Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
54
Gender
Male
Birthday
1909-04-05
Day of Death
2001-04-16 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
Trieste, Italy
Also Known As
Giacomo Gentilomo
Biography
Giacomo Gentilomo was an Italian film director and painter. He began his career in the film industry at the age of 21, working as a script supervisor and assistant director. Between 1933 and 1937, he was active as a film editor. Gentilomo made his directorial debut in 1939 with Il Carnevale di Venezia. His 1945 film O sole mio received critical acclaim and is considered one of the earliest examples of Italian neorealism due to its use of exterior scenes and non-professional actors. In the mid-1960s, dissatisfied with cinema, Gentilomo decided to abandon films and instead pursued his passion for painting.
