Giovanni Scognamillo (25 April 1929 – 8 October 2016) was a Turkish Levantine
film critic
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Scognamillo was born to a family of
Italian Levantine
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s; his father was the son of an immigrant from
Naples
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and his mother was descended from
Genoese settlers of
Tinos
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Tinos ...
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[''Bir Levantenin Beyoğlu Anıları'', Giovanni Scognamillo, İstanbul, 2000.] As his father, Leone, was the manager of the prestigious movie theatre ''Elhamra Sineması'' of
Beyoğlu
Beyoğlu (, ota, بكاوغلی, script=Arab) is a district on the European side of İstanbul, Turkey, separated from the old city (historic peninsula of Constantinople) by the Golden Horn. It was known as the region of Pera (Πέρα, meani ...
, Scognamillo became acquainted with cinema in early years of his life. After graduation from
Liceo Italiano, he started to write cinema articles for various Italian-language media. By 1961, he began his career in
Turkish language
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press.
Scognamillo is the author of several books on the history of cinema, including ''Turk Sinema Tarihi, Birinci Cilt, 1896-1959'', as well as diverse topics such as
fantastique
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The ''fantastique'' is a substantial genre within French literature. Arguably dating back further than English lan ...
and occultism
Sinemaya Adanmış Bir Hayat: Giovanni Scognamillo sinepil.org; accessed 24 October 2016.
References
External links
Giovanni Scognamillo ile SöyleşiSanatLog - Giovanni Scognamillo SöyleşisiDrajeDergi - Giovanni Scognamillo Söyleşisi
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1929 births
2016 deaths
Italian film critics
Liceo Italiano alumni
Turkish non-fiction writers
Turkish people of Italian (Levantine) descent
Writers from Istanbul