Armando Fizzarotti (February 16, 1892 – February 15, 1966) was an Italian
screenwriter and
film director. Fizzarotti was a native of
Naples
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, and his films are generally set in the city. He was specifically hired to direct ''
Malaspina'' (1947) because of his experience making Neapolitan-style films.
[Marlow-Mann p.16] The film helped revive Neapolitan cinema, which had been suppressed during the
Fascist era as production was centralised in
Rome
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.
His son
Ettore Maria Fizzarotti
Ettore Maria Fizzarotti (1916–1985) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Born in Naples, the son of the director Armando, he debuted as assistant director in the films of his father, and later collaborated with, among others, Vi ...
was also a film director.
Selected filmography
Director
* ''
New Moon'' (1925)
* ''
Naples in Green and Blue'' (1935)
* ''
Malaspina'' (1947)
* ''
Red Moon'' (1951)
* ''
Naples Is Always Naples'' (1954)
Screenwriter
* ''
The Lovers of Ravello'' (1951)
References
Bibliography
* Marlow-Mann, Alex. ''The New Neapolitan Cinema''. Edinburgh University Press, 2011.
External links
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1892 births
1966 deaths
20th-century Italian screenwriters
Italian film directors
19th-century Neapolitan people
Italian male screenwriters
20th-century Italian male writers
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