Damiano Damiani (23 July 1922 – 7 March 2013) was an Italian screenwriter, film director, actor and writer. Poet and director Pier Paolo Pasolini referred to him as "a bitter moralist hungry for old purity", while film critic Paolo Mereghetti described him as "the most American of Italian directors" in terms of style.
Pasiano di Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Profession
Writer, Director, Actor
Star Sign
Leo
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Fact
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The May 6, 1970, issue of Variety, in the Italian Films Shooting column, lists the movie Violence presently filming in Morocco, director Damiano Damiani, actors Susan Strasberg, Farley Granger, Woody Strode, Adolfo Celi, Terence Hill. Producers Nyima Films and Western Intl. of Los Angeles. Distributor Paris-Etoile. No evidence the film was completed or distributed.
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Directed seventeen documentaries between 1946 and 1955 and collaborated on ten screenplays in the 1950's.
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His best known film abroad was the political thriller Confessions of a Police Captain (1971), starring Franco Nero. This was one of the first films to openly look at the all-pervading influence of the Mafia, based on actual events in Palermo in 1969.
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Studied at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan and began in films as an art director.
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He is an Italian screenwriter, film director, actor and writer.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ama il tuo nemico 2
2001
TV Movie screenplay
Ama il tuo nemico
1999
TV Movie story
Non parlo più
1995
TV Movie
Una bambina di troppo
1995
TV Movie screenplay
L'angelo con la pistola
1992
screenplay / story
Il sole buio
1990
Gioco al massacro
1989
Il treno di Lenin
1988
TV Movie story / teleplay
The Inquiry
1987
Pizza Connection
1985
screenplay / story
Parole e sangue
1982
TV Mini-Series screenplay - 3 episodes
L'avvertimento
1980
Un uomo in ginocchio
1979
screenplay / story
Goodbye & Amen
1978
I Am Afraid
1977
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
1975
screenplay
Perché si uccide un magistrato
1975
The Devil Is a Woman
1973
screenplay / story
Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma
1972
L'istruttoria è chiusa: dimentichi
1971
screenplay
Confessions of a Police Captain
1971
screenplay / story
La moglie più bella
1970
screenplay / story
Una ragazza piuttosto complicata
1969
writer
Il giorno della civetta
1968
writer
La strega in amore
1966
The Empty Canvas
1963
The Reunion
1963
screenplay / story
Arturo's Island
1962
Blood Feud
1961
Cleopatra's Daughter
1960
story and screenplay
Lipstick
1960
The Cossacks
1960
screenplay / story
Love Now, Pay Later
1959
story
Prisoner of the Volga
1959
writer
Head of a Tyrant
1959
writer
Herod the Great
1959
screenplay / story
Goddess of Love
1957
I misteri di Parigi
1957
Le giostre
1954
Documentary
Piovuto dal cielo
1953
writer
Uomini senza domani
1948
screenplay
La banda d'Affori
1947
Documentary
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Devil Is a Woman
1973
Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma
1972
L'istruttoria è chiusa: dimentichi
1971
Confessions of a Police Captain
1971
La moglie più bella
1970
Una ragazza piuttosto complicata
1969
Il giorno della civetta
1968
A Bullet for the General
1967
La strega in amore
1966
The Empty Canvas
1963
The Reunion
1963
Arturo's Island
1962
Blood Feud
1961
Lipstick
1960
Le giostre
1954
Documentary
La banda d'Affori
1947
Documentary
Assassini dei giorni di festa
2002
Ama il tuo nemico 2
2001
TV Movie
Alex l'ariete
2000
Ama il tuo nemico
1999
TV Movie
Una bambina di troppo
1995
TV Movie
Man of Respect
1993
TV Movie
L'angelo con la pistola
1992
Il sole buio
1990
Gioco al massacro
1989
Il treno di Lenin
1988
TV Movie
Imago urbis
1987
Documentary
The Inquiry
1987
Pizza Connection
1985
La piovra
1984
TV Mini-Series 6 episodes
Amityville II: The Possession
1982
Parole e sangue
1982
TV Mini-Series 3 episodes
L'avvertimento
1980
Un uomo in ginocchio
1979
Goodbye & Amen
1978
I Am Afraid
1977
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
1975
Perché si uccide un magistrato
1975
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Perché si uccide un magistrato
1975
Avvocato (uncredited)
Il delitto Matteotti
1973
Giovanni Amendola
L'istruttoria è chiusa: dimentichi
1971
Vanzi's lawyer (uncredited)
A Bullet for the General
1967
Journalist with General Elías (uncredited)
Production Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Uomini senza domani
1948
Inquietudine
1946
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Another World Is Possible
2001
Documentary support
Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli
1970
Documentary short support
Art Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Inquietudine
1946
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Possession of Damiani
2013
Video short
Himself
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
2006
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Damiano Damiani: The Making of Quien Sabe
2003
Documentary
Himself
Once Upon a Time in Europe
2001
TV Series documentary
Himself
Sergio Leone: Cinema, Cinema
2001
TV Movie documentary
Himself
L'uomo dal sigaro in bocca
1997
Documentary short
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1987
Alitalia Award
David di Donatello Awards
L'inchiesta (1987)
1985
Silver Berlin Bear - Honorable Mention
Berlin International Film Festival
Pizza Connection (1985)
1980
Special Mention
Taormina International Film Festival
L'avvertimento (1980)
1980
Cinema for UNICEF Award
Taormina International Film Festival
L'avvertimento (1980)
1971
Golden Prize
Moscow International Film Festival
Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica (1971)
1968
Golden Plate
David di Donatello Awards
Il giorno della civetta (1968)
1963
FIPRESCI Prize - Honorable Mention
Berlin International Film Festival
La rimpatriata (1963)
1962
Golden Seashell
San Sebastián International Film Festival
L'isola di Arturo (1962)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1987
Silver Ribbon
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
Best Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura)
L'inchiesta (1987)
1985
Golden Berlin Bear
Berlin International Film Festival
Pizza Connection (1985)
1980
Golden Charybdis
Taormina International Film Festival
L'avvertimento (1980)
1977
Golden Charybdis
Taormina International Film Festival
Io ho paura (1977)
1972
Silver Ribbon
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
Best Director (Regista del Miglior Film)
Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica (1971)