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
Self
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
Journalist (uncredited)
Barbagia (la società del malessere)
Pio XII
Papa Giovanni - Ioannes XXIII
Don Camillo, il prete
Il Sole sorge ancora
Self
Linee d'ombra
Self
Il était une fois... « Rome, ville ouverte »
Self
Voi siete qui
Self
Ritratto di mio padre
Self
Giuliano Montaldo - Quattro volte vent'anni
Self
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
Self
Luchino Visconti
Self
Gli anni delle immagini perdute
Self
L'addio a Enrico Berlinguer
Narrator / Self
Non eravamo solo... Ladri di biciclette - Il neorealismo
Self
Rêve de femmes
Police official (uncredited)
Banditi a Milano
Himself
Sperduti nel buio
Self
Il falso bugiardo
Self - Filmmaker
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Cinecittà Babilonia: sesso, droga e camicie nere
Self
Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane
Narrator
Roberto Rossellini: Frammenti e Battute
Self
Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo
Western all'italiana
Self - Director (segment "L'indifferenza")
Behind Love and Anger
Through Children's Eyes - De Sica & Shoeshine
Self
Rossellini
Self
Noi c'eravamo
Self
Pietro Germi - Il bravo, il bello, il cattivo
Mr. Teddy
Self
Acqua e zucchero – Carlo Di Palma: i colori della vita
Self
Uomini forti
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
32
Gender
Male
Birthday
1922-04-03
Place of Birth
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Also Known As
Lee W. Beaver