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Carlo Lizzani (1922-2013)

Alias:
Lee W. Beaver
Карло Лидзани
Карло Лиццани

Birthplace:
Rome, Lazio, Italy

Born:
April 3, 1922

Died:
October 5, 2013

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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.

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Film Production

Assistant Director:
1948  Germany, Year Zero

Co-Director:
1947  Tragic Hunt
1948  Germany, Year Zero

Director:
1947  Tragic Hunt
1948  Germany, Year Zero
1948  Togliatti è ritornato
1950  Something Changed in Midday
1951  Attention! Bandits!
1953  Amore che si paga
1953  At the Edge of the City
1953  Love in the City
1954  Chronicle of Poor Lovers
1956  The Screwball
1958  Behind the Great Wall
1959  Esterina
1960  The Hunchback
1961  Gold of Rome
1961  The Policeman on Horseback
1963  The Verona Trial
1964  Amori pericolosi
1964  It's a Hard Life
1965  La Celestina P… R…
1965  The Dirty Game
1965  Thrilling
1966  The Hills Run Red
1966  Wake Up and Die
1967  Kill and Pray
1968  The Violent Four
1969  Love and Anger
1969  The Bandit
1969  The Tough and the Mighty
1971  Roma bene
1972  Black Turin
1974  Crazy Joe
1974  The Last Four Days
1975  The Teenage Prostitution Racket
1976  San Babila-8 P.M.
1977  Kleinhoff Hotel
1980  Fontamara
1983  Inverno di malato
1983  The House of the Yellow Carpet
1983  Venezia
1984  Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984  Nucleo Zero
1984  Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier
1985  Mother Ebe
1987  Assicurazione sulla morte
1988  Dear Gorbachev
1989  12 Directors for 12 Cities
1991  The Wicked
1995  Rome, November 12, 1994
1996  Celluloide
1999  La Donna del Treno
1999  Luchino Visconti
2001  Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokes
2002  Maria Josè, l'ultima regina
2003  Cesare Zavattini
2004  Le cinque giornate di Milano
2007  Hotel Meina
2008  All Human Rights for All
2008  Giuseppe De Santis
2008  Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
2012  Scossa

First Assistant Director:
1947  Tragic Hunt
1948  Germany, Year Zero
1948  Togliatti è ritornato
1949  The Mill on the Po
1950  Something Changed in Midday
1951  Attention! Bandits!
1953  Amore che si paga
1953  At the Edge of the City
1953  Love in the City
1954  Chronicle of Poor Lovers
1956  The Screwball
1958  Behind the Great Wall
1959  Esterina
1960  The Hunchback
1961  Gold of Rome
1961  The Policeman on Horseback
1963  The Verona Trial
1964  Amori pericolosi
1964  It's a Hard Life
1965  La Celestina P… R…
1965  The Dirty Game
1965  Thrilling
1966  The Hills Run Red
1966  Wake Up and Die
1967  Kill and Pray
1968  The Violent Four
1969  Love and Anger
1969  The Bandit
1969  The Tough and the Mighty
1971  Roma bene
1972  Black Turin
1974  Crazy Joe
1974  The Last Four Days
1975  The Teenage Prostitution Racket
1976  San Babila-8 P.M.
1977  Kleinhoff Hotel
1980  Fontamara
1983  Inverno di malato
1983  The House of the Yellow Carpet
1983  Venezia
1984  Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984  Nucleo Zero
1984  Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier
1985  Mother Ebe
1987  Assicurazione sulla morte
1988  Dear Gorbachev
1989  12 Directors for 12 Cities
1991  The Wicked
1995  Rome, November 12, 1994
1996  Celluloide
1999  La Donna del Treno
1999  Luchino Visconti
2001  Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokes
2002  Maria Josè, l'ultima regina
2003  Cesare Zavattini
2004  Le cinque giornate di Milano
2007  Hotel Meina
2008  All Human Rights for All
2008  Giuseppe De Santis
2008  Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
2012  Scossa

Producer:
1947  Tragic Hunt
1948  Germany, Year Zero
1948  Togliatti è ritornato
1949  The Mill on the Po
1950  Something Changed in Midday
1951  Attention! Bandits!
1953  Amore che si paga
1953  At the Edge of the City
1953  Love in the City
1954  Chronicle of Poor Lovers
1956  The Screwball
1958  Behind the Great Wall
1959  Esterina
1960  The Hunchback
1961  Gold of Rome
1961  The Policeman on Horseback
1963  The Verona Trial
1964  Amori pericolosi
1964  It's a Hard Life
1965  La Celestina P… R…
1965  The Dirty Game
1965  Thrilling
1966  The Hills Run Red
1966  Wake Up and Die
1967  Kill and Pray
1968  Black Jesus
1968  The Violent Four
1969  Love and Anger
1969  The Bandit
1969  The Tough and the Mighty
1971  Roma bene
1972  Black Turin
1974  Crazy Joe
1974  The Last Four Days
1975  The Teenage Prostitution Racket
1976  San Babila-8 P.M.
1977  Kleinhoff Hotel
1980  Fontamara
1983  Inverno di malato
1983  The House of the Yellow Carpet
1983  Venezia
1984  Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984  Nucleo Zero
1984  Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier
1985  Mother Ebe
1987  Assicurazione sulla morte
1988  Dear Gorbachev
1989  12 Directors for 12 Cities
1991  The Wicked
1995  Rome, November 12, 1994
1996  Celluloide
1999  La Donna del Treno
1999  Luchino Visconti
2001  Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokes
2002  Maria Josè, l'ultima regina
2003  Cesare Zavattini
2004  Le cinque giornate di Milano
2007  Hotel Meina
2008  All Human Rights for All
2008  Giuseppe De Santis
2008  Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
2012  Scossa

Screenplay:
1946  Outcry
1947  Tragic Hunt
1948  Germany, Year Zero
1948  Togliatti è ritornato
1949  Bitter Rice
1949  The Mill on the Po
1950  Something Changed in Midday
1950  Under the Olive Tree
1951  Attention! Bandits!
1953  Amore che si paga
1953  At the Edge of the City
1953  Love in the City
1954  Chronicle of Poor Lovers
1954  Human Torpedoes
1956  The Screwball
1958  Behind the Great Wall
1959  Esterina
1960  The Hunchback
1961  Duel of Champions
1961  Gold of Rome
1961  The Policeman on Horseback
1963  The Verona Trial
1964  Amori pericolosi
1964  It's a Hard Life
1965  La Celestina P… R…
1965  The Dirty Game
1965  Thrilling
1966  The Hills Run Red
1966  Wake Up and Die
1967  Kill and Pray
1968  Black Jesus
1968  The Violent Four
1969  Love and Anger
1969  The Bandit
1969  The Tough and the Mighty
1971  Roma bene
1972  Black Turin
1974  Crazy Joe
1974  The Last Four Days
1975  The Teenage Prostitution Racket
1976  San Babila-8 P.M.
1977  Kleinhoff Hotel
1980  Fontamara
1983  Inverno di malato
1983  The House of the Yellow Carpet
1983  Venezia
1984  Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984  Nucleo Zero
1984  Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier
1985  Mother Ebe
1987  Assicurazione sulla morte
1988  Dear Gorbachev
1989  12 Directors for 12 Cities
1991  The Wicked
1995  Rome, November 12, 1994
1996  Celluloide
1999  La Donna del Treno
1999  Luchino Visconti
2001  Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokes
2002  Maria Josè, l'ultima regina
2003  Cesare Zavattini
2004  Le cinque giornate di Milano
2007  Hotel Meina
2008  All Human Rights for All
2008  Giuseppe De Santis
2008  Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
2012  Scossa

Story:
1946  Outcry
1947  Tragic Hunt
1948  Germany, Year Zero
1948  Togliatti è ritornato
1949  Bitter Rice
1949  The Mill on the Po
1950  Something Changed in Midday
1950  Under the Olive Tree
1951  Attention! Bandits!
1953  Amore che si paga
1953  At the Edge of the City
1953  Love in the City
1954  Chronicle of Poor Lovers
1954  Human Torpedoes
1956  The Screwball
1958  Behind the Great Wall
1959  Esterina
1960  The Hunchback
1961  Duel of Champions
1961  Gold of Rome
1961  The Policeman on Horseback
1963  The Verona Trial
1964  Amori pericolosi
1964  It's a Hard Life
1965  La Celestina P… R…
1965  The Dirty Game
1965  Thrilling
1966  The Hills Run Red
1966  Wake Up and Die
1967  Kill and Pray
1968  Black Jesus
1968  The Violent Four
1969  Love and Anger
1969  The Bandit
1969  The Tough and the Mighty
1971  Roma bene
1972  Black Turin
1974  Crazy Joe
1974  The Last Four Days
1975  The Teenage Prostitution Racket
1976  San Babila-8 P.M.
1977  Kleinhoff Hotel
1980  Fontamara
1983  Inverno di malato
1983  The House of the Yellow Carpet
1983  Venezia
1984  Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984  Nucleo Zero
1984  Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier
1985  Mother Ebe
1987  Assicurazione sulla morte
1988  Dear Gorbachev
1989  12 Directors for 12 Cities
1991  The Wicked
1995  Rome, November 12, 1994
1996  Celluloide
1999  La Donna del Treno
1999  Luchino Visconti
2001  Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokes
2002  Maria Josè, l'ultima regina
2003  Cesare Zavattini
2004  Le cinque giornate di Milano
2007  Hotel Meina
2008  All Human Rights for All
2008  Giuseppe De Santis
2008  Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
2012  Scossa

Thanks:
1946  Outcry
1947  Tragic Hunt
1948  Germany, Year Zero
1948  Togliatti è ritornato
1949  Bitter Rice
1949  The Mill on the Po
1950  Something Changed in Midday
1950  Under the Olive Tree
1951  Attention! Bandits!
1953  Amore che si paga
1953  At the Edge of the City
1953  Love in the City
1954  Chronicle of Poor Lovers
1954  Human Torpedoes
1956  The Screwball
1958  Behind the Great Wall
1959  Esterina
1960  The Hunchback
1961  Duel of Champions
1961  Gold of Rome
1961  The Policeman on Horseback
1962  To Arms, We Are Fascists!
1963  The Verona Trial
1964  Amori pericolosi
1964  It's a Hard Life
1965  La Celestina P… R…
1965  The Dirty Game
1965  Thrilling
1966  The Hills Run Red
1966  Wake Up and Die
1967  Kill and Pray
1968  Black Jesus
1968  The Violent Four
1969  Love and Anger
1969  The Bandit
1969  The Tough and the Mighty
1971  Roma bene
1972  Black Turin
1974  Crazy Joe
1974  The Last Four Days
1975  The Teenage Prostitution Racket
1976  San Babila-8 P.M.
1977  Kleinhoff Hotel
1980  Fontamara
1983  Inverno di malato
1983  The House of the Yellow Carpet
1983  Venezia
1984  Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984  Nucleo Zero
1984  Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier
1985  Mother Ebe
1987  Assicurazione sulla morte
1988  Dear Gorbachev
1989  12 Directors for 12 Cities
1991  The Wicked
1995  Rome, November 12, 1994
1996  Celluloide
1999  La Donna del Treno
1999  Luchino Visconti
2001  Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokes
2002  Maria Josè, l'ultima regina
2003  Cesare Zavattini
2004  Le cinque giornate di Milano
2005  Behind Love and Anger
2007  Hotel Meina
2008  All Human Rights for All
2008  Giuseppe De Santis
2008  Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
2012  Scossa

Writer:
1946  Outcry
1947  Tragic Hunt
1948  Germany, Year Zero
1948  Togliatti è ritornato
1949  Bitter Rice
1949  The Mill on the Po
1950  Something Changed in Midday
1950  Under the Olive Tree
1951  Attention! Bandits!
1953  Amore che si paga
1953  At the Edge of the City
1953  Love in the City
1954  Chronicle of Poor Lovers
1954  Human Torpedoes
1956  The Screwball
1958  Behind the Great Wall
1959  Esterina
1960  The Hunchback
1961  Duel of Champions
1961  Gold of Rome
1961  The Policeman on Horseback
1962  To Arms, We Are Fascists!
1963  The Verona Trial
1964  Amori pericolosi
1964  It's a Hard Life
1965  La Celestina P… R…
1965  The Dirty Game
1965  Thrilling
1966  The Hills Run Red
1966  Wake Up and Die
1967  Kill and Pray
1968  Black Jesus
1968  The Violent Four
1969  Love and Anger
1969  The Bandit
1969  The Tough and the Mighty
1971  Roma bene
1972  Black Turin
1974  Crazy Joe
1974  The Last Four Days
1975  The Teenage Prostitution Racket
1976  San Babila-8 P.M.
1977  Kleinhoff Hotel
1980  Fontamara
1983  Inverno di malato
1983  The House of the Yellow Carpet
1983  Venezia
1984  Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984  Nucleo Zero
1984  Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier
1985  Mother Ebe
1987  Assicurazione sulla morte
1987  The Devils of Monza
1988  Dear Gorbachev
1989  12 Directors for 12 Cities
1991  The Wicked
1995  Rome, November 12, 1994
1996  Celluloide
1999  La Donna del Treno
1999  Luchino Visconti
2001  Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokes
2002  Maria Josè, l'ultima regina
2003  Cesare Zavattini
2004  Le cinque giornate di Milano
2005  Behind Love and Anger
2007  Hotel Meina
2008  All Human Rights for All
2008  Giuseppe De Santis
2008  Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
2012  Scossa
2013  We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism

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Creator:
2004  Le cinque giornate di Milano

Director:
2004  Le cinque giornate di Milano

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