Nanni Loy
Nanni Loy (born Giovanni Loi; 23 October 1925 – 21 August 1995) was an Italian film, theatre and TV director. Specifically, Nanni Loy was Sardinian, and one of several notable Sardinian film makers, including Franco Solinas. Loy was born in Cagliari, Sardinia: his father was Guglielmo Loy-Donà, a lawyer issue from a distinguished Sardinian-Venetian family, and his mother was the noblewoman Donna Anna Sanjust of the Marquesses of Neoneli. Rosetta Loy, an Italian novelist, is his sister-in-law.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1925-10-23 · Cagliari, Italy
- Died
- 1995-08-21
Known for
- My Friends Act III (1985) — Director
- Fiasco in Milan (1959) — Director
- Complexes (1965) — Self (segment "Guglielmo il Dentone")
- Why (1971) — Director
- Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976) — Director
- Café Express (1980) — Director
- The Four Days of Naples (1962) — Director
- Troubleshooters (1971) — Charles Varèse
- Three Tigers Against Three Tigers (1977) — se stesso
- Il marito (1958) — Director
- Where's Picone? (1984) — Director
- Fantasia Among the Squares (1971) — Dr. Severance
- The Head of the Family (1967) — Story
- Strange Occasion (1976) — Director
- Package, Double Package and Counterpackage (1993) — Director
- The Thieves (1959) — Screenplay