Pier Paolo Pasolini

Writer, Director, Actor, Editor

March 5, 1922 — November 2, 1975 (53 years)
Pier Paolo Pasolini (March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975) was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure. He demonstrated a unique and extraordinary cultural versatility, becoming a highly controversial figure in the process.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • La Dolce Vita
    La Dolce Vita1960
  • The Gospel According to St. Matthew
    The Gospel According to St. Matthew1965
  • Kill and Pray
    Kill and Pray1967

Known For

  • La Dolce Vita
    La Dolce Vita1960
  • The Gospel According to St. Matthew
    The Gospel According to St. Matthew1965
  • Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
    Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom1975
  • Theorem
    Theorem1968
  • Arabian Nights
    Arabian Nights1974
  • Nights of Cabiria
    Nights of Cabiria1957
  • Accattone
    Accattone1961
  • The Hawks and the Sparrows
    The Hawks and the Sparrows1966
  • Medea
    Medea1969
  • Pigsty
    Pigsty1969
  • Love Meetings
    Love Meetings2004
  • Bell' Antonio
    Bell' Antonio1960
  • Ro.Go.Pa.G.
    Ro.Go.Pa.G.1963
  • La Commare Secca
    La Commare Secca1962
  • Notes Towards an African Orestes
    Notes Towards an African Orestes1970
  • La Rabbia
    La Rabbia1963
  • The Walls of Sana'a
    The Walls of Sana'a1971
  • Kill and Pray
    Kill and Pray1967
  • Scouting in Palestine
    Scouting in Palestine1965
  • Ostia
    Ostia1970

Filmography

2008
1975
1974
1973
Bawdy Tales · as Screenplay
1972
The Canterbury Tales · as Screenplay
1971
1971
1970
1969
1969
1969
1968
Teorema · as Screenplay
1968
1968
1967
The Witches · as Screenplay
1967
1967
Requiescant · as ScreenplayOn Plex
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1963
Ro.Go.Pa.G. · as Screenplay
1963
1962
Mamma Roma · as Screenplay
1962
Violent Life · as Novel
1961
Accattone · as Screenplay
1961
La ragazza in vetrina · as Screenplay
1960
From a Roman Balcony · as Screenplay
1960
It Happened in '43 · as Screenplay
1960
Bell' Antonio · as Screenplay
1960
La Dolce Vita · as ScreenplayOn Plex
1959
The Big Night · as Novel
1958
Young Husbands · as Screenplay
1957
Nights of Cabiria · as Screenplay
1955
1954
The River Girl · as Screenplay

2021
2020
2020
2020
2015
2006
Pasolini prossimo nostro · as Se Stesso
1972
The Canterbury Tales · as Geoffrey Chaucer
1971
The Decameron · as Allievo Di Giotto
1971
The Walls of Sana'a · as Narrator (voice)
1967
Oedipus Rex · as High Priest (uncredited)
1967
Requiescant · as Father JuanOn Plex
1960

2026
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited)
2025
2024
2022
2022
2022
2021
The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo · as Self - Filmmaker (archive Footage)
2021
Ennio · as SelfOn Plex
2020
2020
In a Future April (The Young Pasolini) · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited)
2019
2017
Maria By Callas · as Self
2017
The Isle of Medea · as Self (archive Footage)
2017
Pasolini Motore! · as Self
2014
2014
Pasolini, La passion de Rome · as Self (archive Footage)
2013
I Was Born Traveling · as Self (archive Footage)
2012
Pasolini's Last Words · as Self (archive)
2009
Great Directors · as Self
2008
2007
Callas assoluta · as Self (archive Footage)
2006
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited)
2002
2002
2000
1995
1995
1986
1981
Wie de waarheid zegt moet dood · as Self- Archive Footage
1980
My Name Is Anna Magnani · as Self (archive Footage)
1974
1971
1970
Notes Towards an African Orestes · as Self (uncredited)
1968
1967
1965
Location Hunting in Palestine · as Self (uncredited)
1964
Love Meetings · as Self - Interviewer (uncredited)
1964

2011
Love Flesh · as Texts
1997
Le bassin de J.W. · as Text "descriptions De Descriptions"
1981
Mulheres... Mulheres · as Short Story
1972
The Canterbury Tales · as Music Supervisor
1972
12 dicembre · as Idea
1970
Ostia · as Story
1962
The Grim Reaper · as Story
1960
Death of a Friend · as Story
1957
Marisa · as Story