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(Redirected from Gianni Grimaldi) Italian screenwriter, journalist and film director For the painter and architect, see Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi.
Giovanni Grimaldi
Grimaldi in 1960
Born(1917-11-14)14 November 1917
Catania, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy
Died25 February 2001(2001-02-25) (aged 84)
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Years active1952–1983

Giovanni Grimaldi (14 November 1917 – 25 February 2001) was an Italian screenwriter, journalist and film director. He was sometimes credited as Gianni Grimaldi.

Biography

Born in Catania, Sicily, Grimaldi entered the cinema industry in 1952 as a screenwriter of a large number of often highly successful films, frequently working together with Bruno Corbucci. Since 1964 he became a prolific director of comedy films, often working with Lando Buzzanca and with the couple Franco and Ciccio.

Aside from films, Grimaldi was a journalist, a collaborator and even the director of several Italian humor magazines such as Trilussa, Candido and Marc'Aurelio. He was also a radio author, a playwright and a television director. He was the father of the director and screenwriter Aldo Grimaldi.

Selected filmography

Director and screenwriter

Screenwriter

Sources

  1. Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
  2. ^ Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.

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