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'''Giovanni Pastrone''', also known by his artistic name '''Piero Fosco''' (13 September 1883 - 27 June 1959), was an Italian film pioneer, [[Film director|director]], [[screenwriter]], [[actor]] and [[technician]].
'''Giovanni Pastrone''', also known by his artistic name '''Piero Fosco''' (13 September 1883 – 27 June 1959), was an Italian film pioneer, [[Film director|director]], [[screenwriter]], [[actor]] and [[technician]].<ref name="afrika">{{cite book|last=Richard Abel|title=Encyclopedia of Early Cinema|year=2005|publisher=Taylor & Francis, 2005, p. 501|isbn=9780415234405}}</ref>


Pastrone was born in [[Montechiaro d'Asti]]. He worked during the era of the [[silent film]] and influenced many important directors in the international cinema, such as [[David Wark Griffith]], in his ''[[Birth of a Nation]]'' (1915) and'' [[Intolerance (film)|Intolerance]] ''(1916).
Pastrone was born in [[Montechiaro d'Asti]]. He worked during the era of the [[silent film]] and influenced many important directors in the international cinema with ''[[Cabiria]]'', such as [[David Wark Griffith]] in ''[[The Birth of a Nation]]'' (1915) and ''[[Intolerance (film)|Intolerance]]'' (1916).<ref name="D.W.G.">{{cite book|last=Melvyn Stokes|title=D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation: A History of the Most Controversial Motion Picture of All Time|date=15 January 2008|publisher=Oxford University Press, 2008, p. 122|isbn=9780198044369}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517114931/https://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2009/11/24/d-w-griffiths-intolerance/|archivedate=17 May 2020|url=https://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2009/11/24/d-w-griffiths-intolerance/|title=D. W. Griffith's Intolerance|date=24 November 2009|publisher=Inside/Out, moma.org|accessdate=17 May 2020}}</ref>


[[Martin Scorsese]] believes that Pastrone's work in Cabiria can be considered as the invention of the epic movie and he deserves credit for many of the innovations often attributed to [[D.W. Griffith]] and [[Cecil B. DeMille]].<ref name="Ebert2006">{{cite web |author=Ebert, Roger |date=2 July 2006 |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-cabiria-1914 |title=Cabiria (1914) |publisher=rogerebert.com|author-link=Roger Ebert }}</ref> Among those was the extensive use of a moving camera, thus freeing the feature-length narrative film from "static gaze".<ref name="cam">{{cite book|last=Patrick Keating|title=Cinematography|date=18 July 2014|publisher=Rutgers University Press, 2014, p. 301|isbn=9780813563510}}</ref><ref name="cam2">{{cite book|last=Liz-Anne Bawden|title=The Oxford Companion to Film|year=1976|publisher=Oxford University Press, 1976, p. 106|isbn=9780192115416}}</ref>
He died in [[Turin]] on 27 June 1959.


He died in [[Turin]] on 27 June 1959.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giovanni-Pastrone|title=Giovanni Pastrone - Biography|date=17 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517121751/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giovanni-Pastrone|archive-date=17 May 2020}}</ref>
== Complete filmography ==


=== Directing ===
==Complete filmography==
===Directing===
* ''[[La glu]]'' (1908)
* ''[[La glu]]'' (1908)
* ''[[Giordano Bruno eroe di Valmy]]'' (1908)
* ''[[Giordano Bruno eroe di Valmy]]'' (1908)
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* ''[[Cabiria]]'' (1914)
* ''[[Cabiria]]'' (1914)
* ''[[Tigre reale]]'' (1916)
* ''[[Tigre reale]]'' (1916)
* ''[[The Fire (1916 film)|The Fire]]'' (''The Fire'', 1916)
* ''[[The Fire (1916 film)|The Fire]]'' (1916)
* ''[[Maciste alpino]]'' (''The Warrior'', 1916)
* ''[[The Warrior (1916 film)|The Warrior]]'' (1916)
* ''[[La guerra e il sogno di Momi]]'' (1917)
* ''[[:it:La_guerra_ed_il_sogno_di_Momi|La guerra ed il sogno di Momi]]'' (1917)
* ''[[Maciste the Athlete]]'' (1918)
* ''[[Maciste the Athlete]]'' (1918)
* ''[[Hedda Gabler (1920 film)|Hedda Gabler]]'' (1920)
* ''[[Hedda Gabler (1920 film)|Hedda Gabler]]'' (1920)
* ''[[Povere bimbe]]'' (1923)
* ''[[Povere bimbe]]'' (1923)


=== Acting ===
===Acting===
* ''[[Julius Caesar (1909 film)|Julius Caesar]]'' (1909)
* ''[[Julius Caesar (1909 film)|Julius Caesar]]'' (1909)


==References==
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* {{IMDb name|id=0665163}}
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* [http://www.epdlp.com/director.php?id=5478 Giovanni Pastrone in ''Epdlp''] (Spanish)
* [http://www.epdlp.com/director.php?id=5478 Giovanni Pastrone in ''Epdlp''] (Spanish)


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Latest revision as of 06:24, 25 July 2024

Giovanni Pastrone
Born(1883-09-13)13 September 1883
Montechiaro d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy
Died27 June 1959(1959-06-27) (aged 75)
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Other namesPiero Fosco
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, actor, technician
Notable workCabiria

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.[1]

Pastrone was born in Montechiaro d'Asti. He worked during the era of the silent film and influenced many important directors in the international cinema with Cabiria, such as David Wark Griffith in The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916).[2][3]

Martin Scorsese believes that Pastrone's work in Cabiria can be considered as the invention of the epic movie and he deserves credit for many of the innovations often attributed to D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille.[4] Among those was the extensive use of a moving camera, thus freeing the feature-length narrative film from "static gaze".[5][6]

He died in Turin on 27 June 1959.[7]

Complete filmography

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Directing

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Acting

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References

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  1. ^ Richard Abel (2005). Encyclopedia of Early Cinema. Taylor & Francis, 2005, p. 501. ISBN 9780415234405.
  2. ^ Melvyn Stokes (15 January 2008). D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation: A History of the Most Controversial Motion Picture of All Time. Oxford University Press, 2008, p. 122. ISBN 9780198044369.
  3. ^ "D. W. Griffith's Intolerance". Inside/Out, moma.org. 24 November 2009. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  4. ^ Ebert, Roger (2 July 2006). "Cabiria (1914)". rogerebert.com.
  5. ^ Patrick Keating (18 July 2014). Cinematography. Rutgers University Press, 2014, p. 301. ISBN 9780813563510.
  6. ^ Liz-Anne Bawden (1976). The Oxford Companion to Film. Oxford University Press, 1976, p. 106. ISBN 9780192115416.
  7. ^ "Giovanni Pastrone - Biography". 17 May 2020. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020.
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