Carlo Lizzani
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1922-04-03
Day of Death
2013-10-05 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Carlo Lizzani
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.
Known For
Acting
(2017)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
(2014)
(2014)
Sperduti nel buio
as Himself
(2013)
We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism
as Narrator / Self
(2012)
(2012)
The Years of Lost Images
as Self
(2012)
(2011)
Voi siete qui
as Self
(2011)
A Dream of Women
as Self
(2011)
(2011)
Noi c'eravamo
as Self
(2010)
Portrait Of My Father
as Self
(2010)
(2009)
(2008)
Il falso bugiardo
as Self
(2007)
Linee d'ombra
as Self
(2006)
(2006)
(2005)
Behind Love and Anger
as Self - Director (segment "L'indifferenza")
(2004)
(2002)
Pope John XXIII
as Pio XII
(2002)
Luchino Visconti
as Self
(2001)
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
as Self - Filmmaker
(2001)
Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokes
as Narrator
(1997)
(1990)
Rossellini
as Self
(1984)
(1969)
The Tough and the Mighty
as Journalist (uncredited)
(1968)
The Violent Four
as Police official (uncredited)
(1946)
Outcry
as Don Camillo, il prete
Crew
(2013)
(2012)
Scossa
Director
(2008)
Hotel Meina
Director, Screenplay
(2008)
Giuseppe De Santis
Director
(2008)
(2008)
All Human Rights for All
Director, Writer
(2005)
Behind Love and Anger
Thanks
(2004)
Le cinque giornate di Milano
Director
(2003)
Cesare Zavattini
Director
(2002)
Maria Josè, l'ultima regina
Director, Story, Screenplay
(2002)
Luchino Visconti
Writer, Director
(2001)
(1999)
La Donna del Treno
Director
(1996)
Celluloide
Director, Screenplay
(1995)
Rome, November 12, 1994
Director
(1991)
The Wicked
Director
(1989)
12 Directors for 12 Cities
Director
(1988)
Dear Gorbachev
Screenplay, Director
(1987)
The Devils of Monza
Writer
(1987)
Assicurazione sulla morte
Director
(1985)
Mother Ebe
Director, Writer
(1984)
(1984)
Nucleo Zero
Screenplay, Director, Writer
(1984)
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Director
(1984)
Sabatoventiquattromarzo
Director
(1983)
Venezia
Director
(1983)
The House of the Yellow Carpet
Director
(1983)
Inverno di malato
Director, Writer
(1980)
Fontamara
Director, Screenplay
(1977)
Kleinhoff Hotel
Director
(1976)
San Babila-8 P.M.
Director, Writer
(1975)
The Teenage Prostitution Racket
Director, Writer
(1974)
The Last Four Days
Director, Screenplay
(1974)
Crazy Joe
Director
(1972)
Black Turin
Director
(1971)
Roma bene
Director, Screenplay
(1969)
Love and Anger
Producer, Director, Writer
(1969)
The Tough and the Mighty
Director, Writer
(1969)
The Bandit
Director, Writer
(1968)
The Violent Four
Director, Screenplay, Story
(1968)
Black Jesus
Producer
(1967)
Kill and Pray
Producer, Director
(1966)
The Hills Run Red
Director
(1966)
Wake Up and Die
Director, Producer
(1965)
Thrilling
Director
(1965)
The Dirty Game
Director
(1965)
La Celestina P… R…
Screenplay, Director
(1964)
It's a Hard Life
Director, Screenplay
(1964)
Amori pericolosi
Writer, Director
(1963)
The Verona Trial
Director
(1962)
(1961)
The Policeman on Horseback
Director
(1961)
Gold of Rome
Director, Story, Screenplay
(1961)
Duel of Champions
Screenplay
(1960)
The Hunchback
Director, Screenplay
(1959)
Esterina
Director
(1958)
Behind the Great Wall
Director
(1956)
The Screwball
Director, Writer
(1954)
Human Torpedoes
Screenplay
(1954)
Chronicle of Poor Lovers
Director, Screenplay
(1953)
Love in the City
Director
(1953)
At the Edge of the City
Director, Writer
(1953)
Amore che si paga
Director
(1951)
Attention! Bandits!
Director, Story, Screenplay
(1950)
Under the Olive Tree
Screenplay
(1950)
Something Changed in Midday
Director
(1949)
Bitter Rice
Story, Screenplay
(1949)
The Mill on the Po
First Assistant Director
(1948)
Germany, Year Zero
Writer, Assistant Director
(1948)
Togliatti è ritornato
Screenplay, Director
(1947)
Tragic Hunt
Co-Director, Screenplay, Story
(1946)
Outcry
Screenplay