Carlo Egidi (20 May 1918 – 2 February 1989) was an Italian
art director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
. He worked on the set design of more than sixty films during his career. One of his earliest credits was the
neorealist ''
Bitter Rice
''Bitter Rice'' ( it, Riso Amaro ) is a 1949 Italian film made by Lux Film, written and directed by Giuseppe De Santis. Produced by Dino De Laurentiis, starring Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone, Doris Dowling and Vittorio Gassman, ''Bitter Rice'' was ...
'' (1949).
[Ben-Ghiat p.256]
Selected filmography
* ''
Tragic Hunt
''Tragic Hunt'' (Italian: ''Caccia tragica'') is a 1947 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis and starring Vivi Gioi, Andrea Checchi and Carla Del Poggio. It was part of the wave of postwar Italian neorealism, neorealist films. It w ...
'' (1947)
* ''
Bitter Rice
''Bitter Rice'' ( it, Riso Amaro ) is a 1949 Italian film made by Lux Film, written and directed by Giuseppe De Santis. Produced by Dino De Laurentiis, starring Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone, Doris Dowling and Vittorio Gassman, ''Bitter Rice'' was ...
'' (1949)
* ''
The Emperor of Capri
''The Emperor of Capri'' (Italian: ''L'imperatore di Capri'') is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini and starring Totò, Yvonne Sanson and Marisa Merlini.Moliterno p.88
The film's sets were designed by the art director Carlo Egi ...
'' (1949)
* ''
Toto Looks For a House
''Toto Looks for a House'' ( it, Totò cerca casa) is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno. The film is stylistically related to Italian neorealism, though it can be seen as a parody. It was a commercial success, bei ...
'' (1949)
* ''
No Peace Under the Olive Tree
''No Peace Under the Olive Tree'' (Italian: ''Non c'è pace tra gli ulivi'') is a 1950 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis and starring Raf Vallone, Lucia Bosé and Folco Lulli. It was the director's follow-up to ''Bitter ...
'' (1950)
* ''
Four Ways Out
''Four Ways Out'' ( it, La città si difende) is a 1951 Italian crime film directed by Pietro Germi and starring Gina Lollobrigida, Renato Baldini and Cosetta Greco. The film won the award for Best Italian Film at the 1951 Venice Film Festival.
...
'' (1951)
* ''
A Husband for Anna
''A Husband for Anna'' ( it, Un marito per Anna Zaccheo) is a 1953 Italian romance-drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis.
Cast
*Silvana Pampanini: Anna Zaccheo
*Amedeo Nazzari: Dr. Illuminato
*Massimo Girotti: Andrea Grazzi
*Umberto Sp ...
'' (1953)
* ''
Engaged to Death
''Engaged to Death'' (Italian: ''I fidanzati della morte'') is a 1957 Italian sports drama film directed by Romolo Marcellini and starring Rik Battaglia, Sylva Koscina and Margit Nünke.Rondolino p.183 The veteran German star Hans Albers appears i ...
'' (1957)
* ''
The Facts of Murder'' (1959)
* ''
The Assassin'' (1961)
* ''
Salvatore Giuliano
Salvatore Giuliano (; Sicilian: Turiddu or Sarvaturi Giulianu; 16 November 1922 – 5 July 1950) was an Italian bandit, who rose to prominence in the disorder that followed the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943. In September of that year, Giul ...
'' (1962)
* ''
The Empty Canvas
''The Empty Canvas'' is a 1963 Italian drama film directed by Damiano Damiani. The screenplay written by Damiani, Tonino Guerra and Ugo Liberatore is based on the best-selling novel ''La noia'' by Alberto Moravia. The film stars Horst Buchholz, C ...
'' (1963)
* ''
The Conspirators'' (1969)
References
Bibliography
* Ben-Ghiat, Ruth. ''The Cinema of Italy''. Wallflower Press, 2004.
External links
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1918 births
1989 deaths
Italian art directors
Film people from Rome
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