Gian Luigi Polidoro (4 February 1927 – 7 September 2000) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 16 films between 1956 and 1998. His 1963 film '' Il diavolo'' won the

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at the

13th Berlin International Film Festival The 13th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June to 2 July 1963. The Golden Bear was awarded ''ex aequo'' to the Italian film ''Il diavolo'' directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro and Japanese film '' Bushidô zankoku monogatari ...

Filmography

Director

* '' La Corsa delle Rocche'' (1956)Festival de Cannes - Official website: Prix du documentaire - court métrage (Ex-aequo), 1956
/ref> * '' Power Among Men'' (1958) * '' Paese d'America'' (1958) * '' Oeuverture'' (1958) * '' Le svedesi'' (1960) * '' Hong Kong un addio'' (1963) * '' Il diavolo'' (1963) * ''

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'' (1965) * '' Una moglie americana'' (1965) * '' La moglie giapponese'' (1968) * ''

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'' (1969) * '' Fischia il sesso'' (1974) * '' Permettete, signora, che ami vostra figlia'' (1974) * ''

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'' (1984) * '' Sottozero'' (1987) * '' Hitler's Strawberries'' (1998)

Actor

* ''

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'' (1959) - (uncredited) * '' The Conjugal Bed'' (1963) - Igi * ''

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'' (1963) - (segment "L'uomo dei 5 palloni") (uncredited) * ''Top Crack'' (1967) * ''

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'' (1968)

Awards and nominations

* 1956 Cannes Film Festival (1956) — Short film competition: Best Documentary (''La Corsa delle Rocche'') *

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(1959) nomination for Best Documentary, Short Subjects ('' Oeuverture'', producer Thorold Dickinson) *

1959 Cannes Film Festival The 12th Cannes Film Festival was held from 30 April to 15 May 1959. The Palme d'Or went to the ''Orfeu Negro'' by Marcel Camus. The festival opened with '' Les Quatre Cents Coups'', directed by François Truffaut and closed with ''The Diary of An ...

(1959) — nomination for Best Short Film (''Paese d'America'') *

Golden Bear (1963) ('' Il diavolo'') *

21st Golden Globe Awards The 21st Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1963, were held on March 11, 1964. Winners and nominees Film Best Film - Drama ''The Cardinal'' *''America America'' *''Captain Newman, M.D.'' *'' The Caretakers'' *''C ...

(1964) — nomination for Samuel Goldwyn International Award ('' Il diavolo'')Golden Globe Awards for 'To Bed or Not to Bed'
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References

External links

* 1927 births 2000 deaths Italian film directors 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Italian male film actors 20th-century Italian male actors Directors of Golden Bear winners 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-film-director-stub