About Piero Tellini
Lived 1917 – 1985 (aged 68). Piero Tellini was an Italian screenwriter and film director.
Piero Tellini (16 January 1917 – 22 June 1985) was an Italian screenwriter and film director.
Born in Florence, the son of the soprano Ines Alfani, Tellini graduated at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome and in 1938 he entered the cinema industry as an assistant director. He later dedicated to the activity of screenwriter, contributing to the success of the Italian neorealism and notably collaborating with Luigi Zampa, Alberto Lattuada, Michelangelo Antonioni, Alessandro Blasetti and Eduardo De Filippo. Starting from 1954 he was also active as a film director.
Selected filmography Captain Fracasse (1940) The Mask of Cesare Borgia (1941) Fourth Page (1942) Apparition (1943) To Live in Peace (1947) Alarm Bells (1949) Nel blu dipinto di blu (1959)
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Who was Piero Tellini?
Italian screenwriter and film director (1917–1985)
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Piero Tellini was born on 16 January 1917 in Florence.
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Piero Tellini died on 22 June 1985 in Florence.
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Piero Tellini was a screenwriter and film director.
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Piero Tellini was Italian.
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