Director
Giovanni Pastrone
143 years · Montechiaro d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy · 11 films
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Giovanni Pastrone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Best known for
Filmography 11
La Moglie di Claudio
1918 · Director
Maciste atleta
1918 · Director
The War and the Dream of Momi
1917 · Director, Writer
The Warrior
1916 · Director, Writer
The Royal Tigress
1916 · Director
The Fire
1916 · Director, Writer
Maciste
1915 · Screenplay
Cabiria
1914 · Producer, Screenplay
On Filmtap
Stronger than Sherlock Holmes
1913 · Director
The Fall of Troy
1911 · Director, Writer
Julius Caesar
1909 · Giulio Cesare, Director