Carlo Borghesio
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Born | 24 June 1905 Turin, Italy |
Died | 12 November 1983 Turin, Italy | (aged 78)
Occupation | Director, Writer |
Years active | 1938-1955 (film) |
Carlo Borghesio (24 June 1905 – 12 November 1983) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Life and career[]
Born in Turin, Borghesio started his career as an assistant director in the second half of the 1930s, notably collaborating with Alessandro Blasetti and Mario Mattoli.[1] After collaborating to a number of screenplays, he made his directorial debut in 1939, co-directing with Mario Soldati the comedy film Due milioni per un sorriso.[1] Borghesio is best known for his association with Erminio Macario, he directed in a number of critically acclaimed comedies between the 1940s and the early 1950s.[1][2]
Selected filmography[]
- Two Million for a Smile (1939)
- The Sin of Rogelia Sanchez (1940)
- The Champion (1943)
- Two Hearts (1943)
- How I Lost the War (1947)
- L'eroe della strada (1948)
- How I Discovered America (1949)
- Captain Demonio (1950)
- Napoleon (1951)
- Il monello della strada (1951)
- Gli Angeli del quartiere (1952)
- The Steel Rope (1953)
- The Two Friends (1955)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
- ^ r.s.c (25 October 1998). "Mattoli fu la sua fortuna". La Stampa (293).
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Categories:
- 1905 births
- 1983 deaths
- Italian film directors
- 20th-century Italian screenwriters
- Film people from Turin
- Italian male screenwriters
- 20th-century Italian male writers