Mondo Cane
1962
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Gualtiero Jacopetti (Italian: [ɡwalˈtjɛːro jakoˈpetti]; 4 September 1919 – 17 August 2011) was an Italian documentary film director. With Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi, he is considered the originator of mondo films, also called "shockumentaries".
Aug 19, 2011 · Gualtiero Jacopetti, a filmmaker who titillated and disgusted moviegoers by roaming the globe to document bizarre, not to say creepy, phenomena — a chicken that smokes cigarettes, for instance —...
Gualtiero Jacopetti was born on 4 September 1919 in Barga, Tuscany, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for A Dog's Life (1962), Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971) and Mondo candido (1975). He was married to Jolanda Kaldaras.
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Aug 21, 2011 · So it’s worth recognizing the film’s writer and supervising director, Gualtiero Jacopetti, who died Aug. 17 at 91. Born in Barga, Tuscany, in 1919, Jacopetti served in the Italian...
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Aug 21, 2011 · Filmmaker Gualtiero Jacopetti — the man behind documentary “Mondo Cane” and its sequels, cult classics that collected examples of the creepy and bizarre from around the world — died Wednesday in...
Aug 21, 2011 · Filmmaker Gualtiero Jacopetti — the man behind documentary “Mondo Cane” and its sequels, cult classics that collected examples of the creepy and bizarre from around the world — died Wednesday in...
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Born in Barga, Tuscany, in 1919, Jacopetti was a firebrand who joined the Italian Resistance and helped Allied troops as they moved into Italy in 1943. After the Second World War, he turned to ...
