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Birthday: Sep 14, 1914
Place of Birth: Genoa, Liguria, Italy

Pietro Germi

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pietro Germi (14 September 1914, Genoa - 5 December 1974) was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting. He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. During his time in school, Germi supported himself by working as an extra, bit actor, assistant director, and, on occasion, writer. Germi made his directorial debut in 1945 with the film Il testimone. His early work, this film included, were very much in the Italian Neorealist style; many were social dramas that dealt with contemporary issues pertaining to people of Sicilian heritage. Through the years, Germi shifted away from social drama towards satirical comedies, but retained his loved element of the Sicilian people. In the 1960s, Germi received worldwide success with the films Divorce, Italian Style, Seduced and Abandoned, and Signore e Signori. The latter is better known in the English-speaking world as The Birds the Bees and the Italians. He was nominated for Academy Awards in both directing and writing for Divorce, Italian Style, and, subsequently, won in the writing category. He also won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for Signore e signori. Germi collaborated on the scripts for all the films he directed and appeared as an actor in a few of them. He died in Rome of hepatitis on 5 December 1974.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
The Facts of Murder Il Dott. Ingravallo 1959
The Iron Crown Cavaliere 1941
Man of Straw Andrea 1958
The Railroad Man Andrea Marcocci 1956
The Lovemakers Stefano 1961
A Man Named John Pontiff's Father 1965
Blood Feud Bolognesi 1961
Escape to France Tembien 1948
Montecassino nel cerchio di fuoco 1946
Lipstick Commissario Fioresi 1960
Five Branded Women Partisan Commander 1960
Marcello, una vita dolce Self (archive footage) 2006
Series Cast Year
Cinépanorama Self 1956
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