Personal Info
Known ForDirecting
Born1883-09-13
BirthplaceMontechiaro d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy
Giovanni Pastrone
Directing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Giovanni Pastrone, also known by his artistic name Piero Fosco (13 September 1883 - 27 June 1959), was an Italian film pioneer, director, screenwriter, actor and technician.
Pastrone was born in Montechiaro d'Asti. He worked during the era of the silent film, but he influenced many important directors in the international cinema, such as David Wark Griffith, in his Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916).
He died in Turin on 27 June 1959.
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Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Giovanni Pastrone
Filmography
Acting (1)
1909
Julius Caesaras Giulio Cesare
5.7
Production & Directing (25)
1923
Povere bimbeDirector
10.0
1923
Povere bimbeScreenplay
10.0
1920
Hedda GablerDirector
9.0
1918
La Moglie di ClaudioDirector
5.8
1918
Maciste atletaDirector
1917
5.0
1917
The War and the Dream of MomiDirector
7.0
1917
7.0
1916
The WarriorDirector
5.9
1916
The WarriorWriter
5.9
1916
The WarriorScreenplay
5.9
1916
The Royal TigressDirector
5.6
1916
The FireDirector
6.6
1916
The FireWriter
6.6
1915
MacisteScreenplay
5.8
1914
CabiriaDirector
7.2
1914
CabiriaProducer
7.2
1914
CabiriaScreenplay
7.2
1913
Stronger than Sherlock HolmesDirector
5.2
1912
At the Cinema ShowDirector
4.9
1911
The Fall of TroyDirector
5.9
1911
The Fall of TroyWriter
5.9
1910
Agnese ViscontiDirector
1909
Julius CaesarDirector
5.7
1909
Enrico IIIDirector