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Gender: Male

Place of birth: Naples, Campania, Italy

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Movie Involvements: 32

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (26 February 1921 – 15 December 2005) was an Italian playwright, screenwriter, director and author. He was born in Naples in an aristocratic family and moved to Rome immediately after the end of World War II and spent his professional life there. Patroni Griffi is considered one of the most prominent contributors to Italian theater and film in post-war Italy. Roberto Rossellini made a film from his play Anima nera. His first listed film writing credit was on the 1952 musical Canzoni di mezzo secolo. Patroni Griffi would later direct Charlotte Rampling, Elizabeth Taylor, Marcello Mastroianni, Laura Antonelli, Florinda Bolkan, Terence Stamp, Fabio Testi. Patroni Griffi was also involved with numerous television productions of lyric opera, including Verdi's La Traviata. His many theatrical productions include works by Pirandello, Eduardo De Filippo, Jean Cocteau and Tennessee Williams. As a writer, he published a first collection of stories in 1955, Ragazzo di Trastevere. Later, he contributed significantly to the body of Italian gay literature with Scende giù per Toledo and La morte della bellezza, both set in Naples.

Most Famous Work

The Witches
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6

The Witches

(1967) Screenplay
Girl with a Suitcase
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7

Girl with a Suitcase

(1961) Story
The Divine Nymph
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6

The Divine Nymph

(1975) Screenplay
The Trap
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4

The Trap

(1985) Director
More Than a Miracle
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6

More Than a Miracle

(1967) Story
Identikit
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6

Identikit

(1974) Screenplay
Femmina
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2

Femmina

(1998) Writer
The Swindlers
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6

The Swindlers

(1959) Screenplay

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2016 Self (archive footage)
1972 Self (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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Writing


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