Piero Vivarelli
Piero Vivarelli (26 February 1927 – 7 September 2010) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and lyricist. Vivarelli was born in Siena. After his father's death in 1942 at the hands of Yugoslav Partisans, Vivarelli joined the Republic of Salò as a young volunteer of the Decima Flottiglia MAS and for a short time was a member of the Italian Social Movement.
Also recorded as Donald Murray
Piero Vivarelli
Piero Vivarelli (director) / Emanuele Di Cola (cinematographer) · Italian film Rita, la figlia americana (1965) · Public domain
- Name
- Piero Vivarelli
- Born
- 26 February 1927
- Birthplace
- Siena, Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- 7 September 2010
- Place of death
- Rome, Italy
- Occupation
- * Film director
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Known for
- Il dio serpente
- Languages
- Italian
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Piero Vivarelli (26 February 1927 – 7 September 2010) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and lyricist. Vivarelli was born in Siena. After his father's death in 1942 at the hands of Yugoslav Partisans, Vivarelli joined the Republic of Salò as a young volunteer of the Decima Flottiglia MAS and for a short time was a member of the Italian Social Movement.
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Piero Vivarelli (1927–2010) was an actor, composer and film director, among other activities, of Italian and Italian nationality. The actor was born in Siena and died in Rome. Piero Vivarelli was also known as Donald Murray.
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Later, from 1949 through the 1990s, he was a member of the Italian Communist Party, and was also the only Italian to receive the Communist Party of Cuba's membership card from Fidel Castro. Mainly active in genre films, he is regarded as a key figure in the musicarello genre. He was also active as a lyricist of pop songs such as "24.000 baci", and several hits popularized by Adriano Celentano.
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• Name — Piero Vivarelli • Born — 26 February 1927 • Birthplace — Siena, Kingdom of Italy • Died — 7 September 2010 • Place of death — Rome, Italy • Occupation — * Film director • screenwriter • lyricist
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Supreme Confession (1956) • The Wanderers (1956) • Cavalier in Devil's Castle (1959) • Rita the American Girl (1965) • Avenger X (1967) • Satanik (1968)
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1970
Snake God, The, Il Dio Serpente 1970 Nadia Cassini, Beryl Cunningham, Juana Sobreda, Koike Mahoco, Sergio Tramonti + Piero Vivarelli (1970) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
2010
Piero Vivarelli died at Rome.
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- 1.Giuliana Rotondi. "Trapassati alla storia: Piero Vivarelli". Focus Storia n. 49. November 2010. p. 26.
- 2.Lino Aulenti. Storia del cinema italiano. libreriauniversitaria, 2011. 2011. 978-8862921084.
- 3.Maurizio Cabona. Morto Vivarelli, re del cinema cult. Il Giornale. 9 September 2010.
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