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FILM DIRECTOR

Giovanni Pastrone

1883 - 1959

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Giovanni Pastrone, also known by his artistic name Piero Fosco (13 September 1883 – 27 June 1959), was an Italian film pioneer, director, screenwriter, actor and technician. Pastrone was born in Montechiaro d'Asti. He worked during the era of the silent film and influenced many important directors in the international cinema with Cabiria, such as David Wark Griffith in The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916). Martin Scorsese believes that Pastrone's work in Cabiria can be considered as the invention of the epic movie and he deserves credit for many of the innovations often attributed to D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Pastrone has received more than 59,723 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Giovanni Pastrone is the 618th most popular film director (down from 579th in 2019), the 2,650th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,475th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Italian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Giovanni Pastrone ranks 618 out of 1,581. Before him are Carmine Gallone, Matthew Vaughn, Grigory Chukhray, Keisuke Kinoshita, Walter Salles, and Robert Stevenson. After him are Paul Mazursky, Shirin Neshat, Ann Hui, Steven Knight, Paul Grimault, and Enzo G. Castellari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Giovanni Pastrone ranks 137. Before him are Mihály Babits, Otto Erich Deutsch, Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Fyodor Sergeyev, Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, and Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp. After him are Eric Temple Bell, Alfred Saalwächter, Eleazar López Contreras, Paul Bader, Franklin Clarence Mars, and Demyan Bedny. Among people deceased in 1959, Giovanni Pastrone ranks 84. Before him are Reuven Shiloah, José Vasconcelos, Bak Jungyang, George Albert Smith, Henri Vidal, and Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife. After him are Aleksandr Khinchin, Kafū Nagai, Charles Vidor, Edmund Gwenn, Charles Starkweather, and Bernard Berenson.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Pastrone ranks 2,650 out of 4,668. Before him are Sergio Castellitto (1953), Francesco Molin (1575), Riccardo Cucciolla (1924), Amedeo Amadei (1921), Vittorio Ambrosio (1879), and Porcius Festus (null). After him are Mastino II della Scala (1308), Demetrio Albertini (1971), Pietro Ottoboni (1667), Ferruccio Valcareggi (1919), Ugo Locatelli (1916), and Lanassa (-400).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Giovanni Pastrone ranks 43. Before him are Elio Petri (1929), Mauro Bolognini (1922), George P. Cosmatos (1941), Alessandro Blasetti (1900), Carlo Lizzani (1922), and Tonino Delli Colli (1923). After him are Enzo G. Castellari (1938), Steno (1917), Franco Rossi (1919), Renato Castellani (1913), Mario Camerini (1895), and Mario Salieri (1957).

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Filmography

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