Zavattini
Zavattini is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * (1928–1995), Italian politician * Arturo Zavattini (born 1930), Italian photographer and cinematographer * Cesare Zavattini (1902–1989), Italian screenwriter and Neorealist theorist * Emilio Zavattini Emilio Zavattini (March 14, 1927 – January 9, 2007) was an Italian particle physicist. Biography He was born in Rimini, Italy and enrolled in the University of Rome La Sapienza as a physics student in 1950 and earned his doctorate in 1954. ...

Cesare Zavattini
Cesare Zavattini (20 September 1902 – 13 October 1989) was an Italian screenwriter and one of the first theorists and proponents of the Neorealist movement in Italian cinema. Biography Born in Luzzara near Reggio Emilia in northern Italy, on 20 September 1902, Zavattini studied law at the University of Parma, but devoted himself to writing. He started his career in ''Gazzetta di Parma''. In 1930 he relocated to Milan, and worked for the book and magazine publisher Angelo Rizzoli. After Rizzoli began producing films in 1934, Zavattini received his first screenplay and story credits in 1936. At the same time he was writing the plot for the comic strip ''Saturn against the Earth'' with Federico Pedrocchi (script) and Giovanni Scolari (art) for ''I tre porcellini'' (1936–1937) and ''Topolino'' (1937–1946). In 1935, he met Vittorio De Sica, beginning a partnership that produced some twenty films, including such masterpieces of Italian neorealism as ''Sciuscià'' (1946), '' ...
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Arturo Zavattini
Arturo Zavattini (born 15 July 1930) is an Italian photographer and cinematographer. Biography Son of Cesare Zavattini, he began to take an interest in photography in 1949, when his father gave him a camera as a gift. In 1951 he began working in the world of cinema thanks to Vittorio De Sica who introduced him to Aldo Graziati, director of photography of ''Umberto D.'', after which he continued his career in the photography department as an assistant operator, operator and director of photography. As a photographer, he accompanied Ernesto de Martino on his ethnographic expedition to Lucania in June 1952. Since the death of his father, he devoted himself entirely to the care of the Cesare Zavattini Archive. Partial filmography Cinematographer * '' The Voyeur'' (1970) * ''Scipio the African'' (1971) * ''Trastevere'' (1971) * ''Watch Out, We're Mad! ''Watch Out, We're Mad!'' ( it, link=no, ...altrimenti ci arrabbiamo!) is a 1974 Italian-Spanish comedy film, directed by Marc ...
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