FILM DIRECTOR

Giovanni Pastrone

1883 - 1959

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Giovanni Pastrone, also known by his artistic name Piero Fosco (13 September 1883 – 27 June 1959), was an Italian film pioneer, director, screenwriter, actor and technician. Pastrone was born in Montechiaro d'Asti. He worked during the era of the silent film and influenced many important directors in the international cinema with Cabiria, such as David Wark Griffith in The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916). Martin Scorsese believes that Pastrone's work in Cabiria can be considered as the invention of the epic movie and he deserves credit for many of the innovations often attributed to D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Pastrone is the 573rd most popular film director (up from 631st in 2019), the 2,657th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,809th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Italian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Giovanni Pastrone ranks 573 out of 2,041. Before him are Yakov Protazanov, Georges Lautner, Henry Koster, Charles Barton, Grigori Kozintsev, and David Chase. After him are Damien Chazelle, Patricio Guzmán, Boris Barnet, Otakar Vávra, Asghar Farhadi, and Arthur Hiller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Giovanni Pastrone ranks 134. Before him are Richard Ruoff, Andrei Bubnov, Václav Talich, Cho Man-sik, Edwin Sutherland, and Louis Lavelle. After him are Prince Arthur of Connaught, Fyodor Sergeyev, Mauritz Stiller, István Friedrich, Olga Kameneva, and Lajos Werkner. Among people deceased in 1959, Giovanni Pastrone ranks 86. Before him are Kenneth Anderson, Johannes Kleiman, Max Baer, Aleksandr Khinchin, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, and Jerry Unser Jr.. After him are Eduard van Beinum, Štefan Tiso, José Vasconcelos, Patrick O'Connell, Laxmi Prasad Devkota, and Johan Bojer.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Pastrone ranks 2,657 out of 5,161. Before him are Giangiacomo Feltrinelli (1926), Riccardo Morandi (1902), Leopoldo Trieste (1917), Mario Corso (1941), Nicola Vicentino (1511), and Lucrezia Marinella (1571). After him are Nino Ferrer (1934), Alex Zanardi (1966), Angelo Domenghini (1941), Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo (1925), Roberto Rosato (1943), and Pietro Gradenigo (1251).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Giovanni Pastrone ranks 45. Before him are Elio Petri (1929), Sergio Sollima (1921), Carlo Lizzani (1922), George P. Cosmatos (1941), Renato Castellani (1913), and Tonino Delli Colli (1923). After him are Luca Guadagnino (1971), Mario Camerini (1895), Giuliano Montaldo (1930), Enzo G. Castellari (1938), Pasquale Festa Campanile (1927), and Franco Rossi (1919).

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