1966) and Kapò (1960) on The Remote.
- When was Gillo Pontecorvo born?
- Gillo Pontecorvo was born on 19 November 1919.
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