Giovanni Pastrone Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
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).He died in Turin on 27 June 1959.
Pioneering Italian producer/director of pre-Hollywood historical epics, done on a grand scale and with lavish, meticulously researched sets. His most famous film was Cabiria (1914), which was said to have influenced noted American filmmaker D.W. Griffith. Pastrone, who had begun in the industry as an administrator in 1905, successfully promoted his movies via his own production company, Itala Film, and through ownership of a chain of picture theatres. He retired a wealthy man in 1923.
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As a teenager, was an ardent cello player. Actually constructed several instrument himself by hand.
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Invented one of the first models of platform dolly and some other technical devices.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Povere bimbe
1923
Hedda Gabler
1920
as Piero Fosco, supervising
La moglie di Claudio
1918
supervising director
Outwitting the Hun
1918
Maciste atleta
1918
La guerra ed il sogno di Momi
1917
Short co-director - as Piero Fosco
The Warrior
1916
Tigre reale
1916
as Piero Fosco
Il fuoco (la favilla - la vampa - la cenere)
1916
as Piero Fosco
Cabiria
1914
Più forte che Sherlock Holmes
1913
Short
The Fall of Troy
1911
Short
Primavera di lacrime
1911
Short
An Enemy of the Dust
1910
Short
Agnese Visconti
1910
Short
Julius Caesar
1909
Short
Henry the Third
1909
Short
Rigoletto
1909/II
Short
La glu
1908
Giordono Bruno
1908
Short
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
La luz, tríptico de la vida moderna
1917
film Il Fuoco
La guerra ed il sogno di Momi
1917
Short screenplay / story
The Warrior
1916
screenplay
Il fuoco (la favilla - la vampa - la cenere)
1916
Marvelous Maciste
1915
screenplay
Cabiria
1914
The Fall of Troy
1911
Short
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Outwitting the Hun
1918
producer
Cabiria
1914
producer
The Palace of Flames
1912
supervising producer
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Julius Caesar
1909
Short
Giulio Cesare
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Marvelous Maciste
1915
supervisor
Known for movies
Cabiria (1914) as Director
La guerra ed il sogno di Momi (1917) as Director
The Fall of Troy (1911) as Director
Il fuoco (la favilla - la vampa - la cenere) (1916) as Director
$16 Million
