Vito Molinari
Vito Molinari (6 November 1929 – 18 February 2025) was an Italian stage and film director.
Vito Molinari

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- Name
- Vito Molinari
- Born
- 6 November 1929
- Birthplace
- Sestri Levante, Italy
- Died
- 18 February 2025
- Place of death
- Lavagna, Italy
- Occupation
- Stage director Film director
- Nationality
- Italy.
- Languages
- Italian.
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Vito Molinari (6 November 1929 – 18 February 2025) was an Italian stage and film director.
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• Name — Vito Molinari • Born — 6 November 1929 • Birthplace — Sestri Levante, Italy • Died — 18 February 2025 • Place of death — Lavagna, Italy • Occupation — Stage director Film director
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Born in Sestri Levante on 6 November 1929, Molinari made his debut as a film director in 1954 with his first production on the television channel RAI. He directed several TV series, including L'amico del giaguaro (TV series), Un due tre, and Canzonissima. Molinari founded the theatre program at the University of Genoa alongside Francesco Della Corte. At the Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi in Trieste, he directed a production of Die Fledermaus in 1965 and The White Horse Inn in 1970. At the Politeama Rossetti, he directed Die Csárdásfürstin which starred Adriana Innocenti and Elio Pandolfi. In December 2024, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Premio Vincenzo Crocitti International. Molinari died in Lavagna on 18 February 2025, at the age of 95.
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1929
Vito Molinari was born on 6 November 1929.
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Vito Molinari died on 18 February 2025.
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- 1.Vito Molinari su MyMovies
- 2.È morto a Lavagna il regista Vito Molinari. Il Secolo XIX. 18 febbraio 2025.
- 3.Backstage: Vito Molinari, il regista che ha "inaugurato" la Rai, e Bruno Gambarotta, il comico-regista di Celentano.
- 4.Vito Molinari. aprile 2018. InternetArchiveBot.
- 5.Vito Molinari: «Ho diretto di tutto. Tranne i quiz. aprile 2018. InternetArchiveBot.
- 6.Vito Molinari - Premio Vincenzo Crocitti International - Vince Award XII Edizione 2024. 21 dicembre 2024.
- 7.Addio a Vito Molinari, leggenda della televisione, inventò il varietà. RaiNews. 18 febbraio 2025.
- 8.È morto il regista Vito Molinari. Aveva 95 anni. tg24.sky.it. 18 febbraio 2025.
- 9.Cita web https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/352959 Sito web del Quirinale: dettaglio decorato.
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