Gualtiero Jacopetti

Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Actor

September 4, 1919 — August 17, 2011 (91 years)
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Gualtiero Jacopetti (born 4 September 1919) is an Italian director of documentary films.

He was born in Barga, in northern Tuscany. With Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi is the originator of Mondo films, also called shockumentaries.

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Known For

  • A Dog's Life
    A Dog's Life1962
  • Africa Blood and Guts
    Africa Blood and Guts1966
  • Goodbye Uncle Tom
    Goodbye Uncle Tom1971
  • Mondo Cane 2
    Mondo Cane 21963
  • Women of the World
    Women of the World1963
  • Mondo candido
    Mondo candido1975
  • The Joy of Living
    The Joy of Living1961
  • World by Night
    World by Night1960
  • European Nights
    European Nights1959
  • Fangio: Una vita a 300 all'ora
    Fangio: Una vita a 300 all'ora1980

Filmography

1971
Goodbye Uncle Tom · as Self (uncredited)
1966
Africa Addio · as Himself (uncredited)
1963
Women of the World · as Himself

2003
1963
Mondo Cane 2 · as Narrator Voice
1960
1954
A Day in Court · as Avv. Terenzio Anastasi

1980
1963
Mondo Cane 2 · as Story
1963
Women of the World · as Story
1961