Gualtiero Jacopetti Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Gualtiero Jacopetti was born on September 4, 1919 in Barga, Tuscany, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Mondo cane (1962), Africa addio (1966) and Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971). He died on August 17, 2011 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
While co-directing and co-writing the documentary Mondo cane (1962) [Women of the World] and filming in the States, he was in a car headed from Las Vegas to Los Angeles with fellow writer/director 'Paolo Cav. The speeding driver lost control, blew a tire, and the car flipped. Belinda Lee was instantly killed while the other suffered non-threatening injuries. Jacopetti was still hospitalized and did not attend Lee's funeral a week later.
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The veteran journalist was once the editor-in-chief of a leading Italian magazine.
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A notorious playboy in his early years, the Italian journalist also maintained a lurid past. He once seduced an under aged gypsy girl despite the armed resistance of her gypsy tribe. He was also once sentenced to three months in a Hong Kong jail for for the abduction of two under aged Chinese girls.
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As an editor, helped start the Italian magazine L'Espresso, and then moved on to making newsreels before directing documentaries and movies.
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Reportedly, he wanted to be buried next to the English actress Belinda Lee, a former girlfriend, who was killed in a car accident in 1961 when they were traveling together in the US. Jacopetti was injured in the crash.
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During World War II, he helped Allied troops in the invasion of Italy.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fangio: Una vita a 300 all'ora
1980
Documentary
Mondo candido
1975
story and screenplay
Addio zio Tom
1971
written by
Africa addio
1966
Documentary
La donna nel mondo
1963
Documentary writer - uncredited
Mondo cane
1962
Documentary
Che gioia vivere
1961
story
World by Night
1960
Documentary
European Nights
1959
Documentary writer
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mondo candido
1975
Addio zio Tom
1971
Witchdoctor in Tails
1966
Documentary
Africa addio
1966
Documentary
Mondo pazzo
1963
Documentary
La donna nel mondo
1963
Documentary
Mondo cane
1962
Documentary
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Addio zio Tom
1971
Africa addio
1966
Documentary
La donna nel mondo
1963
Documentary
Mondo cane
1962
Documentary
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Addio zio Tom
1971
producer
Mondo pazzo
1963
Documentary producer
La donna nel mondo
1963
Documentary producer
Mondo cane
1962
Documentary producer
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Un giorno in pretura
1954
Avvocato Terenzi (uncredited)
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
La donna nel mondo
1963
Documentary
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Black Sunshine: Conversations with T.F. Mou
2011
Documentary special thanks
The Godfathers of Mondo
2003
Video documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
L'importanza di essere scomodo Gualtiero Jacopetti
$5 Million
