Pier Angelo Mazzolotti (1890–1972) 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, p ...

of the

silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...

. He directed the 1915 film ''

Titanic RMS ''Titanic'' was a British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United ...

'' which, despite its title, is not about the

sinking of the RMS Titanic The sank in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean, four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. The largest ocean liner in service at the time, ''Titanic'' had an estimated 2,224 peo ...

.Bottomore p.181

Selected filmography

Screenwriter

* ''

Emperor Maciste ''Emperor Maciste'' (Italian: ''Maciste imperatore'') is a 1924 Italian silent adventure film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Bartolomeo Pagano, Domenico Gambino and Franz Sala. It was part of the peplum series of silent films featur ...

'' (1924) * '' Saetta Learns to Live'' (1924) * ''

Beauty of the World ''Beauty of the World'' ( it, La bellezza del mondo) is a 1927 silent Italian film directed by Mario Almirante. The film features an early onscreen performance from Vittorio De Sica. Cast * Italia Almirante-Manzini * Renato Cialente * Luigi Alm ...

'' (1927) * ''

The Carnival of Venice The "Carnival of Venice" is based on a Neapolitan folk tune called "O Mamma, Mamma Cara" and popularized by violinist and composer Niccolo Paganini, who wrote twenty variations on the original tune. He titled it "Il Carnevale Di Venezia," Op. 1 ...

'' (1928)

Director

* ''

'' (1915) * '' The Fugitive'' (1921)

References

Sources

* Bottomore, Stephen. ''The Titanic and Silent Cinema''. The Projection Box, 2000.

External links

* 1890 births 1972 deaths Italian film directors 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Film people from Turin 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-actor-stub