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About Gillo Pontecorvo
Gilberto Pontecorvo Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian filmmaker associated with the political cinema movement of the 1960s and '70s. He is best known for directing the landmark war docudrama The Battle of Algiers (1966). It won the Golden Lion at the 27th Venice Film Festival, and earned him Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.
Everything about Gillo Pontecorvo →- Occupation
- film director, actor, screenwriter, composer
- Citizenship
- Italy, Kingdom of Italy
- Born
- November 19, 1919
- Died
- October 12, 2006