Gillo Pontecorvo
Italian film director (1919–2006)
4.69body-of-work score · ranked #234 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- November 19, 1919 · Pisa
- Died
- October 12, 2006 · Rome
- Nationality
- Italy, Kingdom of Italy
- Work
- film director, actor, screenwriter, composer
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1966 · Italy / Algeria · drama, war
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1967 #1 · Venice Golden Lion winner 1966 · Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll #22
4.6910 citations
Complete filmography
All 12 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1955Giovanna
- 1956Pane e zolfo
- 1957Die Windrose
- 1957La grande strada azzurra
- 1959Kapò
- 1966The Battle of Algiers
- 1969Burn!
- 1979Ogro
- 1984Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
- 198912 registi per 12 città
- 2001Another World Is Possible
- 2003Firenze, il nostro domani