Giovanni Pastrone
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 13, 1883, Montechiaro d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy
- Died
- June 27, 1959
- Movies
- 18
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Giovanni Pastrone, also known by his artistic name Piero Fosco (13 September 1883 - 27 June 1959), was an Italian film pioneer, director, screenwriter, actor and technician.
Pastrone was born in Montechiaro d'Asti. He worked during the era of the silent film, but he influenced many important directors in the international cinema, such as David Wark Griffith, in his Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916).
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1909 | Julius Caesar | Giulio Cesare |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1923 | Povere bimbe | Screenplay, Director |
| 1920 | Hedda Gabler | Director |
| 1918 | La Moglie di Claudio | Director |
| 1918 | Maciste atleta | Director |
| 1917 | The Light, Triptych of Modern Life | Writer |
| 1917 | The War and the Dream of Momi | Director, Writer |
| 1916 | The Warrior | Director, Writer, Screenplay |
| 1916 | The Royal Tigress | Director |
| 1916 | The Fire | Director, Writer |
| 1915 | Maciste | Screenplay |
| 1914 | Cabiria | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1913 | Stronger than Sherlock Holmes | Director |
| 1912 | At the Cinema Show | Director |
| 1911 | The Fall of Troy | Director, Writer |
| 1910 | Agnese Visconti | Director |
| 1909 | Julius Caesar | Director |
| 1909 | Enrico III | Director |
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