Pier Paolo Pasolini

1922-1975

Biography: life and films

Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He was born in Bologna, Italy on 5th March 1922 and died in Ostia, Rome, Italy on 2nd November 1975, aged 53.

His best films as a screenwriter include Federico Fellini's Le Notti di Cabiria (1957), Mauro Bolognini's La Notte brava (1959), Accattone (1961), Il Vangelo secondo Matteo (1964) and Teorema (1968), and whose best work as a film director include Accattone (1961), Il Vangelo secondo Matteo (1964), Edipo re (1967), Teorema (1968) and Appunti per un romanzo dell'immondezza (1970).

Pier Paolo Pasolini scripted 42 films, directed 23 films and appeared in 10 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Mauro Bolognini (7 films), Federico Fellini (2) and Carlo Lizzani (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (24 films), comedy-drama (8), Documentary (7), comedy (5), romance (4), War (3), history (2), comedy-romance (2) and Fantasy (2).

Our average rating for Pier Paolo Pasolini over all films is: 3.4

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer

Il prigioniero della montagna (1955) [w]

La Donna del fiume (1955) [w]

Le Notti di Cabiria (1957) [w]

Marisa la civetta (1957) [w]

Giovani mariti (1958) [w]

La Notte brava (1959) [w]

Morte di un amico (1959) [w]

Il Bell'Antonio (1960) [w]

Il Gobbo (1960) [a]

Il carro armato dell'8 settembre (1960) [w]

La Dolce vita (1960) [w]

La Giornata balorda (1960) [w]

La Lunga notte del '43 (1960) [w]

Accattone (1961) [d,w]

La Ragazza in vetrina (1961) [w]

Milano nera (1961) [w]

La Commare secca (1962) [w]

Mamma Roma (1962) [d,w]

Una vita violenta (1962) [w]

La Rabbia (1963) [d,w]

Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963) [d,w]

Comizi d'amore (1964) [a,d,w]

Il Vangelo secondo Matteo (1964) [d,w]

Sopralluoghi in Palestina per il vangelo secondo Matteo (1965) [a,d,w]

Uccellacci e uccellini (1966) [d,w]

Edipo re (1967) [a,d,w]

Le Streghe (1967) [d,w]

Requiescant (1967) [a]

Capriccio all'italiana (1968) [d,w]

Teorema (1968) [d,w]

Amore e rabbia (1969) [d]

Medea (1969) [d,w]

Porcile (1969) [d,w]

Appunti per un romanzo dell'immondezza (1970) [d]

Appunti per un'Orestiade africana (1970) [a,d,w]

Ostia (1970) [w]

Il Decameron (1971) [a,d,w]

12 dicembre (1972) [d,w]

I racconti di Canterbury (1972) [a,d,w]

Il fiore delle mille e una notte (1974) [d,w]

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) [d,w]

Calderon (1981) [w]

Wie de Waarheid Zegt Moet Dood (1981) [a]

A futura memoria: Pier Paolo Pasolini (1986) [a]

Le Bassin de J.W. (1997) [w]



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