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Gualtiero Jacopetti

Gualtiero Jacopetti

Directing Born Sep 04, 1919 -- Died Aug 17, 2011 · Barga, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Gualtiero Jacopetti (born 4 September 1919) is an Italian director of documentary films. He was born in Barga, in northern Tuscany. With Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi is the originator of Mondo films, also called shockumentaries. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gualtiero Jacopetti,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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2 titles
Mondo Pazzo
5.0
Mondo Pazzo
Mondo Pazzo
1963 NR
From the burning monks of Saigon to the slave markets of the Sudan, from religious hysteria to ecolo...
Mondo Cane
7.0
Mondo Cane
Mondo Cane
1962 NR
A documentary that shocked many viewers at the time of its release, this film presents scenes from a...

Also Known For

Mondo Cane
6.3
movie
Mondo Cane
Producer
1962
Goodbye Uncle Tom
6.6
movie
Goodbye Uncle Tom
as Self (uncredited)
1971
A Day in Court
6.3
movie
A Day in Court
as Avv. Terenzio Anastasi
1954
Africa Blood and Guts
6.1
movie
Africa Blood and Guts
as Himself (uncredited)
1966
Mondo Cane 2
5.6
movie
Mondo Cane 2
as Narrator Voice
1963
The Joy of Living
6.1
movie
The Joy of Living
Idea
1961
Mondo candido
5.2
movie
Mondo candido
Director
1975
Women of the World
5.1
movie
Women of the World
as Himself
1963
The Godfathers of Mondo
6.9
movie
The Godfathers of Mondo
2003
European Nights
5.0
movie
European Nights
Writer
1959
The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti
movie
The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti
as Self
2012
World by Night
movie
World by Night
1960