Adriano Bolzoni | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1919-04-14)14 April 1919 |
| Died | 2003 (aged 83–84) |
| Occupations | Film director, film producer, screenwriter |
Adriano Bolzoni (14 April 1919 – 2003)[1] was an Italian journalist, writer and film director.
Life and career
Born in Cremona, Bolzoni started his career as a journalist, being war correspondent from the front of World War II. Later, he became director of Reporter, a right-wing weekly magazine published between 1959 and 1960 which is best remembered for having Pier Paolo Pasolini as film critic.[2][3] In the 1960s he became editor of the newspaper Corriere della Sera.[2]
Bolzoni entered the cinema industry in 1948, collaborating at the screenplay of the adventure film I contrabbandieri del mare, directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero;[4] later he was a prolific screenwriter, arousing some fame with several successful Spaghetti Westerns and poliziotteschi.[4] He was also an occasional director of films and documentaries and an essayist.[4]
Partial filmography
- I'm the Capataz (1951)
- Minnesota Clay (1964) Screenwriter[5]
- Savage Gringo (1966) Screenwriter[6]
- Avenger X (1967) Story[7]
References
Footnotes
- Cine70 e dintorni, Volume 4, Coniglio Editore, 2003.
- Tullio Kezich (23 January 1994). "Pasolini dalla parte degli infedeli". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- Marco Antonio Bazzocchi (1998). Pier Paolo Pasolini. Pearson, 1998. ISBN 8842494607.
- Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002.
- Lucas 2013, p. 594.
- Lucas 2013, p. 634.
- Curti 2016, p. 60.
Sources
- Curti, Roberto (2016). Diabolika: Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema. Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1-936168-60-6.
- Lucas, Tim (2013). Mario Bava - All the Colors of the Dark. ISBN 978-0-9633756-1-2.
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