Gualtiero Jacopetti

Gualtiero Jacopetti

Known for

Directing

Born

September 4, 1919

Birthplace

Barga, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

Died

August 17, 2011 (aged 91)

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  

Gualtiero Jacopetti (born 4 September 1919) is an Italian director of documentary films.

He was born in Barga, in northern Tuscany. With Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi is the originator of Mondo films, also called shockumentaries.

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Best known work

Mondo Cane
Mondo Cane
1962
Goodbye Uncle Tom
Goodbye Uncle Tom
1971
A Day in Court
A Day in Court
1954
Africa Blood and Guts
Africa Blood and Guts
1966
Mondo Cane 2
Mondo Cane 2
1963
The Joy of Living
The Joy of Living
1961
Mondo candido
Mondo candido
1975
The Godfathers of Mondo
The Godfathers of Mondo
2003
Women of the World
Women of the World
1963
European Nights
European Nights
1959

Filmography

  1. 2012

    The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti

    as Self

  2. 2003

  3. 1983

    Operazione Ricchezza

    Writer, Director, Editor

  4. 1980

  5. 1975

    Mondo candido

    Director, Story, Writer

  6. 1971

    Goodbye Uncle Tom

    as Self (uncredited), Director, Writer, Editor, Producer

  7. 1966

    Africa Blood and Guts

    as Himself (uncredited), Director, Writer, Editor

  8. 1963

    Mondo Cane 2

    as Narrator (voice), Director, Story, Writer

  9. 1963

    Women of the World

    as Himself, Director, Story, Writer

  10. 1962

    Mondo Cane

    Editor, Director, Writer, Producer

  11. 1961

  12. 1960

  13. 1959

  14. 1954

    A Day in Court

    as Avv. Terenzio Anastasi

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