Castellano & Pipolo

Castellano & Pipolo is the stage name used by the pair of Italian screenwriters and film directors Franco Castellano^[1][2] (1925–1999) and Giuseppe "Pipolo" Moccia^[2] (1933–2006). Together, they wrote the screenplays for about seventy films, and directed twenty films, mainly comedies.^[3][4] Their 1984 film Il ragazzo di campagna was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.^[5]

Franco Castellano and Giuseppe "Pipolo" Moccia, first and third from the left respectively

On 21 January 2025, the municipality of Rome placed a plaque at the Municipio III park in memory of the duo.^[6]

Selected filmography

• My Wife's Enemy (1959)
• Tipi da spiaggia (1959)
• Guardatele ma non toccatele (1959)
• Signori si nasce (1960)
• Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today (1960)
• The Fascist (1961)
• 5 marines per 100 ragazze (1962)
• Obiettivo ragazze (1963)
• The Thursday (1963)
• I due pericoli pubblici (1964)
• Slalom (1965)
• The Man, the Woman and the Money (1965)
• I nuovi mostri (1977)
• Mia moglie è una strega (1980)
• Attila flagello di Dio (1982)
• Il ragazzo di campagna (1984)