Gianfranco Mingozzi

Gianfranco Mingozzi (5 April 1932 – 7 October 2009) was an Italian director and screenwriter.

Gianfranco Mingozzi
Born	5 April 1932 (1932-04-05) Bologna, Italy
Died	7 October 2009 (2009-10-08) (aged 77) Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)	Director, screenwriter

Life and career

Born in Bologna, Mingozzi got a degree in Law, then enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating in 1958.^[1][2] After being assistant of Federico Fellini, René Clément, Philippe de Broca and Gianni Franciolini, in 1962 he debuted as a screenwriter for La vita provvisoria, and then made his directorial debut with "La vedova bianca", a segment of the anthology film Le italiane e l'amore.^[1] He was also a critically acclaimed documentarist.^[1][2]

Selected filmography

• Con il cuore fermo Sicilia (1965)
• Sardinia Kidnapped (1968)
• Flavia the Heretic (1974)
• Gli ultimi tre giorni (1977)
• Exploits of a Young Don Juan (1986)
• Il frullo del passero (1988)