As Actor
The Haunting of Helena
2013
5.6
Giuliano Montaldo
Acting
Born
February 22, 1930
Place of Birth
Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Deceased
September 5, 2023
Biography
Born in 1930 in Genoa. Still a young student in 1950 when director Carlo Lizzani gave him a role in the film Achtung Banditi!. Following this experience he traveled to Rome where, after acting in film and theatre, he became the Assistant Director of Lizzani, Gillo Pontecorvo, Sergio Leone, Francesco Rosi. In 1960 he made his debut as a Director with Tiro Al piccione, a film about the Partisan Resistance, on competition at the 1961 Venice Film Festival. In 1964 he directed La Moglie Svedese, an episode of the film Extraconiugale. With his second movie, Una Bella Grinta, won the special prize of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival in 1965, a film about a social climber in Italy during the time of the economic miracle. That year he also directed the second unit of Pontecorvo's masterpiece The Battle Of Algiers.
The Filmography
As Director, As Writer
The Demons of St. Petersburg
2008
5.8
As Actor
The Caiman
2006
6.7
As Actor
Un eroe borghese
1995
6.5
As Actor
The Long Silence
1993
6.2
As Director, As Writer
Time to Kill
1989
5.2
As Director, As Writer
The Gold Rimmed Glasses
1987
6.2
As Director, As Writer
Control
1987
5.5
As Director, As Writer
A Dangerous Toy
1979
7.0
As Director, As Writer
Closed Circuit
1978
6.6
As Director, As Writer
And Agnes Chose to Die
1976
6.6
As Director, As Writer
Giordano Bruno
1973
6.4
As Director, As Writer
Sacco & Vanzetti
1971
7.6
As Director
Grand Slam
1967
7.1
As Director, As Writer
The Reckless
1965
5.4
As Writer
Duel of Champions
1961
5.3
As Director, As Writer
Pigeon Shoot
1961
7.2
As Actor
The Most Wonderful Moment
1957
5.8
As Actor
Attention! Bandits!
1951
6.0