Gelosia di pietro germi biography

Italian screenwriter, director, actor (1914–1974)

Pietro Germi
Germi in the movie Un maledetto imbroglio (1959)
Born	(1914-09-14)14 September 1914 Genoa, Kingdom of Italy
Died	5 December 1974(1974-12-05) (aged 60) Rome, Italy
Occupations	Screenwriter film director actor
Years active	1939–1974
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Pietro Germi (Italian pronunciation:[ˈpjɛːtroˈdʒɛrmi]; 14 September 1914 – 5 December 1974) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor, noted for his development of the neorealist and commedia all'italiana genres.

His 1961 film Divorce Italian Style earned him a Best Original Screenplay Oscar and a Best Director nomination at the 35th Academy Awards. Seven of his films competed at the Cannes Film Festival, with his 1966 comedy The Birds, the Bees and the Italians winning the Palme d'Or.

Biography

He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Spe