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Giuseppe Patroni Griffi

Writer, Director, Additional Credits
Born February 27, 1921Died December 15, 2005 (84 years)
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (26 February 1921 – 15 December 2005) was an Italian playwright, screenwriter, director and author.

He was born in Naples in an aristocratic family and moved to Rome immediately after the end of World War II and spent his professional life there. Patroni Griffi is considered one of the most prominent contributors to Italian theater and film in post-war Italy.

Roberto Rossellini made a film from his play Anima nera.

His first listed film writing credit was on the 1952 musical Canzoni di mezzo secolo. Patroni Griffi would later direct Charlotte Rampling, Elizabeth Taylor, Marcello Mastroianni, Laura Antonelli, Florinda Bolkan, Terence Stamp, Fabio Testi.

Patroni Griffi was also involved with numerous television productions of lyric opera, including Verdi's La Traviata. His many theatrical productions include works by Pirandello, Eduardo De Filippo, Jean Cocteau and Tennessee Williams. As a writer, he published a first collection of stories in 1955, Ragazzo di Trastevere. Later, he contributed significantly to the body of Italian gay literature with Scende giù per Toledo and La morte della bellezza, both set in Naples.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Driver's Seat

Known For

  • More Than a Miracle
  • The Swindlers
  • The Driver's Seat
  • 'Tis Pity She's a Whore
  • The Divine Nymph
  • Collector's Item
  • Love Circle
  • Anima nera
  • Femmina
  • The Man Who Laughs
  • The Sea
  • Lettere di una novizia
  • For Love One Dies

Giuseppe Patroni Griffi Filmography

2021
Ennio · as Self
1972
La tenda in piazza · as Self (uncredited)

1998
1985
Collector's Item · as Screenplay
1975
The Divine Nymph · as Screenplay
1974
1971
1967
More Than a Miracle · as Screenplay
1963
I cuori infranti · as Screenplay
1960
1959
The Swindlers · as Screenplay

1972
1969
Love Circle · as Theatre Play
1967
The Witches · as Story
1966
The Man Who Laughs · as Dialogue
1962
Anima nera · as Theatre Play
1962
The Sea · as Story
1961

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