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Pietro Germi (14 September 1914, Genoa - 5 December 1974) was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. 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. 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. 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. He also won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for Signore e signori.
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 5 December 1974.
Filmography
all 38
Movies 37
Director 17
Writer 8
self 2
TV Shows 1
Marcello, una vita dolce (2006)
My Friends (1975)
Alfredo, Alfredo (1972)
A Pocketful of Chestnuts (1970)
Serafino (1968)
The Climax (1967)
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)
A Man Named John (1965)
Seduced and Abandoned (1964)
Divorce Italian Style (1961)
The Lovemakers (1961)
Blood Feud (1961)
Lipstick (1960)
Five Branded Women (1960)
The Facts of Murder (1959)
Man of Straw (1958)
The Railroad Man (1956)
Cinépanorama (1956)
Mid-Century Loves (1954)
Black 13 (1953)
Jealousy (1953)
The Bandit of Tacca del Lupo (1952)
Mademoiselle Gobete (1952)
The City Defends Itself (1951)
The Path of Hope (1950)
Against the Law (1950)
In the Name of the Law (1949)
Escape to France (1948)
Lost Youth (1948)
Montecassino nel cerchio di fuoco (1946)
The Testimony (1946)
I dieci comandamenti (1945)
Il figlio del corsaro rosso (1943)
Gli ultimi filibustieri (1943)
The Iron Crown (1941)
L'amore canta (1941)
The Sinner (1940)
Retroscena (1939)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1914-09-14
Deathday1974-12-05 (60 years old)
Birth PlaceGenoa, Italy
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy, Italy
Also Known AsПьетро Джерми, ピエトロ・ジェルミ
AwardsPalme d'Or, Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
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