Gillo Pontecorvo

director • writer • assistant_director

Gillo Pontecorvo, born November 19, 1919 in Pisa and died October 12, 2006 in Rome, is an Italian filmmaker. Of Italian Jewish origin, Gillou Pontecorvo is the brother of Bruno Pontecorvo, a nuclear physicist working for the USSR, and Guido Pontecorvo, an Italian-British geneticist, as well as the g...

Born: November 19, 1919 in Pisa, Italy

Died: October 12, 2006 (age 86)

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Known For

7.0

The Stupids

Movies & TV Credits

30 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte Movie	—	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2018
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso Movie	9.8	Actor	—	2009
Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms Movie	—	Actor	Self	2007
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker Movie	7.3	Actor	Self	2005
Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers Movie	7.5	Actor	Self	2004
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers Movie	6.4	Actor	Self	2004
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops Movie	4.8	Directing	Director	2002
Homo cinematographicus Movie	5.5	Actor	Self	1998
The Stupids Movie	4.4	Actor	Talk show guest	1996
Roma dodici novembre 1994 Short Film	6.1	Directing	Director	1995
Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth Movie	7.0	Actor	Self	1992
Return to Algiers Movie	6.0	Actor	Himself	1992
Return to Algiers Movie	6.0	Directing	Director	1992
12 Directors for 12 Cities Movie	6.2	Directing	Director	1989
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer Movie	6.7	Actor	Self	1984
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer Movie	6.7	Directing	Director	1984
Sabatoventiquattromarzo Movie	—	Directing	Director	1984
Operation Ogre Movie	6.9	Writing	Screenplay	1979
Burn! Movie	7.0	Directing	Director	1969
The Battle of Algiers Movie	8.2	Directing	Director	1966
Kapo Movie	7.4	Directing	Director	1960
The Wide Blue Road Movie	6.6	Actor	(uncredited)	1957
The Wide Blue Road Movie	6.6	Directing	Director	1957
The Wind Rose Movie	5.2	Directing	Director	1957
Toto and Carolina Movie	6.8	Directing	First Assistant Director	1955
Giovanna Short Film	6.7	Directing	Director	1955
Love in the City Movie	6.6	Directing	Assistant Director	1953
The Unfaithfuls Movie	6.6	Directing	First Assistant Director	1953
L'homme que nous aimons le plus Short Film	—	Directing	Assistant Director	1949
Outcry Movie	6.9	Actor	Pietro	1946

Gillo Pontecorvo

Known For

Burn!

Kapo

The Battle of Algiers

The Stupids

Movies & TV Credits