Carlo Lizzani
Date of birth: 1922-04-03
Place of birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Known for: Directing
Also known as: Lee W. Beaver, Карло Лидзани, Карло Лиццани
Biography
Carlo Lizzani was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. Born in Rome, after World War II Lizzani worked on such notable films of the late 1940s as Roberto Rossellini's Germany Year Zero, Alberto Lattuada's The Mill on the Po (both 1948) and Giuseppe De Santis' Bitter Rice (1950, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story). After helming documentaries, he debuted as a feature director with the admired World War II drama Achtung! Banditi! (1951). He films an episode of L'Amore in Città. Respected for his awarded drama Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954), he has proven a solid director of genre films, notably crime films such as The Violent Four (1968) and Crazy Joe (1974) or erotic comedy Roma Bene (1971). He worked frequently for Italian television in the 1980s and was a member of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival in 1994. His film Celluloide deals with the making of Rome, Open City. He committed suicide in 2013.
Movie Credits
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
2014-09-02
The Tough and the Mighty
1969-09-23
Based on the story of real life Sardinian bandit Graziano Mesina.
Pope John XXIII
2002-01-01
This is a two-part Italian television mini-series directed by Giorgio Capitani and broadcasted in Ap
Outcry
1946-11-06
A neorealist tribute to the Italian resistance fighters of World War II.
Linee d'ombra
2007-10-18
Macchie solari (Autopsy), L'etrusco uccide ancora (The Etruscan kills again), commandos are titles t
Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'
2006-05-27
Television documentary about the making of Roberto Rossellini's 1945 film "Rome, Open City".
Voi siete qui
2011-09-08
Portrait Of My Father
2010-10-27
A labor of love documentary, in which a daughter, with the help of various talking heads, looks back
Giuliano Montaldo - Quattro volte vent'anni
2012-11-10
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
2010-09-01
Luchino Visconti
2002-06-23
A chronological look at the creative life of Luchino Visconti (1906-1976). It examines his theatrica
The Years of Lost Images
2012-07-12
A documentary about director Valerio Zurlini. The "lost images" of the title are the movies Zurlini
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984-09-08
A film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the Italian C
We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism
2013-09-01
This short film tells the story of the most important cinema trend that Italy has ever produced - Ne
A Dream of Women
2011-05-17
A new documentary film on Fellini's 'La Città del Donne' ('City of Women') directed by Dominique Mai
The Violent Four
1968-03-29
A detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers.
Sperduti nel buio
2014-04-09
Documentary about the lost 1914 film "Sperduti nel buio". Film historian Denis Lotto journeys across
Il falso bugiardo
2008-07-03
Based upon Vincenzoni's biography, "Pane e cinema", the documentary traces the story of the screen p
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
2001-09-22
The life and work of one of the great masters of Italian cinema, Sergio Leone (1929-89); a rich and
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017-06-14
The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding o
Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane
2011-11-03
Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokes
2001-04-04
Documentary about master director Roberto Rossellini, who tells details of his life and childhood an
Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo
1997-02-01
Documentary about the life and works of Italian filmmaker Roberto Rossellini.
Western all'italiana
2004-01-01
"Western all'italiana" is a documentary produced and broadcast by the satellite broadcaster Studio U
Behind Love and Anger
2005-01-01
Documentary about the anthology film Love and Anger (1969) with interviews with Carlo Lizzani (direc
Through Children's Eyes - De Sica & Shoeshine
2006-09-25
Looks back at the Sciuscià, its success abroad, its influence on later filmmakers, its Oscar win, an
Rossellini
1990-01-01
A profile of the film director Roberto Rossellini, looking at his life, personality and films, follo
Noi c'eravamo
2011-10-26
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
2009-12-06
This portrait of the Italian director & actor, Pietro Germi, explores his work, from Italian neoreal
Mr. Teddy
2012-12-31
Barbara, a waitress in a hotel, has the vice to remove objects from guests rooms. Francesco, a stude
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
2017-04-27
An account of the life and work of legendary cinematographer and director Carlo Di Palma (1925-2004)
Uomini forti
2006-10-09
The epic of Hercules and Maciste to the live voices of witnesses and through the images of the Itali