Alessandro Blasetti
Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film Quattro passi fra le nuvole. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the Fascist era. He is sometimes known as the "father of Italian cinema" because of his role in reviving the struggling industry in the late 1920s.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1900-07-03 · Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Died
- 1987-02-01
Known for
- Bellissima (1952) — Self
- A Difficult Life (1961) — Self
- Too Bad She's Bad (1954) — Director
- Four Steps in the Clouds (1942) — Director
- What a Woman! (1956) — Director
- The Testimony (1946) — Supervising Technical Director
- The Iron Crown (1941) — Screenplay
- Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966) — Director
- First Communion (1950) — Director
- The Jester's Supper (1942) — Director
- 1860 (1934) — Director
- The Anatomy of Love (1954) — Director
- To Arms, We Are Fascists! (1962) — Thanks
- Times Gone By (1952) — Director
- The Four Truths (1962) — (segment "Le lièvre et le tortue")
- Fabiola (1949) — Director