Castellano & Pipolo is the stage name used by the pair of Italian screenwriters and film directors Franco Castellano[1][2] (1925–1999) and Giuseppe Moccia[2] (1933–2006). Together, they wrote the screenplays for about seventy films, and directed twenty films, mainly comedies.[3][4] Their 1984 film Il ragazzo di campagna was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.[5]
Franco Castellano | |
|---|---|
| Born | Franco Castellano 20 June 1925 |
| Died | 28 December 1999 (aged 74) |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Giuseppe Moccia | |
|---|---|
| Born | Giuseppe Moccia 22 June 1933 |
| Died | 20 August 2006 (aged 73) |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Selected filmography
edit- My Wife's Enemy (1959)
- Tipi da spiaggia (1959)
- Guardatele ma non toccatele (1959)
- Signori si nasce (1960)
- Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today (1960)
- The Fascist (1961)
- 5 marines per 100 ragazze (1962)
- Obiettivo ragazze (1963)
- The Thursday (1963)
- I due pericoli pubblici (1964)
- Slalom (1965)
- The Man, the Woman and the Money (1965)
- I nuovi mostri (1977)
- Mia moglie è una strega (1980)
- Il ragazzo di campagna (1984)
References
edit- ^ "Adriano Castellano". The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015.
- ^ a b "Giuseppe Moccia". The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
- ^ Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
- ^ Giancarlo Colombo. Who's Who in Italy. Who's Who in Italy, 2006.
- ^ "Italian Comedy - The State of Things". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
External links
edit- Castellano at IMDb
- Pipolo at IMDb
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