Paolo Spinola
Paolo Spinola (27 July 1929 – 11 March 2005) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Paolo Spinola
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- Birthplace
- Genoa, Italy
- Place of death
- Rome, Italy
- Occupation
- Screenwriter, director
- Born
- 1929 · Turin.
- Died
- 2005 · Rome.
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Languages
- Italian
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• Birthplace — Genoa, Italy • Place of death — Rome, Italy • Occupation — Screenwriter, director
Life and career
Life and career
Born in Genoa into a wealthy family, while still a teenager Spinola became friends with future film producer Tonino Cervi, who later convinced him to move in Rome to pursue a career in films. In the early 1950s, he started working as a scriptwriter and an assistant director, collaborating with Riccardo Freda, Luigi Comencini, Gianni Franciolini and Giorgio Capitani. Spinola made his directorial debut with La fuga. His work largely consisted of female character portraits. He retired in the second half of the 1970s, following the critical and commercial failure of his last film Un giorno alla fine di ottobre and due to increasing difficulties in getting his works produced. Following his retirement, he turned to viticulture, managing a family estate near Tassarolo Castle.
Filmography
Filmography
• La fuga (1965) • L'estate (film) (1966) • The Invisible Woman (1969) • Un giorno alla fine di ottobre (1977)
Scena del film "La donna invisibile" - Regia Paolo Spinola, 1969 - Carla Gravina sdraiata su un divano guarda un foglio che ha in mano. Seduta dietro di lei, Giovanna Ralli, si appoggia al bracciolo e fa lo stesso.
Paolo Spinola
Scena del film "La donna invisibile" - Regia Paolo Spinola, 1969 - Ripresa dall'alto di Carla Gravina, Anita Sanders e Giovanna Ralli stese supine e disposte a semicerchio con le teste vicine.
Paolo Spinola
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1929
Paolo Spinola born at Turin.
2005
Paolo Spinola died at Rome.
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Paolo Spinola is recorded as screenwriter and film director. Naming and authority record. Those registers additionally record the forms Paolo Spinola 1929- and Paolo Spinola 1929-2005. Connected to 2 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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