About

Known credits:
76
Birthday:
1924-10-03
Place of birth:
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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Franco Cristaldi

Overview

Franco Cristaldi (Turin, 3 October 1924 – Montecarlo, 1 July 1992) was an Italian film producer, credited with producing (or co-producing) feature films from the 1950s to the 1990s.

In 1946 Cristaldi founded Vides Cinematografica in Turin. This production company initially produced short and documentary films, and would later be renamed to Cristaldifilm in the 1980s.

In the 1950s, Cristaldi changed his attention to feature films and moved to Rome. During his long career, he worked with directors and screenwriters such as Francesco Rosi, Pietro Germi, Mario Monicelli, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, and Giuseppe Tornatore. A noted film producer from some years in his native Italy, some of Cristaldi's most successful films internationally included The Name of the Rose and Nuovo cinema Paradiso. (The former winning a César and two BAFTAs, and the latter winning several BAFTAs, the Grand Prix at Cannes, and Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards).

In 1977 Cristaldi was elected president of the International Federation of Film Producers Associations, and was a member of the jury at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.

Cristaldi was born in Turin, Italy in 1924, and studied at university for a time before focusing his interests on cinema.

He was first married to Carla Simonetti with whom he had a son, Massimo. He applied to the Vatican to have this marriage annulled, and from 1966 lived with actress Claudia Cardinale. Cristaldi claimed to have married Cardinale, but she refuted this, saying he threw a marriage party, without ever officially marrying her. He mentored Cardinale through her own film career, producing many of her films, until their separation in 1975. In 1983, he married Eritrean actress Zeudi Araya, who starred in several Cristaldi-produced films.

Franco Cristaldi died in Montecarlo in 1992, survived by his wife Zeudi, son Massimo, and adopted son Patrick, the son of Claudia Cardinale.

Source: Article "Franco Cristaldi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Acting
2009 Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso Actor N/A
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1987 La rosa dei nomi Actor Self 59
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Writing
1954 La pattuglia sperduta Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1992 Flight of the Innocent Production Producer 58
Average
1988 Cinema Paradiso Production Producer 81
Very good
1987 Last Summer in Tangiers Production Producer 58
Average
1987 Control Production Producer 58
Average
1986 The Name of the Rose Production Producer 72
Good
1983 And the Ship Sails On Production Producer 61
Fair
1983 Hearts and Armour Production Producer 58
Average
1983 Arrivano i miei Production Producer 59
Average
1982 Marco Polo Production Co-Producer 69
Fair
1982 Tomorrow We Dance Production Producer 59
Average
1980 Ho fatto splash Production Producer 59
Average
1980 The Persian Lamb Coat Production Producer 58
Average
1980 Cafè Express Production Producer 60
Fair
1979 Tesoromio Production Producer 58
Average
1979 Operation Ogre Production Associate Producer 59
Average
1979 Christ Stopped at Eboli Production Producer 60
Fair
1979 Ratataplan Production Producer 59
Average
1978 My Loves Production Producer 59
Average
1977 Wifemistress Production Producer 59
Average
1976 Mr. Robinson Production Producer 59
Average
1976 Movie Rush Production Producer 58
Average
1975 Di che segno sei? Production Producer 58
Average
1975 Blonde in Black Leather Production Producer 59
Average
1973 Amarcord Production Producer 72
Good
1973 Lucky Luciano Production Producer 59
Average
1972 Lady Caroline Lamb Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1972 The Audience Production Producer 59
Average
1972 Winged Devils Production Producer 58
Average
1972 The Mattei Affair Production Producer 61
Fair
1971 In the Name of the Father Production Producer 59
Average
1970 Open Letter to the Evening News Production Producer 58
Average
1969 The Red Tent Production Producer 59
Average
1969 Il giovane normale Production Producer 58
Average
1969 Oh, Grandmother's Dead Production Producer 59
Average
1969 Coup D'Etat Production Producer 59
Average
1969 Alibi Production Producer 59
Average
1968 A Fine Pair Production Producer 58
Average
1967 China Is Near Production Producer 59
Average
1967 Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold Production Producer 59
Average
1967 Per amore... per magia... Production Producer 59
Average
1965 Sandra Production Producer 60
Fair
1964 Time of Indifference Production Producer 59
Average
1964 Seduced and Abandoned Production Producer 62
Fair
1964 Bebo's Girl Production Producer 59
Average
1963 The Organizer Production Producer 61
Fair
1963 Crazy Sea Production Producer 58
Average
1963 Omicron Production Producer 59
Average
1962 My Son, the Hero Production Producer 58
Average
1962 Salvatore Giuliano Production Producer 61
Fair
1961 Divorce Italian Style Production Producer 68
Fair
1961 Day by Day, Desperately Production Producer 59
Average
1961 A Day for Lionhearts Production Producer 59
Average
1961 The Assassin Production Producer 60
Fair
1961 Ghosts of Rome Production Producer 60
Fair
1960 The Dolphins Production Producer 59
Average
1959 Fiasco in Milan Production Producer 60
Fair
1959 Come Dance with Me! Production Producer 59
Average
1959 The Swindlers Production Producer 59
Average
1958 Rascel Marine Production Producer N/A
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1958 The Law Is the Law Production Producer 60
Fair
1958 The Challenge Production Producer 59
Average
1958 Piece of the Sky Production Producer 59
Average
1958 Big Deal on Madonna Street Production Producer 71
Good
1958 Man of Straw Production Producer 59
Average
1957 Le Notti Bianche Production Producer 63
Fair
1957 Rascel-Fifì Production Producer N/A
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1957 Kean: Genius or Scoundrel Production Producer 59
Average
1956 Nero's Mistress Production Producer 58
Average
1955 A Hero of Our Times Production Producer 59
Average
1954 The Seducer Production Producer 59
Average
1954 Camilla Production Producer 59
Average
1954 La pattuglia sperduta Production Producer N/A
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Once Upon A Time... Production Producer N/A
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