Gianni Puccini (9 November 1914 – 3 December 1968) was an Italian

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

and

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

. He wrote for 32 films between 1940 and 1967. He also directed 18 films between 1951 and 1968.

Selected filmography

* ''

Ossessione ''Ossessione'' (, English: ''Obsession'') is a 1943 Italian film based on the 1934 novel '' The Postman Always Rings Twice'' by James M. Cain. Luchino Visconti’s first feature film, it is considered by many to be the first Italian neorealist ...

'' (1943) * '' Tragic Hunt'' (1947) * '' Bitter Rice'' (1949) * ''

Persiane chiuse ''Behind Closed Shutters'' ( it, Persiane chiuse) is a 1951 Italian crime-melodrama film directed by Luigi Comencini and starring Massimo Girotti, Eleonora Rossi Drago and Giulietta Masina.Barattoni p. 224 Plot Sandra (Rossi Drago) searches for h ...

'' (1950) * '' The Captain of Venice'' (1951) * '' Rome 11:00'' (1952) * '' Days of Love'' (1954) * ''

Sunset in Naples ''Sunset in Naples'' (Italian: ''Quando tramonta il sole'') is a 1955 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Carlo Giuffrè, Maria Fiore and Giacomo Rondinella.Morreale p.197 The film's art direction was by Ottavio ...

'' (1955) * '' Supreme Confession'' (1956) * '' My Wife's Enemy'' (1959 - directed) * ''

I cuori infranti ''I cuori infranti'' ( ''The Broken Hearts'') is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio Caprioli and Gianni Puccini. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Cast Segmen ...

'' (1963 - directed) * '' The Seven Cervi Brothers'' (1968 - directed)

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* 1914 births 1968 deaths Italian film directors 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters 20th-century Italian male writers Film people from Milan {{Italy-film-director-stub