Gualtiero Jacopetti

Directing1919–2011Barga, 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.

Known ForDirecting

GenderMale

Birthday1919-09-04

Age91 years old at death

Date of Death† 2011-08-17

Place of BirthBarga, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy