Person
Giacomo Battiato
Directing · Born 1943-10-18 · Verona, Italy
Biography
Giacomo Battiato (born 18 October 1943) is an Italian film director and writer. He began his career in 1973 on Italian RAI TV and ten years later started in cinema with I paladini. His first book, Fuori dal cielo (1996), won the Prize Domenico Rea. He directed two non-fiction films about Pope John Paul II: Karol: A Man Who Became Pope (Karol, un uomo diventato Papa) in 2005 and Karol: The Pope, The Man (Karol, un papa rimasto uomo) in 2006.
Known for
The Octopus
Director
The Name of the Rose
Writer
Martin Eden
Director
Max and Helene
Director
Karol: A Man Who Became Pope
Director
Il marsigliese
Director
Karol: A Man Who Became Pope
Director
Cellini: A Violent Life
Director
Karol: The Pope, The Man
Director
Diary of a Rapist
Director
Filmography
- 2019The Name of the RoseWriter
- 2017Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuitSelf (archive footage)
- 2015Max and HeleneDirector
- 2011L'InfiltréDirector
- 2008Resolution 819Director
- 2006Karol: The Pope, The ManDirector
- 2006Karol: The Pope, The ManDirector
- 2005Karol: A Man Who Became PopeDirector
- 2005Karol: A Man Who Became PopeDirector
- 2003EntrustedDirector
- 2002The Young CasanovaDirector
- 1995Diary of a RapistDirector
- 1990Cellini: A Violent LifeDirector
- 1988StradivariDirector
- 1986Blood TiesWriter
- 1984The OctopusDirector
- 1983Hearts and ArmourDirector
- 1982ColombaCreator
- 1980The Istambul TrainWriter
- 1979Martin EdenDirector
- 1975Il marsiglieseDirector
- —Dentro la casa della vecchia signoraDirector
- —Anatomia di un delittoDirector
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