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Pier Paolo Pasolini

Directing

Born March 5, 1922 · Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Died November 2, 1975

Also known as Paul Pasolini · P.P. Pasolini

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Biography

Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian poet, writer, film director, actor and playwright. He is considered one of the defining public intellectuals in 20th-century Italian history, influential both as an artist and a political figure. He is known for directing The Gospel According to St. Matthew, the films from Trilogy of Life and Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom.

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Awards & recognition

  • Golden Bear · 1972
  • Silver Bear · 1971
  • Jussi Awards · 1968
  • Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival · 1964
  • Crotone Prize · 1959
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  • Best Screenplay Award · 1958
  • Viareggio Prize · 1957
  • Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix
  • Kinema Junpo
  • Nastro d'Argento — Best Subject
  • Nastro d'Argento — the director of the best film
  • Sant Jordi Prize

Filmography23 titles

Love Meetings

1964as Self - Interviewer (uncredited)

La Dolce Vita

1960Screenplay

Nights of Cabiria

1957Screenplay

Mamma Roma

1962Director, Screenplay, Story

Accattone

1961Director, Screenplay, Story

The Gospel According to St. Matthew

1964Director, Writer

The Hawks and the Sparrows

1966Director, Screenplay, Story

Ro.Go.Pa.G.

1963Director, Screenplay

Bell' Antonio

1960Screenplay

Pigsty

1969Director, Writer

Teorema

1968Director, Screenplay

The Decameron

1971as Allievo di Giotto

Oedipus Rex

1967as High Priest (uncredited)

Medea

1969Director, Writer

The Grim Reaper

1962Story

Arabian Nights

1974Director, Writer

Federico Fellini's Autobiography

2000as Self (archive footage)

Requiescant

1967as Father Juan

The Canterbury Tales

1972as Geoffrey Chaucer

Girl in the Window

1961Screenplay

The Witches

1967Director, Screenplay, Story

Bawdy Tales

1973Screenplay, Story

Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker's Life

1971as Self