Gianni Bisiach (7 May 1927 – 20 November 2022) was an Italian journalist, television and radio writer, presenter, essayist, documentarist and screenwriter.
Biography
Born in
Gorizia
Gorizia (; sl, Gorica , colloquially 'old Gorizia' to distinguish it from Nova Gorica; fur, label= Standard Friulian, Gurize, fur, label= Southeastern Friulian, Guriza; vec, label= Bisiacco, Gorisia; german: Görz ; obsolete English ''Gori ...
, after getting his degree in Medicine Bisiach enrolled at the
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
The Centro sperimentale di cinematografia (Experimental Film Centre or Italian National film school) was established in 1935 in Italy and aims to promote the art and technique of cinematography and film.
The centre is the oldest film school in ...
. In the mid-1950s he entered
RAI
RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (; commercially styled as Rai since 2000; known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane) is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many ter ...
as a collaborator of the news program ''TV 7''. In the late 1970s he started working on radio, where he created the long-standing
Radio Uno talk show ''Radio anch'io'', which ran between 1978 and 1992 and had a TV spin-off, also hosted by Bisiach.
[Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. .]
In his variegated career Bisiach also directed the documentary film ''I due Kennedy'' and a segment of the anthology film ''I misteri di Roma'', and collaborated on some screenplays.
[Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. .] He also wrote several books, notably the interview book ''Pertini racconta'' in collaboration with
Sandro Pertini
Alessandro "Sandro" Pertini (; 25 September 1896 – 24 February 1990) was an Italian socialist politician who served as the president of Italy from 1978 to 1985.
Early life
Born in Stella ( Province of Savona) as the son of a wealthy landow ...
.
[Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. .]
Bisiach died in Rome on 20 November 2022, at the age of 95.
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1927 births
2022 deaths
People from Gorizia
Italian essayists
Male essayists
Italian television journalists
20th-century Italian writers
20th-century Italian male writers
Rai (broadcaster) people
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni
Italian television presenters
Italian radio journalists
Italian radio presenters
Italian television writers
Italian radio writers
Italian documentary film directors
Italian people of Slovenian descent
20th-century essayists
Italian male non-fiction writers
Male television writers
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Sapienza University of Rome alumni
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