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Carlo Lizzani

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Carlo Lizzani

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Italian film director, screenwriter and critic (1922-2013)

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Carlo Lizzani was an Italian film director, actor, and screenwriter born in Rome on April 3, 1922. He began his work period in 1949 and continued until 2013. Lizzani was educated at Sapienza University of Rome and spoke Italian. His notable works include L'oro di Roma, Il Neorealismo. Non Eravamo Solo Ladri Di Biciclette, Il Processo di Verona, and Il cinema italiano, 1895-1979.

Lizzani received several awards, including the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, a David di Donatello for Best Director, and a David di Donatello for Best Script. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story. He died in Rome on October 5, 2013, from falling, which is listed as suicide. He is buried at Cimitero Flaminio.

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Works
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Top works

  • L'oro di Roma
  • Il Neorealismo. Non Eravamo Solo Ladri Di Biciclette
  • Il Processo di Verona
  • Il cinema italiano
  • Il cinema italiano, 1895-1979

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Rome, Lazio, Italy

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,…

Known for

  • Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)2017
  • Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life — Self2017
  • Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione — Self2014
  • Sperduti nel buio — Himself2014
  • We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism — Narrator / Self2013
  • Giuliano Montaldo - Quattro volte vent'anni — Self2012
  • The Years of Lost Images — Self2012
  • Mr. Teddy2012
  • Voi siete qui — Self2011
  • A Dream of Women — Self2011

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Key facts

Born
( 1922-04-03 ) 3 April 1922, Rome , Italy
Died
5 October 2013 (2013-10-05) (aged 91), Rome, Italy
Other name
Lee W. Beaver
Occupations
Film director Screenwriter
Years active
1949–2013

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Carlo
Gender
male
Citizenship
Italy
Place of birth
Rome
Place of death
Rome
Occupation
director
Educated at
Sapienza University of Rome
Languages spoken
Italian
Image
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date of birth
1922-04-03
date of death
2013-10-05
manner of death
Suicide
Commons category
Carlo Lizzani
place of burial
Cimitero Flaminio
nominated for
Academy Award for Best Story
cause of death
falling
related category
Category:Films directed by Carlo Lizzani
start of work period
1949-00-00
end of work period
2013-00-00
name in native language
Carlo Lizzani
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Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic.

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