About

Known credits:
71
Birthday:
1914-09-14
Place of birth:
Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Website:
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Pietro Germi

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Known for

Acting
2006 Marcello, una vita dolce Actor Self (archive footage) 58
Average
1965 A Man Named John Actor Pontiff's Father 59
Average
1961 The Lovemakers Actor Stefano 59
Average
1961 Blood Feud Actor Bolognesi 59
Average
1960 Lipstick Actor Commissario Fioresi 59
Average
1960 Five Branded Women Actor Partisan Commander 59
Average
1959 The Facts of Murder Actor Il Dott. Ingravallo 60
Fair
1958 Man of Straw Actor Andrea 59
Average
1956 The Railroad Man Actor Andrea Marcocci 61
Fair
1948 Escape to France Actor Tembien 59
Average
1946 Montecassino nel cerchio di fuoco Actor 59
Average
1941 The Iron Crown Actor Cavaliere 58
Average

Directing
1972 Alfredo, Alfredo Directing Director 59
Average
1970 A Pocketful of Chestnuts Directing Director 58
Average
1968 Serafino Directing Director 59
Average
1967 The Climax Directing Director 59
Average
1966 The Birds, the Bees and the Italians Directing Director 60
Fair
1964 Seduced and Abandoned Directing Director 62
Fair
1961 Divorce Italian Style Directing Director 68
Fair
1959 The Facts of Murder Directing Director 60
Fair
1958 Man of Straw Directing Director 59
Average
1956 The Railroad Man Directing Director 61
Fair
1954 Mid-Century Loves Directing Director 58
Average
1953 Jealousy Directing Director 59
Average
1952 The Bandit of Tacca del Lupo Directing Director 59
Average
1952 Mademoiselle Gobete Directing Director 58
Average
1951 The City Defends Itself Directing Director 59
Average
1950 The Path of Hope Directing Director 60
Fair
1949 In the Name of the Law Directing Director 59
Average
1948 Lost Youth Directing Director 59
Average
1947 Anglo-Saxon writers and poets in Rome Directing Director N/A
N/A
1946 The Testimony Directing Director 59
Average
1940 The Sinner Directing Assistant Director 59
Average

Writing
1975 My Friends Writing Story 71
Good
1975 My Friends Writing Screenplay 71
Good
1972 Alfredo, Alfredo Writing Story 59
Average
1972 Alfredo, Alfredo Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1970 A Pocketful of Chestnuts Writing Story 58
Average
1970 A Pocketful of Chestnuts Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1968 Serafino Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1968 Serafino Writing Story 59
Average
1967 The Climax Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1967 The Climax Writing Story 59
Average
1966 The Birds, the Bees and the Italians Writing Story 60
Fair
1966 The Birds, the Bees and the Italians Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1964 Seduced and Abandoned Writing Story 62
Fair
1964 Seduced and Abandoned Writing Screenplay 62
Fair
1961 Divorce Italian Style Writing Story 68
Fair
1961 Divorce Italian Style Writing Screenplay 68
Fair
1959 The Facts of Murder Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1958 Man of Straw Writing Story 59
Average
1958 Man of Straw Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1956 The Railroad Man Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
1953 Black 13 Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1953 Jealousy Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1952 The Bandit of Tacca del Lupo Writing Adaptation 59
Average
1952 The Bandit of Tacca del Lupo Writing Story 59
Average
1951 The City Defends Itself Writing Co-Writer 59
Average
1950 The Path of Hope Writing Story 60
Fair
1950 Against the Law Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1949 In the Name of the Law Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1948 Lost Youth Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1948 Lost Youth Writing Story 59
Average
1946 The Testimony Writing Story 59
Average
1946 The Testimony Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1945 I dieci comandamenti Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1943 Il figlio del corsaro rosso Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1943 Gli ultimi filibustieri Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1941 L'amore canta Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1939 Retroscena Writing Writer 58
Average

Production
1966 The Birds, the Bees and the Italians Production Producer 60
Fair