Gian Vittorio Baldi (30 October 1930 - 23 March 2015) was an Italian film producer, director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in
Bologna
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, Baldi graduated in
Social science
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at the
Sapienza University
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in
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and then enrolled at the
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
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The centre is the oldest film school in ...
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He debuted as a director of documentary shorts, and in 1958 he won the Golden Lion for best short film at the
Venice Film Festival
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with ''Il pianto delle zitelle'' ("''The crying of spinsters''").
He directed a number of independent films, generally characterized by social criticism.
[ His film ''Fuoco!'' entered the main competition at the 29th Venice International Film Festival, while the film ''L'ultimo giorno di scuola prima delle vacanze di Natale'' (aka '' The Last Day of School Before Christmas'') was screened at the ]1975 Cannes Film Festival
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in the Directors' Fortnight
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section.art film
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s, producing films by Pier Paolo Pasolini
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, Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson (; 25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) was a French film director.
Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson contributed notably to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, ellipses, and sparse use of scoring have l ...
, Nelo Risi
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, Straub-Huillet and Dacia Maraini, among others.[ A devotee of natural wines, from the 1990s Baldi was active as a winemaker and produced several award-winning wines, notably the Ronchi di Castelluccio.]
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1930 births
2015 deaths
20th-century Italian people
Italian film directors
Italian screenwriters
People from the Province of Ravenna
Sapienza University of Rome alumni
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni
Italian film producers
Italian winemakers
Italian male screenwriters
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