Giovanni Pastrone
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Film director, screenwriter, actor, technician
Personal Info
- Birth Place
- Montechiaro d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy
LEGACY & ORIGINS
Born 13 September 1883
Montechiaro d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy
Died 27 June 1959 (aged 75)
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Resting place Monumental Cemetery of Turin
Other names Piero Fosco
Occupations Film director, screenwriter, actor, technician
Years active 1908-1923
Notable work
The Fall of TroyCabiria
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. He worked during the era of the silent film and influenced many important directors in the international cinema with Cabiria, such as David Wark Griffith in The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916). Martin Scorsese believes that Pastrone's work in Cabiria can be considered as the invention of the epic movie and he deserves credit for many of the innovations often attributed to D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille. Among those was the extensive use of a moving camera, thus freeing the feature-length narrative film from "static gaze".
Giovanni Pastrone was born in Montechiaro d'Asti. He graduated from the Turin Conservatory with a degree in violin, while also completing his accounting studies. After trying his hand at various careers, he moved to Turin with his wife in 1903 to work as a second violinist in the orchestra of the Teatro Regio.
Montechiaro d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy
Died 27 June 1959 (aged 75)
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Resting place Monumental Cemetery of Turin
Other names Piero Fosco
Occupations Film director, screenwriter, actor, technician
Years active 1908-1923
Notable work
The Fall of TroyCabiria
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. He worked during the era of the silent film and influenced many important directors in the international cinema with Cabiria, such as David Wark Griffith in The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916). Martin Scorsese believes that Pastrone's work in Cabiria can be considered as the invention of the epic movie and he deserves credit for many of the innovations often attributed to D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille. Among those was the extensive use of a moving camera, thus freeing the feature-length narrative film from "static gaze".
Giovanni Pastrone was born in Montechiaro d'Asti. He graduated from the Turin Conservatory with a degree in violin, while also completing his accounting studies. After trying his hand at various careers, he moved to Turin with his wife in 1903 to work as a second violinist in the orchestra of the Teatro Regio.
Life & Career Details
Born 13 September 1883
Montechiaro d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy
Died 27 June 1959 (aged 75)
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Resting place Monumental Cemetery of Turin
Other names Piero Fosco
Occupations Film director, screenwriter, actor, technician
Years active 1908-1923
Notable work
The Fall of TroyCabiria
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. He worked during the era of the silent film and influenced many important directors in the international cinema with Cabiria, such as David Wark Griffith in The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916). Martin Scorsese believes that Pastrone's work in Cabiria can be considered as the invention of the epic movie and he deserves credit for many of the innovations often attributed to D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille. Among those was the extensive use of a moving camera, thus freeing the feature-length narrative film from "static gaze".
Giovanni Pastrone was born in Montechiaro d'Asti. He graduated from the Turin Conservatory with a degree in violin, while also completing his accounting studies. After trying his hand at various careers, he moved to Turin with his wife in 1903 to work as a second violinist in the orchestra of the Teatro Regio.
Montechiaro d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy
Died 27 June 1959 (aged 75)
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Resting place Monumental Cemetery of Turin
Other names Piero Fosco
Occupations Film director, screenwriter, actor, technician
Years active 1908-1923
Notable work
The Fall of TroyCabiria
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. He worked during the era of the silent film and influenced many important directors in the international cinema with Cabiria, such as David Wark Griffith in The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916). Martin Scorsese believes that Pastrone's work in Cabiria can be considered as the invention of the epic movie and he deserves credit for many of the innovations often attributed to D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille. Among those was the extensive use of a moving camera, thus freeing the feature-length narrative film from "static gaze".
Giovanni Pastrone was born in Montechiaro d'Asti. He graduated from the Turin Conservatory with a degree in violin, while also completing his accounting studies. After trying his hand at various careers, he moved to Turin with his wife in 1903 to work as a second violinist in the orchestra of the Teatro Regio.
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