About

Known credits:
33
Birthday:
1921-02-27
Place of birth:
Naples, Campania, Italy
Website:
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Giuseppe Patroni Griffi

Overview

Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (26 February 1921 – 15 December 2005) was an Italian playwright, screenwriter, director and author.

He was born in Naples in an aristocratic family and moved to Rome immediately after the end of World War II and spent his professional life there. Patroni Griffi is considered one of the most prominent contributors to Italian theater and film in post-war Italy.

Roberto Rossellini made a film from his play Anima nera.

His first listed film writing credit was on the 1952 musical Canzoni di mezzo secolo. Patroni Griffi would later direct Charlotte Rampling, Elizabeth Taylor, Marcello Mastroianni, Laura Antonelli, Florinda Bolkan, Terence Stamp, Fabio Testi.

Patroni Griffi was also involved with numerous television productions of lyric opera, including Verdi's La Traviata. His many theatrical productions include works by Pirandello, Eduardo De Filippo, Jean Cocteau and Tennessee Williams. As a writer, he published a first collection of stories in 1955, Ragazzo di Trastevere. Later, he contributed significantly to the body of Italian gay literature with Scende giù per Toledo and La morte della bellezza, both set in Naples.

Known for

Acting
2016 Metti, una sera a cena con Peppino Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1972 La tenda in piazza Actor Self (uncredited) N/A
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Directing
2007 La traviata in Paris Directing Director N/A
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1988 La Romana Directing Director N/A
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1986 Tosca Directing Director N/A
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1985 The Trap Directing Director 58
Average
1975 The Divine Nymph Directing Director 58
Average
1974 Identikit Directing Director 59
Average
1971 'Tis Pity She's a Whore Directing Director 58
Average
1969 Love Circle Directing Director 59
Average
1962 The Sea Directing Director 59
Average

Writing
1998 Femmina Writing Writer 58
Average
1975 The Divine Nymph Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1974 Identikit Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1971 'Tis Pity She's a Whore Writing Writer 58
Average
1969 Love Circle Writing Theatre Play 59
Average
1969 Love Circle Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1967 More Than a Miracle Writing Story 58
Average
1967 More Than a Miracle Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1967 The Witches Writing Story 59
Average
1967 The Witches Writing Screenplay 59
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1963 I cuori infranti Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1963 I cuori infranti Writing Story 59
Average
1962 Dark Soul Writing Theatre Play 59
Average
1962 The Sea Writing Story 59
Average
1962 The Sea Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1961 Girl with a Suitcase Writing Story 61
Fair
1961 Girl with a Suitcase Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
1959 The Swindlers Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1953 Cavalcade of Song Writing Writer N/A
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1952 The Eternal Chain Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1952 The Eternal Chain Writing Story 59
Average
1952 Half a Century of Song Writing Writer N/A
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