Luciano Emmer

Regista, Sceneggiatore

19 gennaio 1918 — 16 settembre 2009 (91 anni)
Luciano Emmer (19 January 1918 – 16 September 2009) was an Italian film director. He was born in Milan, but most of his childhood lived in Venice.

He started as filmmaker at filming Giotto's frescoes in Padua in 1938. Screenwriter Sergio Amidei, found the finance for Emmer to make a feature about Romans spending a Sunday in August on the beach at Ostia. He won a Golden Globe in 1951 for Pictura: An Adventure in Art. He has directed more documentaries than fiction pictures, most notably Domenica d'agosto and the romance-comedy-drama Three Girls from Rome.

Luciano Emmer started his career as a filmmaker working with Enrico Gras. He founded the production company Dolomiti Film and directed several documentaries. In 1949, Emmer produced his first feature film Dimanche d'August (1950) with Marcello Mastroianni. Also with Mastroianni, the following year he made Paris is always Paris (1951).

In the 1950s, Luciano Emmer made advertising films meanwhile he continued with his documentary work. He was labeled as an example of the Italian pink neorealism. In 1956, Emmer directed with Robert Enrico To Each His Own Paradise. After The Girl in the Window (1961), a social drama with Marina Vlady and Lino Ventura, he turned to television. He made his return to the cinema with Enough! I make a movie.

Famoso per

  • Domenica d'agosto
    Domenica d'agosto1950
  • Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna
    Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna1952
  • Parigi è sempre Parigi
    Parigi è sempre Parigi1951
  • Il bigamo
    Il bigamo1956
  • Il momento più bello
    Il momento più bello1957
  • Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna
    Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna1 stagione
  • Terza liceo
    Terza liceo1954
  • Picasso
    Picasso1954