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 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
Born	Franco Castellano 20 June 1925 Rome, Lazio, Italy
Died	28 December 1999(1999-12-28) (aged 74) Rome, Lazio, Italy
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter

Giuseppe Moccia
Born	Giuseppe Moccia 22 June 1933 Rome, Lazio, Italy
Died	20 August 2006(2006-08-20) (aged 73) Rome, Lazio, Italy
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter

Biography

In Rome on Jan. 21, 2025 in the park of the Municipio III in the green area located in Via Renato Fucini, in front of house number 260, Roma Capitale dedicated a plaque to the duo Castellano and Pipolo, with a ceremony to unveil the toponymic plaque. The request to dedicate a street originated from a motion presented in the Julius Caesar Chamber by Hon. Marco Di Stefano Group Leader of Noi Moderati in the Capitoline Assembly, and approved by an overwhelming majority.^[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)
• Il ragazzo di campagna (1984)