Luciano Emmer (19 January 1918 – 16 September 2009) was an Italian

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. He was born in

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, but most of his childhood lived in Venice. He started as filmmaker at filming Giotto's frescoes in Padua in 1938. Screenwriter Sergio Amidei, found the finance for Emmer to make a feature about Romans spending a Sunday in August on the beach at Ostia. He won a

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in 1951 for '' Pictura: An Adventure in Art''. He has directed more documentaries than fiction pictures, most notably ''Domenica d'agosto'' and the romance-comedy-drama '' Three Girls from Rome''. Luciano Emmer started his career as a filmmaker working with Enrico Gras. He founded the production company Dolomiti Film and directed several documentaries. In 1949, Emmer produced his first feature film Dimanche d'August (1950) with

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. Also with Mastroianni, the following year he made

Paris is always Paris ''Paris Is Always Paris'' ( it, Parigi è sempre Parigi, french: Paris est toujours Paris) is a 1951 Italian-French comedy film directed by Luciano Emmer. It was entered into the competition at the 12th Venice International Film Festival. Cast ...

(1951). In the 1950s, Luciano Emmer made advertising films meanwhile he continued with his documentary work. He was labeled as an example of the Italian pink neorealism. In 1956, Emmer directed with

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To Each His Own Paradise. After The Girl in the Window (1961), a social drama with Marina Vlady and Lino Ventura, he turned to television. He made his return to the cinema with Enough! I make a movie. Luciano Emmer was the father of mathematician, writer and director Michele Emmer and of the director David Emmer.

Selected filmography

*1938 ''Racconto di un affresco'' ''(documentary)'' *1940 ''Il Paradiso terrestre'' ''(documentary)'' *1940 ''I disastri della guerra'' ''(documentary)'' *1949 ''

Sunday in August ''Sunday in August'' ( it, Domenica d'agosto) is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Emmer. The film was nominated for a BAFTA. Cast * Anna Baldini: Marcella Meloni *Vera Carmi: Adriana *Emilio Cigoli: Alberto Mantovani *Franco In ...

'' *1951 ''

Paris Is Always Paris ''Paris Is Always Paris'' ( it, Parigi è sempre Parigi, french: Paris est toujours Paris) is a 1951 Italian-French comedy film directed by Luciano Emmer. It was entered into the competition at the 12th Venice International Film Festival. Cast ...

'' *1951 '' Pictura: An Adventure in Art'' (co-director) *1952 '' Three Girls from Rome'' ''Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna'' *1954 ''Incontrare Picasso'' ''(documentary)'' *1954 ''

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'' *1954 ''Gli eroi dell'Artide'' ''(documentary)'' *1954 '' Camilla'' *1955 ''

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'' *1955 '' Il bigamo'' *1957 ''Paradiso terrestre'' ''(documentary)'' *1957 '' Il momento più bello'' *1961 ''

Girl in the Window ''Girl in the Window'' ( it, La ragazza in vetrina, french: La fille dans la vitrine) is a 1961 Italian-French drama film written and directed by Luciano Emmer and starring Lino Ventura and Magali Noël. It is based on the novel by Giovanni Com ...

'' *1972 ''Cesare Zavattini e il "Campo di grano con corvi" di Van Gogh'' ''(documentary)'' *1990 ''Basta! Ci faccio un film'' *2001 ''Una lunga, lunga, lunga notte d'amore'' *2003 ''L'acqua... il fuoco''

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* 1918 births 2009 deaths Italian film directors 20th-century Italian screenwriters Film people from Milan Italian male screenwriters 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-film-director-stub