Pontecorvo, Gillo

Pontecorvo, Gillo
▪ 2007
Gilberto Pontecorvo 
      Italian filmmaker (b. Nov. 19, 1919, Pisa, Italy—d. Oct. 12, 2006, Rome, Italy), gained international acclaim for La battaglia di Algeri (1966; The Battle of Algiers), a stark black-and-white feature in which he portrayed the fight for Algerian independence from France with gritty documentary-style realism. The film was hailed as a cinematic masterpiece and received the Golden Lion at the 1966 Venice Film Festival, as well as three Academy Award nominations, including best director and best foreign-language film. The movie's controversial content, however, kept it from being distributed in France until 1971. Pontecorvo's relatively low output included La grande strada azzurra (1957; The Wide Blue Road, 2001) and the Oscar-nominated Kapò (1959). He also made several documentaries.

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