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'' (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 ''The Captain of Venice'' ( it, Il Capitano di Venezia) is a 1951 Italian historical adventure film directed by Gianni Puccini and starring Leonardo Cortese, Mariella Lotti, and Andrea Checchi. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ar ...

'' (1951) * '' Rome 11:00'' (1952) * '' Days of Love'' (1954) * '' Sunset in Naples'' (1955) * ''

Supreme Confession ''Supreme Confession'' (Italian: ''Suprema confessione'', German: ''Die große Sünde'') is a 1956 Italian-West German melodrama film directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Anna Maria Ferrero, Massimo Serato and Sonja Ziemann.Bock & Bergfelder p ...

'' (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