Carlo Lizzani
Carlo Lizzani was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. Born in Rome, after World War II Lizzani worked on such notable films of the late 1940s as Roberto Rossellini's Germany Year Zero, Alberto Lattuada's The Mill on the Po (both 1948) and Giuseppe De Santis' Bitter Rice (1950, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story). After helming documentaries, he debuted as a feature director with the admired World War II drama Achtung! Banditi! (1951). He films an episode of L'Amore in Città. Respected for his awarded drama Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954), he has proven a solid director of genre films, notably crime films such as The Violent Four (1968) and Crazy Joe (1974) or erotic comedy Roma Bene (1971). He worked frequently for Italian television in the 1980s and was a member of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival in 1994. His film Celluloide deals with the making of Rome, Open City. He committed suicide in 2013.
Acting
Movie
The Violent Four
as Police official (uncredited)
1968
Movie
Pope John XXIII
as Pio XII
2002
Movie
Outcry
as Don Camillo, il prete
1946
Movie
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
as Self - Filmmaker
2001
Movie
The Tough and the Mighty
as Journalist (uncredited)
1969
Movie
Luchino Visconti
as Self
2002
Movie
Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokes
as Narrator
2001
Movie
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
as Self
2017
Movie
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017
Movie
Portrait Of My Father
as Self
2010
Movie
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
as Self
2010
Movie
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
as Self
1984
Movie
Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'
as Self
2006
Movie
Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo
as Self
1997
Movie
Western all'italiana
2004
Movie
Noi c'eravamo
as Self
2011
Movie
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
as Self
2009
TV
Un film et son époque
as Self
2003
Movie
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
as Self
2014
Movie
Linee d'ombra
as Self
2007
Movie
Voi siete qui
as Self
2011
Movie
Giuliano Montaldo - Quattro volte vent'anni
as Self
2012
Movie
The Years of Lost Images
as Self
2012
Movie
We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism
as Narrator / Self
2013
Crew
Movie
Germany, Year Zero
Assistant Director
1948
Movie
Bitter Rice
Story
1949
Movie
Love in the City
Director
1953
Movie
The Last Four Days
Director
1974
Movie
It's a Hard Life
Director
1964
Movie
San Babila-8 P.M.
Director
1976
Movie
The Violent Four
Screenplay
1968
Movie
Attention! Bandits!
Screenplay
1951
Movie
Kill and Pray
Producer
1967
Movie
Love and Anger
Producer
1969
Movie
Chronicle of Poor Lovers
Director
1954
Movie
The Hills Run Red
Director
1966