Giorgio Arlorio

Giorgio Arlorio (27 February 1929 – 25 July 2019) was an Italian screenwriter and director.

Giorgio Arlorio
Born	(1929-02-27)27 February 1929 Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Died	25 July 2019(2019-07-25) (aged 90) Rome, Lazio, Italy
Occupation	Screenwriter & Director
Years active	1951–2011

Biography

Born in Turin, Arlorio began his career in 1951 as an assistant director for Pietro Germi, Mario Soldati and Michelangelo Antonioni,^[1] while between the 1960s and the 1970s became a regular collaborator of Gillo Pontecorvo and Carlo Lizzani, with whom he co-wrote some of their films. He also directed some political documentaries.

For many years, Arlorio taught Screenwriting at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.^[1]

Arlorio died in his home in Rome on 25 July 2019, at the age of 90.^[2]

Partial filmography

Screenwriter

• Esterina (1959)
• Crimen (1960)
• The Golden Arrow (1962)
• The Shortest Day (1963)
• The Head of the Family (1967)
• Arabella (1967)
• The Mercenary (1968)
• Burn! (1969)
• Zorro (1975)
• Ogro (1979)
• Hot Potato (1979)
• Days of Inspector Ambrosio (1988)
• Once Upon a Crime (1992)