Gian Vittorio Baldi

Known for DirectingBorn 1930-10-30Died 2015-03-23Lugo, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italia

Gian Vittorio Baldi (30 October 1930 - 23 March 2015) was an Italian film producer, director and screenwriter. Born in Bologna , Emilia-Romagna , Baldi graduated in Social science at the Sapienza University in Rome and then enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. He debuted as a director of documentary shorts, and in 1958 he won the Golden Lion for best short film at the Venice Film Festival with Il piani delle zitelle (" The crying of spinsters "). He directed a number of independent films, generally characterized by social criticism. His film Fire! entered the main competition at the 29th Venice International Film Festival, while the film The Last Day of School Before Christmas (aka The Last Day of School Before Christmas ) was screened at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors 'Fortnight section. Baldi also worked as a producer of art films , producing films by Pier Paolo Pasolini , Robert Bresson , Nelo Risi , Straub-Huillet and Dacia Maraini , among others. A devotee of natural wines, from the 1990s Baldi was active as a winemaker and produced several award-winning wines, notably the Ronchi di Castelluccio.Read more

Movies & web series

Trio

La casa delle vedove

Luciano, una vita bruciata

Notes Towards an African Orestes

ZEN - Zona Espansione Nord

Four Nights of a Dreamer

The Last Day of School Before Christmas

Pigsty

That Tender Age

Latin Lovers

Wind from the East

Diary of a Schizophrenic Girl

Fire!

Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach

Invisible World

Fiammetta

Night of The Flowers

Luciano (via dei Cappellari)

Il Bar di Gigi