About Luigi Chiarini
Lived 1900 – 1975 (aged 75). Luigi Chiarini was an Italian screenwriter, film director, writer, journalist and film critic.
Luigi Chiarini (20 June 1900 – 12 November 1975) was an Italian film theorist, essayist, screenwriter and film director.
Life and career Born in Rome, Chiarini wrote extensively about film theory and in 1935 he founded the drama school Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. In 1961 he was appointed the first chair of film studies in Italy, at the University of Pisa.
Between 1963 and 1968 Chiarini served as artistic director of the Venice International Film Festival. He was also on the jury of the 1937 Venice Film Festival and the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.
Selected filmography
Director Street of the Five Moons (1942) Sleeping Beauty (1942) The Innkeeper (1944) Last Love (1947) Pact with the Devil (1950)
Screenwriter The Sinner (1940) I cavalieri dalle maschere nere (1948) Garibaldi (1961)
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Italian screenwriter and film director (1900-1975)
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Luigi Chiarini was born on 20 June 1900 in Rome.
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Luigi Chiarini died on 12 November 1975 in Rome.
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Luigi Chiarini was a screenwriter, film director, writer, journalist and film critic.
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Luigi Chiarini was Italian.
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