Pier Paolo Pasolini

Biography

Pier Paolo Pasolini (March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975) was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure. He demonstrated a unique and extraordinary cultural versatility, becoming a highly controversial figure in the process.

Most Famous Work

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Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

(1976) Writer

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Oedipus Rex

(1967) Writer

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Nights of Cabiria

(1957) Screenplay

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La Dolce Vita

(1960) Screenplay

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The Decameron

(1971) Writer

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Arabian Nights

(1974) Writer

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Theorem

(1968) Screenplay

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Mamma Roma

(1962) Story

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2024	Self (archive footage)	Fils de Punk 2024-10-12 Movie
2023	Self	Pier Paolo Pasolini - Una visione nuova 2023-03-01 Movie
2022	Self	Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967 2022-06-24 Movie
2021	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)	The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo 2021-10-23 Movie
	N/A	Vor mir der Süden 2021-07-01 Movie
2020	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	In a Future April: The Young Pasolini 2020-11-02 Movie
	N/A	L’Ultima Partita di Pasolini 2020-11-02 Movie
2019	Self (archive footage)	Notarangelo the Soul Hunter 2019-05-03 Movie
	Himself	Once Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, Cinematographer 2019-01-01 Movie
2018	Self (archive footage)	Pier Paolo Pasolini: An Italian Journey 2018-10-21 Movie
2016	Self (archive footage)	The Isle of Medea 2016-08-31 Movie
2015	N/A	Pier Paolo Pasolini e i confini - Memorie a est del corsaro del novecento 2015-12-27 Movie
	N/A	Pasolini - Il corpo e la voce 2015-10-24 Movie
	N/A	Pasolini maestro corsaro 2015-01-01 Movie
2013	Self (archive footage)	Io sono nata viaggiando 2013-11-11 Movie
2012	Self (archive)	Pasolini's Last Words 2012-01-02 Movie
2008	Self (archive footage)	La Rabbia di Pasolini 2008-09-05 Movie
	Self (archive footage)	Il falso bugiardo 2008-07-03 Movie
	N/A	La rabbia 1, la rabbia 2, la rabbia 3... l'Arabia 2008-01-01 Movie
2007	Self (archive footage)	Callas Assoluta 2007-12-20 Movie
2006	Se stesso	Pasolini prossimo nostro 2006-11-24 Movie
	Interviewee (archive)	Pasolini and the Secret Humiliation of Chaucer 2006-06-30 Movie
2005	Interviewee	Via Pasolini 2005-01-01 Movie
	N/A	Salò, l’ultimo film di Pier Paolo Pasolini 2005-01-01 Movie
2004	N/A	Visioni della Medea (tracce di un film sognato) 2004-01-01 Movie
2002	N/A	Salò: Yesterday and Today 2002-10-24 Movie
	Self (archive footage)	Bernardo Bertolucci: What Is the Purpose of Cinema? 2002-08-10 Movie
2000	Archive footage	Pasolini, el poeta en la playa 2000-11-30 Movie
	Self (archive footage)	Federico Fellini's Autobiography 2000-09-05 Movie
1998	Himself (Archive)	Reunion; Salo 1998-01-01 Movie
1997	Lui-même	Fioretti de Pier Paolo Pasolini 1922/1975 1997-01-16 Movie
1995	N/A	Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo 1995-11-21 Movie
1994	N/A	The Ashes of Pasolini 1994-02-12 Movie
1985	Self	Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema 1985-01-01 Movie
1980	Self (archive footage)	My Name Is Anna Magnani 1980-09-30 Movie
1976	Lui-même	Pier Paolo Pasolini : vivre et encore plus 1976-02-03 Movie
1975	Self (uncredited)	Notes Towards an African Orestes 1975-11-29 Movie
1974	Narrator (voice)	The Walls of Sana'a 1974-06-20 Movie
	Himself	Pasolini and the Form of the City 1974-02-07 Movie
1972	Geoffrey Chaucer	The Canterbury Tales 1972-09-02 Movie
	N/A	S.P.Q.R. 1972-07-10 Movie
1971	Allievo di Giotto	The Decameron 1971-08-25 Movie
	Self	Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker's Life 1971-06-01 Movie
1968	Self	Notes for a Film in India 1968-08-18 Movie
1967	High Priest (uncredited)	Oedipus Rex 1967-09-07 Movie
	Father Juan	Kill and Pray 1967-03-10 Movie
	Himself	Pasolini interviews Ezra Pound 1967-01-01 Movie
	Himself	Pier Paolo Pasolini: Primo piano. Personaggi e problemi dell'Italia d'oggi 1967-01-01 Movie
	Self	Cinéma et Réalité 1967-01-01 Movie
1966	N/A	Notes from a Critofilm 1966-05-01 Movie
1965	Self (uncredited)	Scouting in Palestine 1965-07-11 Movie
	Self - Interviewer (uncredited)	Love Meetings 1965-07-05 Movie
1960	Monco	The Hunchback 1960-11-30 Movie
	Self	Second Look: Fellini 1960-01-01 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2008	Director	La Rabbia di Pasolini 2008-09-05 Movie
1976	Director	Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom 1976-01-10 Movie
1975	Director	Notes Towards an African Orestes 1975-11-29 Movie
1974	Director	The Walls of Sana'a 1974-06-20 Movie
	Director	Arabian Nights 1974-06-20 Movie
1972	Director	The Canterbury Tales 1972-09-02 Movie
	Director	December 12th 1972-05-20 Movie
1971	Director	The Decameron 1971-08-25 Movie
1970	Director	Medea 1970-01-28 Movie
1969	Director	Pigsty 1969-09-02 Movie
	Director	Love and Anger 1969-05-29 Movie
	Director	The Sequence of the Paper Flower 1969-05-29 Movie
1968	Director	Orgy 1968-11-27 Movie
	Director	Theorem 1968-09-07 Movie
	Director	Notes for a Film in India 1968-08-18 Movie
	Director	Caprice Italian Style 1968-04-13 Movie
	Director	What Are the Clouds? 1968-04-12 Movie
1967	Director	Oedipus Rex 1967-09-07 Movie
	Director	The Earth As Seen from the Moon 1967-02-22 Movie
	Director	The Witches 1967-02-22 Movie
	Director	Pasolini interviews Ezra Pound 1967-01-01 Movie
1966	Director	The Hawks and the Sparrows 1966-05-04 Movie
1965	Director	Scouting in Palestine 1965-07-11 Movie
	Director	Love Meetings 1965-07-05 Movie
	Director	The Gospel According to Matthew 1965-03-03 Movie
1963	Director	La Rabbia 1963-04-13 Movie
	Director	La ricotta 1963-02-19 Movie
	Director	Ro.Go.Pa.G. 1963-02-19 Movie
1962	Director	Mamma Roma 1962-09-22 Movie
1961	Director	Accattone 1961-09-25 Movie
	Director	Appunti per un romanzo sull'immondezza Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Editing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2008	Editor	La Rabbia di Pasolini 2008-09-05 Movie
1975	Editor	Notes Towards an African Orestes 1975-11-29 Movie
1963	Editor	La Rabbia 1963-04-13 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2008	Writer	La Rabbia di Pasolini 2008-09-05 Movie
1996	Book	Qui je suis 1996-06-30 Movie
1988	Author	L'altro enigma 1988-01-01 Movie
1981	Short Story	Mulheres... Mulheres 1981-01-01 Movie
	Screenplay	Calderon 1981-01-01 Movie
1976	Writer	Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom 1976-01-10 Movie
1975	Writer	Notes Towards an African Orestes 1975-11-29 Movie
1974	Writer	Arabian Nights 1974-06-20 Movie
	Writer	The Walls of Sana'a 1974-06-20 Movie
1973	Story	Bawdy Tales 1973-10-12 Movie
	Screenplay	Bawdy Tales 1973-10-12 Movie
1972	Screenplay	The Canterbury Tales 1972-09-02 Movie
	Idea	December 12th 1972-05-20 Movie
1971	Writer	The Decameron 1971-08-25 Movie
1970	Story	Ostia 1970-03-11 Movie
	Screenplay	Ostia 1970-03-11 Movie
	Writer	Medea 1970-01-28 Movie
1969	Writer	Pigsty 1969-09-02 Movie
	Writer	Love and Anger 1969-05-29 Movie
	Screenplay	The Sequence of the Paper Flower 1969-05-29 Movie
1968	Writer	Orgy 1968-11-27 Movie
	Screenplay	Theorem 1968-09-07 Movie
	Writer	Notes for a Film in India 1968-08-18 Movie
	Writer	Caprice Italian Style 1968-04-13 Movie
	Writer	What Are the Clouds? 1968-04-12 Movie
1967	Writer	Oedipus Rex 1967-09-07 Movie
	Story	The Witches 1967-02-22 Movie
	Screenplay	The Witches 1967-02-22 Movie
	Writer	The Earth As Seen from the Moon 1967-02-22 Movie
1966	Screenplay	The Hawks and the Sparrows 1966-05-04 Movie
	Story	The Hawks and the Sparrows 1966-05-04 Movie
1965	Writer	Scouting in Palestine 1965-07-11 Movie
	Writer	The Gospel According to Matthew 1965-03-03 Movie
1963	Writer	La Rabbia 1963-04-13 Movie
	Screenplay	Ro.Go.Pa.G. 1963-02-19 Movie
1962	Screenplay	Mamma Roma 1962-09-22 Movie
	Story	Mamma Roma 1962-09-22 Movie
	Story	La Commare Secca 1962-08-27 Movie
	Novel	Violent Life 1962-03-29 Movie
1961	Story	Accattone 1961-09-25 Movie
	Screenplay	Accattone 1961-09-25 Movie
	Screenplay	Girl in the Window 1961-04-14 Movie
	Writer	The Chant of Tiber’s Branches 1961-01-01 Movie
	Writer	Milano nera 1961-01-01 Movie
1960	Writer	Stendali (Still They Toll) 1960-11-01 Movie
	Screenplay	From a Roman Balcony 1960-10-29 Movie
	Screenplay	Il carro armato dell'8 settembre 1960-09-24 Movie
	Screenplay	It Happened in '43 1960-09-15 Movie
	Screenplay	Handsome Antonio 1960-03-04 Movie
	Screenplay	La Dolce Vita 1960-02-05 Movie
	Story	Death of a Friend 1960-01-19 Movie
	Writer	Caschi d'oro 1960-01-01 Movie
1959	Novel	The Big Night 1959-11-12 Movie
	Screenplay	The Big Night 1959-11-12 Movie
	Writer	Il mago 1959-01-01 Movie
1958	Screenplay	Young Husbands 1958-03-13 Movie
	Writer	The City’s Unknown 1958-01-01 Movie
1957	Screenplay	Nights of Cabiria 1957-10-03 Movie
	Story	Marisa la civetta 1957-03-19 Movie
	Screenplay	Marisa la civetta 1957-03-19 Movie
1956	Writer	Manon: Finestra 2 1956-09-22 Movie
1955	Writer	Flucht in die Dolomiten 1955-12-30 Movie
1954	Screenplay	Woman of the River 1954-12-29 Movie
	Writer	Appunti per un romanzo sull'immondezza Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1995	Thanks	Nella mischia 1995-05-24 Movie
1970	Supervising Technical Director	Ostia 1970-03-11 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1972	Music Supervisor	The Canterbury Tales 1972-09-02 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv