Luigi Zampa (2 January 1905 – 16 August 1991) was an Italian film director.

Biography

Son of a worker, Zampa studied filmmaking from 1932 to 1937 at the Italian film school

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in Rome. He directed several

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films in the 1940s. In 1949 he filmed '' Alarm Bells'' on

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, and also shot a separate British version under the title '' Children of Chance''. During the 1950s and 1960s, he became a director of several successful films belonging to the

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genre, some starring

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Filmography

as director

*1933 Risveglio di una città *1941 L'attore scomparso *1942 C'è sempre un ma! *1942 The Adventures of Fra Diavolo (''Fra' Diavolo'') *1942 Signorinette *1945 L'abito nero da sposa *1946 A Yank in Rome (''Un Americano in vacanza'') *1947 To Live in Peace (''Vivere in pace'') *1947 L'onorevole Angelina *1948 Difficult Years (''Anni difficili'') *1949 '' Alarm Bells'' (Campane a martello) *1949 Children of Chance *1950 The White Line (''Cuori senza frontiere'') *1951

Rome-Paris-Rome ''Rome-Paris-Rome'' ( it, Signori, in carrozza!) is a 1951 French-Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Sophie Desmarets and Peppino De Filippo. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome and on location in Pa ...

(''Signori, in carrozza!'') *1951 His Last Twelve Hours (''È più facile che un cammello...'') *1952

The City Stands Trial ''The City Stands Trial'' ( it, Processo alla città) is a 1952 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Amedeo Nazzari, is based on a revisiting of the Cuocolo murders and the struggle for control of Naples by the Camorra in th ...

(''Processo alla città'') *1953

We, the Women ''We, the Women'' (also known as ''Of Life and Love'' and in it, Siamo donne) is a 1953 Italian portmanteau film divided into five segments and directed by five different directors. Four of these segments focus upon alleged events in the privat ...

(''Siamo donne'') episode Isa Miranda *1953 Easy Years (''Anni facili'') *1954 Of Life and Love (''Questa è la vita'') *1955 Woman of Rome (''La Romana'') *1955

The Art of Getting Along ''The Art of Getting Along'' ( it, L'arte di arrangiarsi) is a 1954 comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Alberto Sordi. Following ''Difficult Years'' and ''Easy Years'', it is the third and final chapter in the trilogy about Italian po ...

(''L'arte di arrangiarsi'') *1955 Girls of Today (''Ragazze d'oggi'') *1958 Ladro lui, ladra lei *1958 The Love Specialist (''La ragazza del palio'') *1959 The Magistrate (''Il magistrato'') *1960 The Traffic Policeman (''Il vigile'') *1962 Roaring Years (''Gli anni ruggenti'') *1963

Shivers in Summer ''Shivers in Summer'' ( it, Frenesia dell'estate) is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring among others Vittorio Gassman. Cast * Vittorio Gassman - Captain Nardoni * Sandra Milo - Yvonne * Michèle Mercier - Gigi * P ...

(''Frenesia dell'estate'') *1965 A Question of Honour (''Una questione d'onore'') *1966 Il Marito di Olga, episode of I nostri mariti *1968 Be Sick... It's Free (''Il medico della mutua'') *1968 Anyone Can Play (''Le dolci signore'') *1970 Let's Have a Riot (''Contestazione generale'') *1971

A Girl in Australia ''A Girl in Australia'' ( it, Bello onesto emigrato Australia sposerebbe compaesana illibata andsome honest emigrant in Australia would marry chaste fellow-countrywoman}) is a 1971 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa, with stars Alber ...

(''Bello, onesto, emigrato Australia sposerebbe compaesana illibata'') *1973 Hospitals: The White Mafia (''Bisturi, la mafia bianca'') *1975 The Flower in His Mouth (''Gente di rispetto'') *1977 Il mostro *1979

Tigers in Lipstick ''Tigers in Lipstick'' ( it, Letti selvaggi) is a 1979 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa, starring Ursula Andress, Laura Antonelli, Sylvia Kristel and Monica Vitti. It was Zampa's final film. It is an anthology of 8 unrelated vignette ...

(''Letti selvaggi'')

script only

* ''Un mare di guai'' (1939) *'' A Thousand Lire a Month'' (1939) * '' Dora Nelson'' (1939) * '' One Hundred Thousand Dollars'' (1940)

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