Antonio Pietrangeli

Antonio Pietrangeli born 19 January 1919 in Rome died 12 July 1968 in Gaeta was an Italian film director and screenwriter Pietrangeli was a major practitioner of the Commedia allitaliana genre He started writing film reviews for famous Italian cinema magazines such as Bianco e nero and Cinema As a screenwriter Pietrangelis work included Ossessione directed byVisconti Fabiola by Blasetti Europa 51 by Rossellini and La lupa by Lattuada His directing debut was Il sole negli occhi 1953 Career highlights include Io la conoscevo bene 1965 and Adua e le compagne 1960 He drowned in the sea of Gaeta in 1968 while working on Come quando perché which was completed by Valerio Zurlini wikipedia