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Castellano & Pipolo

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Franco Castellano
Born
Franco Castellano

20 June 1925
Died28 December 1999(1999-12-28) (aged 74)
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Giuseppe Moccia
Born
Giuseppe Moccia

22 June 1933
Died20 August 2006(2006-08-20) (aged 73)
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter

Castellano & Pipolo is the stage name used by the pair of Italian screenwriters and film directors Franco Castellano[1][2] (1925–1999) and Giuseppe Moccia[2] (1933–2006). Together, they wrote the screenplays for about seventy films, and directed twenty films, mainly comedies.[3][4] Their 1984 film Il ragazzo di campagna was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.[5]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Adriano Castellano". The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Giuseppe Moccia". The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  3. ^ Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
  4. ^ Giancarlo Colombo. Who's Who in Italy. Who's Who in Italy, 2006.
  5. ^ "Italian Comedy - The State of Things". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
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