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Gillo Pontecorvo

Director

Gillo Pontecorvo

Directing
1960 — 1979 · 4 films
Lived
19 November 1919 — d. 2006
From
Pisa, Italy

Gillo Pontecorvo, born November 19, 1919 in Pisa and died October 12, 2006 in Rome, is an Italian filmmaker. Of Italian Jewish origin, Gillou Pontecorvo is the brother of Bruno Pontecorvo, a nuclear physicist working for the USSR, and Guido Pontecorvo, an Italian-British geneticist, as well as the grandson of the Jewish industrialist Pellegrino Pontecorvo. He has three sons: Marco (cinematographer and director), Simone (painter) and Ludovico (physicist).

Career Signature

How Gillo Pontecorvo’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.