Carlo Lizzani

Writer, Director, Producer, Actor

April 3, 1922 — October 5, 2013 (91 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Kill and Pray
    Kill and Pray1967
  • The Wicked
    The Wicked1991

Known For

  • Love in the City
    Love in the City1953
  • Kill and Pray
    Kill and Pray1967
  • Love and Anger
    Love and Anger1969
  • The Hills Run Red
    The Hills Run Red1966
  • The Last Four Days
    The Last Four Days1974
  • Crazy Joe
    Crazy Joe1974
  • San Babila-8 P.M.
    San Babila-8 P.M.1976
  • It's a Hard Life
    It's a Hard Life1964
  • Wake Up and Die
    Wake Up and Die1966
  • The House of the Yellow Carpet
    The House of the Yellow Carpet1983
  • Black Turin
    Black Turin1972
  • Duel of Champions
    Duel of Champions1961
  • Attention! Bandits!
    Attention! Bandits!1951
  • Black Jesus
    Black Jesus1968
  • Celluloide
    Celluloide1996
  • Kleinhoff Hotel
    Kleinhoff Hotel1977
  • Roma bene
    Roma bene1971
  • Chronicle of Poor Lovers
    Chronicle of Poor Lovers1954
  • Gold of Rome
    Gold of Rome1961
  • The Tough and the Mighty
    The Tough and the Mighty1969

Filmography

2008
2007
1999
1996
Celluloide · as Screenplay
1987
1985
1980
Fontamara · as Screenplay
1976
1974
The Last 4 Days · as Screenplay
1971
Roma bene · as Screenplay
1969
1969
1969
1968
The Violent Four · as Screenplay
1967
Requiescant · as ScreenplayOn Plex
1965
La Celestina P... R... · as Screenplay
1964
It's a Hard Life · as Screenplay
1961
Gold of Rome · as Screenplay
1961
Duel of Champions · as Screenplay
1960
The Hunchback of Rome · as Screenplay
1956
1954
Siluri umani · as Screenplay
1954
Chronicle of Poor Lovers · as Screenplay
1953
1951
Attention! Bandits! · as Screenplay
1950
1950
Under the Olive Tree · as Screenplay
1948
Germany Year Zero · as Screenplay
1947
Tragic Hunt · as Screenplay
1946
Outcry · as Screenplay

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