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Gualtiero Jacopetti

Known ForDirecting
Birthday1919-09-04
Age91 years old at death
Date of Death† 2011-08-17
Place of BirthBarga, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Gualtiero Jacopetti (born 4 September 1919) is an Italian director of documentary films. He was born in Barga, in northern Tuscany. With Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi is the originator of Mondo films, also called shockumentaries. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gualtiero Jacopetti,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

poster
1966
6.1
Documentary
History

Africa Blood and Guts

poster
1971
6.6
Drama
Crime

Goodbye Uncle Tom

poster
1954
6.3
Comedy
Drama

A Day in Court

poster
1963
5.1
Documentary

Women of the World

poster
1960
Documentary

World by Night

poster
2003
6.9
Documentary

The Godfathers of Mondo

poster
2012
Documentary

The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti

poster
1963
5.6
Documentary
Horror

Mondo Cane 2