Franco Cristaldi

Biography

Franco Cristaldi (Turin, 3 October 1924 – Montecarlo, 1 July 1992) was an Italian film producer, credited with producing (or co-producing) feature films from the 1950s to the 1990s. In 1946 Cristaldi founded Vides Cinematografica in Turin. This production company initially produced short and documentary films, and would later be renamed to Cristaldifilm in the 1980s. In the 1950s, Cristaldi changed his attention to feature films and moved to Rome. During his long career, he worked with directors and screenwriters such as Francesco Rosi, Pietro Germi, Mario Monicelli, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, and Giuseppe Tornatore. A noted film producer from some years in his native Italy, some of Cristaldi's most successful films internationally included The Name of the Rose and Nuovo cinema Paradiso. (The former winning a César and two BAFTAs, and the latter winning several BAFTAs, the Grand Prix at Cannes, and Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards). In 1977 Cristaldi was elected president of the International Federation of Film Producers Associations, and was a member of the jury at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. Cristaldi was born in Turin, Italy in 1924, and studied at university for a time before focusing his interests on cinema. He was first married to Carla Simonetti with whom he had a son, Massimo. He applied to the Vatican to have this marriage annulled, and from 1966 lived with actress Claudia Cardinale. Cristaldi claimed to have married Cardinale, but she refuted this, saying he threw a marriage party, without ever officially marrying her. He mentored Cardinale through her own film career, producing many of her films, until their separation in 1975. In 1983, he married Eritrean actress Zeudi Araya, who starred in several Cristaldi-produced films. Franco Cristaldi died in Montecarlo in 1992, survived by his wife Zeudi, son Massimo, and adopted son Patrick, the son of Claudia Cardinale. Source: Article "Franco Cristaldi" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Most Famous Work

Average

8

Cinema Paradiso

(1988) Producer

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7

The Name of the Rose

(1986) Producer

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6

Marco Polo

(1982) Co-Producer

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8

Divorce Italian Style

(1961) Producer

Average

8

Big Deal on Madonna Street

(1958) Producer

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8

Amarcord

(1973) Producer

Average

8

Le Notti Bianche

(1957) Producer

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8

Seduced and Abandoned

(1964) Producer

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1987	Self	La rosa dei nomi 1987-01-01 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1992	Producer	Flight of the Innocent 1992-10-09 Movie
1988	Producer	Cinema Paradiso 1988-11-17 Movie
1987	Producer	Last Summer in Tangiers 1987-04-22 Movie
	Producer	Control 1987-02-14 Movie
1986	Producer	The Name of the Rose 1986-09-24 Movie
1983	Producer	And the Ship Sails On 1983-10-07 Movie
	Producer	Hearts and Armour 1983-09-21 Movie
	Producer	Arrivano i miei 1983-01-20 Movie
1982	Co-Producer	Marco Polo 1982-12-05 TV Show
	Producer	Tomorrow We Dance 1982-09-09 Movie
1980	Producer	Ho fatto splash 1980-10-30 Movie
	Producer	The Persian Lamb Coat 1980-03-28 Movie
	Producer	Cafè Express 1980-02-16 Movie
1979	Producer	Tesoromio 1979-12-22 Movie
	Associate Producer	Operation Ogre 1979-09-28 Movie
	Producer	Christ Stopped at Eboli 1979-02-23 Movie
	Producer	Ratataplan 1979-01-01 Movie
1978	Producer	My Loves 1978-12-21 Movie
1977	Producer	Wifemistress 1977-10-27 Movie
1976	Producer	Mr. Robinson 1976-12-23 Movie
	Producer	Movie Rush 1976-01-01 Movie
1975	Producer	Blonde in Black Leather 1975-09-17 Movie
	Producer	Di che segno sei? 1975-01-01 Movie
1973	Producer	Amarcord 1973-12-18 Movie
	Producer	Lucky Luciano 1973-10-19 Movie
1972	Executive Producer	Lady Caroline Lamb 1972-11-22 Movie
	Producer	Winged Devils 1972-08-06 Movie
	Producer	The Audience 1972-03-31 Movie
	Producer	The Mattei Affair 1972-01-26 Movie
1971	Producer	In the Name of the Father 1971-10-12 Movie
1970	Producer	Open Letter to the Evening News 1970-03-13 Movie
1969	Producer	The Red Tent 1969-12-23 Movie
	Producer	Il giovane normale 1969-11-28 Movie
	Producer	Oh, Grandmother's Dead 1969-10-09 Movie
	Producer	Coup D'Etat 1969-03-15 Movie
	Producer	Alibi 1969-02-13 Movie
1968	Producer	A Fine Pair 1968-09-27 Movie
1967	Producer	China Is Near 1967-09-22 Movie
	Producer	Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold 1967-09-07 Movie
	Producer	Per amore... per magia... 1967-04-03 Movie
1965	Producer	Sandra 1965-09-15 Movie
1964	Producer	Time of Indifference 1964-09-24 Movie
	Producer	Seduced and Abandoned 1964-01-30 Movie
	Producer	Bebo's Girl 1964-01-24 Movie
1963	Producer	The Organizer 1963-10-25 Movie
	Producer	Crazy Sea 1963-09-13 Movie
	Producer	Omicron 1963-09-01 Movie
1962	Producer	My Son, the Hero 1962-05-04 Movie
	Producer	Salvatore Giuliano 1962-03-01 Movie
1961	Producer	Divorce Italian Style 1961-12-20 Movie
	Producer	Day by Day, Desperately 1961-11-23 Movie
	Producer	A Day for Lionhearts 1961-09-05 Movie
	Producer	Ghosts of Rome 1961-04-01 Movie
	Producer	The Assassin 1961-04-01 Movie
1960	Producer	The Dolphins 1960-10-05 Movie
1959	Producer	Come Dance with Me! 1959-12-28 Movie
	Producer	Fiasco in Milan 1959-12-19 Movie
	Producer	The Swindlers 1959-09-23 Movie
1958	Producer	Rascel Marine 1958-12-19 Movie
	Producer	The Law Is the Law 1958-09-17 Movie
	Producer	The Challenge 1958-09-11 Movie
	Producer	Piece of the Sky 1958-08-15 Movie
	Producer	Big Deal on Madonna Street 1958-07-26 Movie
	Producer	Man of Straw 1958-03-11 Movie
1957	Producer	Le Notti Bianche 1957-11-14 Movie
	Producer	Rascel-Fifì 1957-10-09 Movie
	Producer	Kean: Genius or Scoundrel 1957-03-04 Movie
1956	Producer	Nero's Mistress 1956-09-13 Movie
1955	Producer	A Hero of Our Times 1955-09-15 Movie
1954	Producer	The Seducer 1954-12-29 Movie
	Producer	Camilla 1954-11-24 Movie
	Producer	La pattuglia sperduta 1954-06-09 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv