Giuliano Biagetti (12 April 1925 – 29 March 1998) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in

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into a family of

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n origins, Biagetti studied medicine at the university of Pisa, and during this time he founded the stage company "The brigade of Doctors", for which he wrote several comic-grotesque plays. He moved to Rome in the early fifties, and there he had some experience as a documentarist and as an assistant director of notable directors including

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and

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, who produced and wrote the feature film debut of Biagetti, the

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'' Rivalità''. After a badly distributed second work Biagetti abandoned films, devoting himself to the production and direction of commercials. He came back to cinema in 1968, directing two commercially successful films which had some political and social commitment, then since 1972 he focused on more low-profile genre films, in which he was sometimes credited as Pier Giorgio Ferretti.

Filmography

* ''

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'' (1953) * '' Ragazze al mare'' (1956) * '' Love Problems'' (1968) * '' Interrabang'' (1969) * '' Decameroticus'' (1972) * '' Ancora una volta prima di lasciarci'' (1973) * ''

Il sergente Rompiglioni ''Il sergente Rompiglioni'' ("Sergeant Rompiglioni") is a 1973 Italian comedy film directed by Giuliano Biagetti (here credited Pier Giorgio Ferretti). The film got a great commercial success, grossing over one billion lire.Franco e Ciccio Supers ...

'' (1973) * '' La svergognata'' (1974) * ''

La novizia ''La novizia'' (''The novice''), is a 1975 Italian erotic comedy-drama film directed by Giuliano Biagetti (here credited as Pier Giorgio Ferretti). Cast * Gloria Guida: Maria aka Sister Immacolata * Gino Milli: Vittorio * Lionel Stander: Don N ...

'' (1975) * '' Donna... cosa si fa per te'' (1976) * '' L'appuntamento'' (1977) * '' Vado a riprendermi il gatto'' (1987) * '' Sì, ma vogliamo un maschio'' (1994)

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* 1925 births 1998 deaths Italian film directors Giallo film directors 20th-century Italian screenwriters People from La Spezia Italian male screenwriters 20th-century Italian male writers {{italy-film-bio-stub