Giovanni Pastrone
Directing·September 13, 1883·† June 27, 1959 — 75 years old·Montechiaro d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy
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Giovanni Pastrone, also known by his artistic name Piero Fosco (13 September 1883 - 27 June 1959), was an Italian film pioneer, director, screenwriter, actor and technician.
Pastrone was born in Montechiaro d'Asti. He worked during the era of the silent film, but he influenced many important directors in the international cinema, such as David Wark Griffith, in his Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916).
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1923Povere bimbeDirector · Screenplay1920Hedda GablerDirector1918La Moglie di ClaudioDirector1918Maciste atletaDirector1917The Light, Triptych of Modern LifeWriter1917The War and the Dream of MomiDirector · Writer1916The WarriorDirector · Writer · Screenplay1916The Royal TigressDirector1916The FireDirector · Writer1915MacisteScreenplay1914CabiriaDirector · Producer · Screenplay1913Stronger than Sherlock HolmesDirector1912At the Cinema ShowDirector1911The Fall of TroyDirector · Writer1910Agnese ViscontiDirector1909Enrico IIIDirector1909Julius CaesarGiulio Cesare · Director