Castellano & Pipolo

Castellano & Pipolo is the stage name used by the pair of Italian screenwriters and film directors Franco Castellano[1][2] (1925–1999) and Giuseppe Moccia[2] (1933–2006). Together, they wrote the screenplays for about seventy films, and directed twenty films, mainly comedies.[3][4] Their 1984 film Il ragazzo di campagna was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.[5]

Franco Castellano
Born
Franco Castellano

20 June 1925
Died28 December 1999(1999-12-28) (aged 74)
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Giuseppe Moccia
Born
Giuseppe Moccia

22 June 1933
Died20 August 2006(2006-08-20) (aged 73)
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter

Selected filmography

References

  1. "Adriano Castellano". The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015.
  2. "Giuseppe Moccia". The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  3. Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
  4. Giancarlo Colombo. Who's Who in Italy. Who's Who in Italy, 2006.
  5. "Italian Comedy - The State of Things". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-01.


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