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Gian Luigi Polidoro(1927-2000)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Actor
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Gian Luigi Polidoro
Gian Luigi Polidoro was born on 4 February 1927 in Bassano del Grappa, Veneto, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Paese d'America (1959), To Bed or Not to Bed (1963) and Rent Control (1981). He died on 7 September 2000 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
BornFebruary 4, 1927
DiedSeptember 7, 2000(73)
BornFebruary 4, 1927
DiedSeptember 7, 2000(73)
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

Known for

Paese d'America
Short
  • Director
  • 1959
To Bed or Not to Bed (1963)
To Bed or Not to Bed
6.2
  • Director
  • 1963
Rent Control (1981)
Rent Control
7.4
  • Director
  • 1981
Power Among Men
  • Director(as Gian-Luigi Polidoro)
  • 1959

Credits

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Director

  • Hitler's Strawberries
    7.2
    • Director
    • 1998
  • C'est quoi ce petit boulot? (1991)
    C'est quoi ce petit boulot?
    6.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1991
  • Below Zero (1987)
    Below Zero
    5.9
    • Director
    • 1987
  • Rent Control (1981)
    Rent Control
    7.4
    • Director
    • 1981
  • Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? (1974)
    Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
    6.5
    • Director
    • 1974
  • Fischia il sesso (1974)
    Fischia il sesso
    5.2
    • Director
    • 1974
  • Satyricon (1969)
    Satyricon
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Una moglie giapponese? (1968)
    Una moglie giapponese?
    6.5
    • Director
    • 1968
  • Nino Manfredi, Alberto Sordi, and Alexandra Stewart in Thrilling (1965)
    Thrilling
    6.4
    • Director (segment "Sadik")
    • 1965
  • Run for Your Wife (1965)
    Run for Your Wife
    5.9
    • Director
    • 1965
  • Hong Kong un addio (1963)
    Hong Kong un addio
    • Director
    • 1963
  • To Bed or Not to Bed (1963)
    To Bed or Not to Bed
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1963
  • Le svedesi (1960)
    Le svedesi
    5.1
    • Director
    • 1960
  • Paese d'America
    Short
    • Director
    • 1959
  • Power Among Men
    • Director (as Gian-Luigi Polidoro)
    • 1959

Writer

  • Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? (1974)
    Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
    6.5
    • story
    • 1974
  • Fischia il sesso (1974)
    Fischia il sesso
    5.2
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1974
  • Run for Your Wife (1965)
    Run for Your Wife
    5.9
    • screenplay (uncredited)
    • 1965
  • Hong Kong un addio (1963)
    Hong Kong un addio
    • writer
    • 1963
  • Le svedesi (1960)
    Le svedesi
    5.1
    • screenplay
    • 1960
  • Paese d'America
    Short
    • writer
    • 1959
  • Eva nera (1954)
    Eva nera
    6.4
    • writer (as Polidori)
    • 1954

Actor

  • FBI - Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore (1970)
    FBI - Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore
    6.9
    TV Mini Series
    • Ulisse
    • 1970
  • The Man with the Balloons (1967)
    The Man with the Balloons
    7.0
    • (as Igi Polidoro)
    • 1967
  • Top Crack (1967)
    Top Crack
    4.4
    • 1967
  • Kiss the Other Sheik (1965)
    Kiss the Other Sheik
    6.2
    • (segment "L'uomo dei 5 palloni", uncredited)
    • 1965
  • The Conjugal Bed (1963)
    The Conjugal Bed
    6.9
    • Igi (as Igi Polidoro)
    • 1963
  • Vittorio Gassman, Silvana Mangano, and Alberto Sordi in The Great War (1959)
    The Great War
    8.1
    • (uncredited)
    • 1959

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Polidori
  • Born
    • February 4, 1927
    • Bassano del Grappa, Veneto, Italy
  • Died
    • September 7, 2000
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy(undisclosed)

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