Giovanni Korporaal

Giovanni Korporaal (February 14, 1930? – February 9, 2004), also known as John Korporaal or Giovanni Corporale, was a Dutch actor, video editor, screenwriter and film director who made a career in Mexico. His debut film, El Brazo Fuerte (The Strong Arm, 1958), a political satire that was barred from cinema exhibitions until 1974, is recognized as groundbreaking. In the Netherlands he directed two movies, De vergeten medeminnaar (The forgotten co-lover, 1963) and Rififi in Amsterdam (1962). Sources do not agree on his year of birth: around 1930 in Venice. Korporaal was the son of a Dutch father and a French mother. His father was journalist and correspondent in Italy. In World War II the family returned to The Hague where Korporaal attended high school.