Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
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.
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
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- Name
- Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
- Born
- 26 February 1921
- Birthplace
- Naples, Italy
- Died
- 15 December 2005
- Place of death
- Rome, Italy
- Occupation
- Film director, playwright, screenwriter, author
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Known for
- Metti una sera a cena
- Honours
- Primetime Emmy Award
- Languages
- Italian
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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.
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Biography
Biography
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. 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. He died in Rome.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Giuseppe Patroni Griffi • Born — 26 February 1921 • Birthplace — Naples, Italy • Died — 15 December 2005 • Place of death — Rome, Italy • Occupation — Film director, playwright, screenwriter, author
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Illustration — Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, 1958 As a director, he is most noted for: • The Sea (1962) • Metti una sera a cena (1969) • Addio, fratello crudele (1971, film adaptation of Tis Pity She's a Whore with Charlotte Rampling and Oliver Tobias) • Identikit (1974) with Elizabeth Taylor • The Divine Nymph (1975) • La gabbia (1985) • La romana (1988) • Tosca (1992) • La traviata (2000)
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Giuseppe Patroni Griffi is recorded as screenwriter, writer, playwright and director.
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Giuseppe Patroni Griffi died at Rome.
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Giuseppe Patroni Griffi's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, Shakespeare Bulletin, 2011
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- 1.da Tullio Kezich, De Lullo o il teatro empirico, Marsilio, Venezia, 1996, pag. 17, ISBN 9788831764421
- 2.Articolo di Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, da «Sud, quindicinale di letteratura ed arte», anno I, n. 1, 15 novembre 1945
- 3.Fausto Nicolini. Quando eravamo…. Onyx. 2011. 978-88-89410-37-0.
- 4.Mariano D'Amora. Gli amici dei miei amici sono miei amici. Bulzoni. 2013. 978-88-7870-894-5.
- 5.Cfr. archivio Patroni Griffi
- 6.Alcune lettere (datate novembre 1942, quindi successive al periodo di leva), rinvenute nell'archivio, confermano che l'incontro con Gaetano B. turbò il sentimento del giovane Peppino nei confronti di una ragazza di nome Sara: «Se Sara ti comprendesse un po' di più, credo che riuscirebbe ad amarti con passione…», scrive il soldato Gaetano.
- 7.Mariano D'Amora. Gli amici dei miei amici sono miei amici. Bulzoni. 2013. 978-88-7870-894-5.
- 8.Cita web http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2005/settembre/22/Patroni_Griffi_sconfitto_solo_dai_co_9_050922094.shtml Articolo di Raffaele La Capria su Corriere.it
- 9.Cita web http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2010/ottobre/21/documentario_Patroni_Griffi_Doc_Fest_co_10_101021030.shtml Il documentario su Patroni Griffi al Doc Fest
- 10.Cita web http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1995/aprile/25/Patroni_Griffi_Nudi_casti_miei_co_0_9504251781.shtml Corriere.it
- 11.Albo d'oro dei premiati.
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Nuove visioni drammaturgiche e sociali nel teatro e nella letteratura di Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Forum Italicum: A Journal of Italian Studies, 2018Crossref registry
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