Movie Directors
Italian movie directors and some of their notable works:
- Federico Fellini: “La Dolce Vita” (“The Sweet Life”), “8 1/2,” “Amarcord”
- Michelangelo Antonioni: “L’Avventura” (“The Adventure”), “Blow-Up,” “Deserto Rosso” (“Red Desert”)
- Luchino Visconti: “Ossessione” (“Obsession”), “Rocco e i suoi fratelli” (“Rocco and His Brothers”), “Il Gattopardo” (“The Leopard”)
- Vittorio De Sica: “Ladri di biciclette” (“Bicycle Thieves”), “Umberto D.,” “Miracolo a Milano” (“Miracle in Milan”)
- Bernardo Bertolucci: “Il Conformista” (“The Conformist”), “Ultimo tango a Parigi” (“Last Tango in Paris”), “L’ultimo imperatore” (“The Last Emperor”)
- Roberto Rossellini: “Roma, Città Aperta” (“Rome, Open City”), “Paisà” (“Paisan”), “Germania anno zero” (“Germany Year Zero”)
- Pier Paolo Pasolini: “Accattone,” “Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo” (“The Gospel According to St. Matthew”), “Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma” (“Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom”)
- Lina Wertmüller: “Film d’amore e d’anarchia, ovvero ‘stamattina alle 10 in via dei Fiori nella nota casa di tolleranza…'” (“Love and Anarchy”), “Pasqualino Settebellezze” (“Seven Beauties”), “Travolti da un insolito destino nell’azzurro mare d’agosto” (“Swept Away”)
- Paolo Sorrentino: “La Grande Bellezza” (“The Great Beauty”), “Youth,” “Loro” (“Them”)
- Nanni Moretti: “Caro Diario” (“Dear Diary”), “Aprile” (“April”), “La stanza del figlio” (“The Son’s Room”)
These Italian movie directors and their films continue to influence and inspire filmmakers around the world.