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Giovanni Pastrone
Director 1883 - 1959

Giovanni Pastrone

Montechiaro d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy

​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... Read full bio →

Director Information

Full Name

Giovanni Pastrone

Known For

Directing

Birthday

September 13th, 1883 00:00

Place of Birth

Montechiaro d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy

Died

June 27th, 1959 00:00 (aged 75)

TMDB ID

41611

IMDb ID

nm0665163

Films Directed

3

Biography

​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).

He died in Turin on 27 June 1959.

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