Giuseppe Patroni Griffi

Giuseppe Patroni Griffi

Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (February 26, 1921december 15, 2005) was an Italian playwright, screenwriter, director and author.

He was born in Naples in an aristocratic family and moved to Rome immediately after the end of World War II and spent his professional life there. Patroni Griffi is considered one of the most prominent contributors to Italian theater and film in post-war Italy. His first listed film writing credit was on the 1952 musical "Canzoni di mezzo secolo".

Patroni Griffi was also involved with numerous television productions of lyric opera, including Verdi's "La Traviata". His many theatrical productions include works by Pirandello, Eduardo de Filippo, Jean Cocteau and Tennessee Williams. As a writer, he published a first collection of stories in 1955, "Ragazzo di Trastevere". Later, he contributed significantly to the body of Italian gay literature with "Scende giù per Toledo" and "La morte della bellezza", both set in Naples.

He died in Rome.

Selected filmography

As a director, he is most noted for:
* "Il mare" (1962)
* "Metti una sera a cena" (1969)
* "Addio, fratello crudele" (1971) with Charlotte Rampling
* "Identikit" (1974) with Elizabeth Taylor
* "The Divine Nymph" (1975)
* "La gabbia" (1985)
* "La romana" (1988)
* "Tosca" (1992)

External links

* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=92585 Films of Giuseppe Patroni Griffi]
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