Pasquale Squitieri

Pasquale Squitieri (27 November 1938 – 18 February 2017^[1]) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.

Pasquale Squitieri
Born	(1938-11-27)27 November 1938 Naples, Italy
Died	18 February 2017(2017-02-18) (aged 78) Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1969–2017
Spouse	Ottavia Fusco ​ (m. 2013)​
Partner	Claudia Cardinale (1974–2013)
Children	1

Life and career

Born in Naples, Squitieri graduated in law, then was briefly involved in stage, as author ("La battaglia") and even actor (directed by Francesco Rosi).^[2] He made his film debut with Io e Dio, produced by Vittorio De Sica, and, after two Spaghetti Westerns he signed as William Redford, he focused on drama films centered on political and social issues.^[2] Squitieri's film Il prefetto di ferro won the David di Donatello for Best Film in 1978.^[3] Li chiamarono... briganti!, a film about the brigand Carmine Crocco, was suspended from the cinemas and it is not available on the home video market. Squitieri was the partner of Claudia Cardinale since 1974.^[2] His 1980 film Savage Breed was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.^[4] Since 2003, Squitieri had been romantically linked to actress and singer Ottavia Fusco, whom he had married in December 2013.

Selected filmography

• Io e Dio (1969)
• Django Defies Sartana (1970)
• Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold (1971)
• Camorra (1972)
• Blood Brothers (1974)
• The Climber (1975)
• Il prefetto di ferro (1977)
• Corleone (1978)
• L'arma (1978)
• Savage Breed (1980)
• Claretta (1984)
• The Repenter (1985)
• Naso di cane (1986) (TV miniseries)
• The Third Solution (1988)
• Gli invisibili (1988)
• Atto di dolore (1990)
• Il colore dell'odio (1990)
• Geografia della fame (1991)
• Li chiamarono... briganti! (1999)
• L'avvocato de Gregorio (2003)
• Father (2011)