Giuseppe "Pipolo" Moccia (22 June 1933 – 20 August 2006) was an Italian
screenwriter and
film director. He wrote for 96 films between 1958 and 2001. He also directed 21 films between 1964 and 1997. Most of the films he co-wrote and co-directed as a part of the
Castellano & Pipolo
Castellano & Pipolo is the stage name used by the pair of Italian screenwriters and film directors Franco Castellano (1925–1999) and Giuseppe Moccia (1933–2006). Together, they wrote the screenplays for about seventy films, and directed twe ...
duo. Their 1984 film ''
Il ragazzo di campagna'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the
67th Venice International Film Festival.
He was born in
Viterbo
Viterbo (; Viterbese: ; lat-med, Viterbium) is a city and ''comune'' in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo.
It conquered and absorbed the neighboring town of Ferento (see Ferentium) in its early history ...
, Italy and died in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
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, Italy. His son,
Federico, is a well-known writer and also a screenwriter and director.
Selected filmography
* ''
My Wife's Enemy
''My Wife's Enemy'' ( it, Il nemico di mia moglie) is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Puccini.
Cast
* Marcello Mastroianni - Marco Tornabuoni
* Giovanna Ralli - Luciana, sua moglie
* Vittorio De Sica - Ottavio Terenzi, padre di Ma ...
'' (1959)
* ''
Tipi da spiaggia
''Tipi da spiaggia'' is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Johnny Dorelli.
Cast
*Ugo Tognazzi: Pasubio Giovinezza
*Christiane Martel: Barbara Patton
* Giustino Durano: Nick Balmora
*Johnny Dorelli: Giorgio Binot ...
'' (1959)
* ''
Guardatele ma non toccatele
''Guardatele ma non toccatele'' is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Ugo Tognazzi.
Cast
* Ugo Tognazzi - Maresciallo La Notte
* Caprice Chantal - Rebecca O'Connor
* Johnny Dorelli - Tenente Altieri
* Lynn Shaw ...
'' (1959)
* ''
Gentlemen Are Born'' (1960)
* ''
Totò, Fabrizi e i giovani d'oggi'' (1960)
* ''
The Two Rivals'' (1960)
* ''
The Fascist
''The Fascist'' ( it, Il federale) is a 1961 Italian film directed by Luciano Salce.
It was coproduced with France. It was also the first feature film scored by Ennio Morricone.
Plot
The movie takes place in 1944, when Italy was divided ...
'' (1961)
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* ''Toto's First Night
''Toto's First Night'' (Italian: ''Totò di notte n. 1'') is a 1962 Italian musical comedy film directed by Mario Amendola and starring Totò and Erminio Macario.Bìspuri p.264
Plot
Ninì and Mimi are two friends, itinerant players, who can not ...
'' (1962)
* ''5 marines per 100 ragazze
''5 marines per 100 ragazze'' is a 1961 Italian " musicarello" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Virna Lisi.
Cast
* Virna Lisi as Grazia
* Mario Carotenuto as Admiral Michigan
* Hélène Chanel as Elena
* Little Tony as Ton ...
'' (1962)
* ''Obiettivo ragazze
''Obiettivo ragazze'' is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio.
Plot
Four ex-soldiers meet and reminisce about the times they were in the military: a parachutist mistaking his sergeant ...
'' (1963)
* '' The Thursday'' (1963)
* '' Slalom'' (1965)
* ''The Man, the Woman and the Money
''Kiss the Other Sheik'' ( it, Oggi, domani, dopodomani, also known as ''The Man, the Woman and the Money'') is a 1965 Italian comedy film in three segments, directed by Eduardo De Filippo, Marco Ferreri, and Luciano Salce. It stars Marcello Mast ...
'' (1965)
* ''Tell Me You Do Everything for Me
''Tell Me You Do Everything for Me'' (Italian: ''Dimmi che fai tutto per me'') is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile and starring Johnny Dorelli, Pamela Villoresi and Jacques Dufilho.Chiti, Poppi & Pecorari p.242
Cast
...
'' (1976)
* '' I nuovi mostri'' (1977)
* '' Il ragazzo di campagna'' (1984)
References
External links
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1933 births
2006 deaths
20th-century Italian screenwriters
Italian male screenwriters
Italian film directors
20th-century Italian male writers
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