Italian film directors

Eriprando Visconti di Modrone, Count of Vico Modrone (September 24, 1932 – May 26, 1995) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was the nephew of the more famous Luchino Visconti.
Born in Milan into a noble family, in the early 1950s Visconti moved to Rome, against the wishes of his family, to pursue his dream to enter the cinema industry. After a few experiences as an actor and an assistant film editor under Mario Serandrei, in 1955 he wrote an early draft of the script and collaborated on the screenplay of Francesco Maselli's The Abandoned. In the second half of the 1950s he started working as assistant director, notably collaborating with Michelangelo Antonioni and his uncle Luchino Visconti. In 1959 he collaborated with Luigi Malerba to the libretto of the Franco Mannino's opera Hatikwa, and in the same period he started working in theatre as an assistant director.Visconti made his feature film debut in 1962, with A Milanese Story. During his career he alternated great commercial successes such as The Lady of Monza and unexpected bombs such as Il caso Pisciotta, as well as critical acclaims and failures. He launched the career of several actors, and generally preferred to not work with major established stars. His films were mainly independent and wholly or partly self-funded.He was married to Princess Francesca Patrizia Ruspoli.35mm copies of all his films, as well as screenplays and photographic material related to his career are held by the Cineteca Nazionale in Rome.

Alberto Bonucci (Italian pronunciation: [alˈbɛrto boˈnuttʃi]; 19 May 1918 – 5 April 1969) was an Italian film actor and director. He appeared in 53 films between 1950 and 1967.

Marco Vicario (20 September 1925 – 10 September 2020) was an Italian film actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. He appeared in 23 films between 1950 and 1958. He also wrote for 13 films, produced 12 and directed a further 11. He was born in Rome, Italy in September 1925. Vicario died in September 2020 at the age of 94.

Marcello Marchesi (Italian pronunciation: [marˈtʃɛllo marˈkeːzi; -eːsi]; 4 April 1912 – 19 July 1978) was an Italian author, screenwriter and film director. He wrote more than 60 films between 1939 and 1977. He also directed six films between 1951 and 1952. He was born in Milan and died in San Giovanni di Sinis, Cabras, Italy.

Claudio Risi (12 November 1948 – 26 April 2020) was an Italian film director. His father Dino and his brother Marco are also film directors.

Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (26 February 1921 – 15 December 2005) was an Italian playwright, screenwriter, director and author.He was born in Naples in an aristocratic family and moved to Rome immediately after the end of World War II and spent his professional life there. Patroni Griffi is considered one of the most prominent contributors to Italian theater and film in post-war Italy.
Roberto Rossellini made a film from his play Anima nera.
His first listed film writing credit was on the 1952 musical Canzoni di mezzo secolo. Patroni Griffi would later direct Charlotte Rampling, Elizabeth Taylor, Marcello Mastroianni, Laura Antonelli, Florinda Bolkan, Terence Stamp, Fabio Testi.
Patroni Griffi was also involved with numerous television productions of lyric opera, including Verdi's La Traviata. His many theatrical productions include works by Pirandello, Eduardo De Filippo, Jean Cocteau and Tennessee Williams. As a writer, he published a first collection of stories in 1955, Ragazzo di Trastevere. Later, he contributed significantly to the body of Italian gay literature with Scende giù per Toledo and La morte della bellezza, both set in Naples.
He died in Rome.

Folco Quilici (9 April 1930 – 24 February 2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed a total of 22 films between 1952 and his retirement in 2005, including Tiko and the Shark (it). His 1955 film L'ultimo paradiso won the Silver Bear in the documentary category at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.

Giuseppe Ferrara (15 July 1932 – 25 June 2016) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.

Leonardo Pieraccioni (born 17 February 1965) is an Italian film director, actor, comedian and screenwriter.Born in Florence, he made his directorial debut with The Graduates (1995). In 1996 he directed his breakthrough film The Cyclone, which grossed 78 billion lire at the box office.In 1998, he starred with Harvey Keitel and David Bowie in the western comedy Gunslinger's Revenge, directed by Giovanni Veronesi.Also a writer of short stories, his books include Trent'anni, alta, mora (1998), Tre mucche in cucina (2002) and A un passo dal cielo (2003).
Pieraccioni has starred with Suzie Kennedy, the impersonator of Marilyn Monroe, in Me and Marilyn.

Corrado Guzzanti (born 17 May 1965) is an Italian satirical actor, director, screenwriter, comedian and impersonator. He has become famous both for his impersonations of Italian personalities (politicians, journalists, entertainment and television celebrities), and for playing his own characters inspired by contemporary society. He is the director of the film Fascisti su Marte (Fascists on Mars, 2006). In 2010 he received the "Forte dei Marmi Political Satire Award". He has been described as a genius of satirical comedy, "the most interesting satirical author and actor today", and "among the comedians best loved by the Italian public".