Giuliano Montaldo

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1930-02-22

Deathday 2023-09-05 (93 years old)

Place of Birth Genoa, Liguria, Italy

Also Known As Elio Montesti, Giuliano Monteldo

Giuliano Montaldo

Biography

Born in 1930 in Genoa. Still a young student in 1950 when director Carlo Lizzani gave him a role in the film Achtung Banditi!. Following this experience he traveled to Rome where, after acting in film and theatre, he became the Assistant Director of Lizzani, Gillo Pontecorvo, Sergio Leone, Francesco Rosi. In 1960 he made his debut as a Director with Tiro Al piccione, a film about the Partisan Resistance, on competition at the 1961 Venice Film Festival. In 1964 he directed La Moglie Svedese, an episode of the film Extraconiugale. With his second movie, Una Bella Grinta, won the special prize of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival in 1965, a film about a social climber in Italy during the time of the economic miracle. That year he also directed the second unit of Pontecorvo's masterpiece The Battle Of Algiers.

Known For

Director

2011
The Entrepreneur

as Director

2009
L'oro di Cuba

as Director

1997
Years of the Eagle

as Director

1995
1989
Time to Kill

as Director

1987
1987
Control

as Director

1983
Turandot

as Director

1982
Marco Polo

as Director

1979
A Dangerous Toy

as Director

1978
Closed Circuit

as Director

1976
1975
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

as Second Unit Director

1973
Giordano Bruno

as Director

1971
Sacco & Vanzetti

as Director

1970
1969
Machine Gun McCain

as Director

1967
Grand Slam

as Director

1965
The Reckless

as Director

1964
Extraconiugale

as Director

1963
Nudi per vivere

as Director

1961
The Assassin

as First Assistant Director

1961
Pigeon Shoot

as Director

1960
Kapo

as Co-Director

1959
Esterina

as First Assistant Director

1957
The Wide Blue Road

as Assistant Director

Actor

2023
One Hour Only

as Giuliano

2022
Ennio

as Self

2017
Tonino

as Self

2017
2016
2011
2011
2006
The Caiman

as Franco Caspio

1996
Celluloide

as Civalleri (uncredited)

1995
Un eroe borghese

as governatore Banca d'Italia

1993
The Long Silence

as Procuratore Capo

1957
1955
Abandoned

as Scattered Soldier from Tuscany

1954
High School

as Professore di religione

1954
Chronicle of Poor Lovers

as Alfredo Campolmi

1953
1953
La cieca di Sorrento

as Don Pietro Lisandrini

1951

Writer

2011
The Entrepreneur

as Screenplay

2011
2009
L'oro di Cuba

as Story

2009
L'oro di Cuba

as Screenplay

1989
Time to Kill

as Screenplay

1987
1987
Control

as Screenplay

1982
Marco Polo

as Screenplay

1979
A Dangerous Toy

as Screenplay

1978
Closed Circuit

as Screenplay

1976
1976
1973
Giordano Bruno

as Screenplay

1971
1971
Sacco & Vanzetti

as Screenplay

1970
The 5th Day of Peace

as Screenplay

1969
1965
The Reckless

as Screenplay

1964
Extraconiugale

as Screenplay

1961
Duel of Champions

as Screenplay

1961
Pigeon Shoot

as Screenplay

Crew

1966
The Battle of Algiers

as Second Unit

Producer

1955
Giovanna

as Production Manager