Carlo Lizzani
Directing
Biography
Carlo Lizzani was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. Born in Rome, after World War II Lizzani worked on such notable films of the late 1940s as Roberto Rossellini's Germany Year Zero, Alberto Lattuada's The Mill on the Po (both 1948) and Giuseppe De Santis' Bitter Rice (1950, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story). After helming documentaries, he debuted as a feature director with the admired World War II drama Achtung! Banditi! (1951). He films an episode of L'Amore in Città. Respected for his awarded drama Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954), he has proven a solid director of genre films, notably crime films such as The Violent Four (1968) and Crazy Joe (1974) or erotic comedy Roma Bene (1971). He worked frequently for Italian television in the 1980s and was a member of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival in 1994. His film Celluloide deals with the making of Rome, Open City. He committed suicide in 2013.
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Carlo Lizzani
Bitter Rice
1949
Filmography
Acting (32)
2017
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirtsas Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
6.5
5.2
2014
2014
Sperduti nel buioas Himself
2013
We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealismas Narrator / Self
2012
2012
2012
The Years of Lost Imagesas Self
2011
2011
Noi c'eravamoas Self
10.0
2011
Voi siete quias Self
2011
A Dream of Womenas Self
2010
Portrait Of My Fatheras Self
7.3
6.2
7.0
2008
Il falso bugiardoas Self
2007
Linee d'ombraas Self
2006
Uomini fortias Self
2006
7.0
2005
Behind Love and Angeras Self - Director (segment "L'indifferenza")
4.0
2002
Luchino Viscontias Self
7.0
2002
Pope John XXIIIas Pio XII
6.9
2001
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinemaas Self - Filmmaker
6.4
2001
Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokesas Narrator
7.0
1997
7.0
1990
Rossellinias Self
1984
6.5
1969
The Tough and the Mightyas Journalist (uncredited)
6.4
1968
The Violent Fouras Police official (uncredited)
6.6
1946
Outcryas Don Camillo, il prete
6.7
Production & Directing (110)
2012
ScossaDirector
2008
2008
2008
All Human Rights for AllDirector
2008
All Human Rights for AllWriter
2008
Hotel MeinaDirector
6.0
2008
Hotel MeinaWriter
6.0
2008
Giuseppe De SantisDirector
6.0
2005
Behind Love and AngerThanks
2003
Cesare ZavattiniDirector
2002
Luchino ViscontiDirector
7.0
2002
Luchino ViscontiWriter
7.0
2001
7.0
1999
La Donna del TrenoDirector
10.0
1996
CelluloideDirector
6.6
1996
CelluloideScreenplay
6.6
1995
Rome, November 12, 1994Director
1994
7.0
1991
The WickedDirector
7.5
1989
12 Directors for 12 CitiesDirector
5.6
1988
Dear GorbachevDirector
5.3
1988
Dear GorbachevScreenplay
5.3
1987
The Devils of MonzaWriter
4.0
1987
Assicurazione sulla morteDirector
5.6
1985
Mother EbeDirector
4.9
1985
Mother EbeWriter
4.9
1984
Nucleo ZeroScreenplay
1984
Nucleo ZeroWriter
1984
Nucleo ZeroDirector
1984
Farewell to Enrico BerlinguerDirector
6.5
1984
SabatoventiquattromarzoDirector
1983
The House of the Yellow CarpetDirector
5.6
1983
Inverno di malatoWriter
1983
Inverno di malatoDirector
1983
VeneziaDirector
1980
FontamaraDirector
7.2
1980
FontamaraScreenplay
7.2
1977
Kleinhoff HotelDirector
6.0
1976
San Babila-8 P.M.Director
6.3
1976
San Babila-8 P.M.Writer
6.3
1975
The Teenage Prostitution RacketDirector
5.5
1975
5.5
1974
The Last Four DaysDirector
6.3
1974
The Last Four DaysScreenplay
6.3
1974
Crazy JoeDirector
6.7
1972
Black TurinDirector
5.3
1971
Roma beneDirector
6.0
1971
Roma beneScreenplay
6.0
1969
The Tough and the MightyDirector
6.4
1969
The Tough and the MightyWriter
6.4
1969
Love and AngerProducer
5.2
1969
Love and AngerDirector
5.2
1969
Love and AngerWriter
5.2
1969
The BanditDirector
5.5
1969
The BanditWriter
5.5
1968
Black JesusProducer
5.2
1968
The Violent FourScreenplay
6.6
1968
The Violent FourDirector
6.6
1968
The Violent FourStory
6.6
1967
Kill and PrayProducer
6.4
1967
Kill and PrayDirector
6.4
1966
The Hills Run RedDirector
5.9
1966
Wake Up and DieDirector
6.3
1966
Wake Up and DieProducer
6.3
1965
ThrillingDirector
6.8
1965
The Dirty GameDirector
6.0
1965
La Celestina P… R…Screenplay
7.0
1965
La Celestina P… R…Director
7.0
1964
Amori pericolosiWriter
7.0
1964
Amori pericolosiDirector
7.0
1964
It's a Hard LifeDirector
6.6
1964
It's a Hard LifeScreenplay
6.6
1963
The Verona TrialDirector
7.5
1962
7.0
1961
Gold of RomeDirector
6.6
1961
Gold of RomeScreenplay
6.6
1961
Gold of RomeStory
6.6
1961
Duel of ChampionsScreenplay
5.6
1961
The Policeman on HorsebackDirector
6.1
1960
The HunchbackScreenplay
6.6
1960
The HunchbackDirector
6.6
1959
EsterinaDirector
5.2
1958
Behind the Great WallDirector
7.0
1956
The ScrewballDirector
6.6
1956
The ScrewballWriter
6.6
1954
Human TorpedoesScreenplay
7.5
1954
Chronicle of Poor LoversDirector
6.8
1954
Chronicle of Poor LoversScreenplay
6.8
1953
Love in the CityDirector
6.5
1953
Amore che si pagaDirector
1953
At the Edge of the CityDirector
7.0
1953
At the Edge of the CityWriter
7.0
1951
Attention! Bandits!Screenplay
6.1
1951
Attention! Bandits!Director
6.1
1951
Attention! Bandits!Story
6.1
1950
Something Changed in MiddayDirector
10.0
1950
Under the Olive TreeScreenplay
7.1
1950
1949
Bitter RiceStory
7.5
1949
Bitter RiceScreenplay
7.5
1949
The Mill on the PoFirst Assistant Director
5.9
1948
Germany, Year ZeroAssistant Director
7.6
1948
Germany, Year ZeroScreenplay
7.6
1948
Togliatti è ritornatoDirector
1948
Togliatti è ritornatoScreenplay
1947
Tragic HuntScreenplay
6.6
1947
Tragic HuntCo-Director
6.6
1947
Tragic HuntStory
6.6
1946
OutcryScreenplay
6.7