Biography

Giuseppe Amato was born on August 24, 1899 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He was a producer and writer, known for La Dolce Vita (1960), Bicycle Thieves (1948) and Umberto D. (1952). He died on February 3, 1964 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Father of Maria Amato, who is the wife of Italian actor Carlo Pedersoli a.k.a. Bud Spencer.

Important Italian writer-producer, former distributor of American films in Italy. Noted particularly for his work with directors DeSica, Duvivier and Fellini.

Father of Maria Amato, grandfather of producer Giuseppe Pedersoli, Christina Pedersoli and actress Diamy Spencer, great-grandfather of Carlo Pedersoli Jr. and Sebastiano Pigazzi.