Giovanni Pastrone

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1883-09-13

Deathday 1959-06-27 (75 years old)

Place of Birth Montechiaro d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy

Giovanni Pastrone

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Giovanni Pastrone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Director

1923
Povere bimbe

as Director

1920
Hedda Gabler

as Director

1918
1918
Maciste atleta

as Director

1916
The Fire

as Director

1916
The Royal Tigress

as Director

1916
The Warrior

as Director

1914
Cabiria

as Director

1912
At the Cinema Show

as Director

1911
The Fall of Troy

as Director

1910
Agnese Visconti

as Director

1909
Julius Caesar

as Director

1909
Enrico III

as Director

Writer

1923
Povere bimbe

as Screenplay

1916
The Fire

as Writer

1916
The Warrior

as Writer

1916
The Warrior

as Screenplay

1915
Maciste

as Screenplay

1914
Cabiria

as Screenplay

1911

Producer

1914
Cabiria

as Producer

Actor

1909
Julius Caesar

as Giulio Cesare