
Directing
Giulio Gianini
Born — Died
1927-02-09 — 2009-05-16
Place of birth
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Known for
Directing
Credits
17 titles
Giulio Gianini was born on 9 February 1927 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a cinematographer and director , known for Pulcinella, La gazza ladra and Il viaggio di Marco Polo. He died on 16 May 2009 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
Known for
9.0Adapted from the book by Luzzati.
Alì Babà
1970
6.5Emanuele Luzzati was a talented artist, director and animator. One of his best known short films was 1978’s The Magic Flute set to the music from Mozart’s two-act opera. As a stage director, Luzzati had mounted a lavish 1963 full-scale production of the opera and fell in love with the music and the story. His animated The Magic Flute, made fifteen years later, was met with glowing reviews and multiple awards. He followed the completion of the film with a children’s picture book that succinctly retells the story. (by Joseph Crisalli)
The Magic Flute
1978
NRThe tale of an odd fish named Swimmy
Swimmy
1966
7.5A pair of shipwrecked lovers are captured by a Prince who hopes to make the woman his bride.
An Italian in Algiers
1969
8.0Pulcinella is poor and tormented by his wife. But one day a magical fish bites his line and promises to satisfy his every desire if he lets him live. From that moment all the couple's dreams come true. Until due to too much greed...
Pulcinella e il pesce magico
1981
6.7Oscar nominated animated short from 1973. Pulcinella dreams himself into a wild nightmare of a dream that leads us through an abstract world.
Pulcinella
1973
Behind the camera
9.0Adapted from the book by Luzzati.
Alì Babà
1970
6.5Emanuele Luzzati was a talented artist, director and animator. One of his best known short films was 1978’s The Magic Flute set to the music from Mozart’s two-act opera. As a stage director, Luzzati had mounted a lavish 1963 full-scale production of the opera and fell in love with the music and the story. His animated The Magic Flute, made fifteen years later, was met with glowing reviews and multiple awards. He followed the completion of the film with a children’s picture book that succinctly retells the story. (by Joseph Crisalli)
The Magic Flute
1978
6.5Emanuele Luzzati was a talented artist, director and animator. One of his best known short films was 1978’s The Magic Flute set to the music from Mozart’s two-act opera. As a stage director, Luzzati had mounted a lavish 1963 full-scale production of the opera and fell in love with the music and the story. His animated The Magic Flute, made fifteen years later, was met with glowing reviews and multiple awards. He followed the completion of the film with a children’s picture book that succinctly retells the story. (by Joseph Crisalli)
The Magic Flute
1978
NRThe tale of an odd fish named Swimmy
Swimmy
1966
7.5A pair of shipwrecked lovers are captured by a Prince who hopes to make the woman his bride.
An Italian in Algiers
1969
8.0Pulcinella is poor and tormented by his wife. But one day a magical fish bites his line and promises to satisfy his every desire if he lets him live. From that moment all the couple's dreams come true. Until due to too much greed...
Pulcinella e il pesce magico
1981
6.7Oscar nominated animated short from 1973. Pulcinella dreams himself into a wild nightmare of a dream that leads us through an abstract world.
Pulcinella
1973
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Pulcinella e il pesce magico
1981
NRA tale about Paladins where western knights thwart their Moorish tricks to push back these black-skined conquerors.
The Paladins of France
1961
6.5A king and his hunting party shoot down birds. A magpie escapes the onslaught of arrows and wreaks havoc on the hunting party.
The Thieving Magpie
1965
NRPrince Ivan, in search of the Firebird, encounters love and a terrible wizard.
The Firebird
1981
NRAnimated short film
The Bird Of Fire
1981
No synopsis available yet.
L'augellin Belverde
1973
Animated short film
There Were Three Brothers
1979
Animated short film
The Snake Woman
1978
NRSWIMMY, FREDERICK, CORNELIUS, FISH IS FISH, and IT'S MINE! are magically brought to life.
Five Lionni Classics
1986
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Icaro
1987
