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Gillo Pontecorvo was an Italian filmmaker. He worked as a film director for more than a decade before his best known film La battaglia di Algeri was released. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1966.
Birth Name
Gilberto Pontecorvo
Born
Wednesday, 19 November 1919
Died
Thursday, 12 October 2006
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Marxist Poetry: The Making of 'The Battle of Algiers' | Himself / Self | 2004 |
| The Stupids | Talk Show Guest #1 / Talk show guest | 1996 |
| Ennio Morricone | Self | 1995 |
| Return to Algiers | Himself / Self | 1992 |
| Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth | Himself / Self | 1992 |
| La grande strada azzurra | 1957 | |
| Outcry | Pietro | 1946 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Marxist Poetry: The Making of 'The Battle of Algiers' | Himself / Self | 2004 |
| The Stupids | Talk Show Guest #1 / Talk show guest | 1996 |
| Ennio Morricone | Self | 1995 |
| Return to Algiers | Himself / Self | 1992 |
| Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth | Himself / Self | 1992 |
| La grande strada azzurra | 1957 | |
| Outcry | Pietro | 1946 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Another World Is Possible | 2001 |
| Return to Algiers | 1992 |
| Burn! | 1969 |
| The Battle of Algiers | 1966 |
| Kapo | 1960 |
| La grande strada azzurra | 1957 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1969 | Oscar | Best Director | Nominated |
| 1969 | Oscar | Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen | Nominated |
