Alberto Grimaldi
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Born | (1925-03-28)28 March 1925 Naples, Kingdom of Italy |
Died | 23 January 2021 (aged 95) Miami, Florida, U.S. |
Occupation | Film producer |
Alberto Grimaldi (28 March 1925 – 23 January 2021)[1] was an Italian film producer.
Biography
Grimaldi was born in Naples and studied law. In 1962 he founded his own production company, P.E.A.,[2] and released his first feature film, The Shadow of Zorro the following year and his first Spaghetti Western I due violenti (1964). His producing credits include For a Few Dollars More in 1965, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in 1966 both with Sergio Leone who initially sought his legal experience advice,[3] Last Tango in Paris in 1972, and Gangs of New York in 2002.[4]
Grimaldi died of natural causes in Miami on 23 January 2021, at the age of 95.[5]
Alberto Grimaldi is survived by his children, Massimo, Maurizio, and Marcello, as well as three grandchildren.[6]
Selected filmography
- The Shadow of Zorro (L'ombra di Zorro, 1962)
- I due violenti (1964)
- For a Few Dollars More (Per qualche dollaro in più, 1965)
- Legacy of the Incas (Das Vermächtnis des Inka, 1965)
- Dollars for a Fast Gun (La muerte cumple condena, 1966)
- Requiem for a Secret Agent (Requiem per un agente segreto, 1966)
- Viva gringo (1966)
- The Big Gundown (La resa dei conti, 1966)
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (l buono, il brutto, il cattivo, 1966)
- Listen, Let's Make Love (Scusi, facciamo l'amore? 1967)
- Desert Commandos (Attentato ai tre grandi, 1967)
- Face to Face (Faccia a faccia, 1967)
- The Mercenary (Il mercenario, 1968)
- Spirits of the Dead (Histoires extraordinaires, 1968)
- Burn! (Queimada, 1969)
- The Devil by the Tail (Le diable par la queue, 1969)
- Sabata (Ehi amico... c'è Sabata, hai chiuso!, 1969)
- Rebus (1969)
- A Quiet Place in the Country (Un tranquillo posto di campagna, 1969)
- Fellini Satyricon (Satyricon, 1969)
- Oceano (1971)
- Adiós, Sabata (Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di..., 1971)
- The Decameron (Il Decameron, 1971)
- Return of Sabata (È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta, 1971)
- Africa ama (1971)
- Trastevere (1971)
- The Canterbury Tales (I Racconti di Canterbury, 1972)
- Man of the East (E poi lo chiamarono il magnifico, 1972)
- Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi, 1972)
- Man of La Mancha (1972)
- They Believed He Was No Saint (La caza del oro, 1972)
- Bawdy Tales (Storie scellerate, 1973)
- Arabian Nights (Il fiore delle mille e una notte, 1974)
- ll mio nome è Scopone e faccio sempre cappotto (1975)
- Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma, 1976)
- Illustrious Corpses (Cadaveri eccellenti, 1976)
- 1900 (Novecento, 1976)
- Fellini's Casanova (Il Casanova di Federico Fellini, 1976)
- Lovers and Liars (Viaggio con Anita, 1979)
- Corse a perdicuore (1980)
- Ginger and Fred (Ginger e Fred, 1986)
- Gangs of New York (2002)
References
- ^ Shafer, Ellise (24 January 2021). "Alberto Grimaldi Dead: 'Gangs of New York' Producer Was 95". Variety. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ Burke, Frank (13 April 2017). A Companion to Italian Cinema. John Wiley & Sons. p. 91. ISBN 9781119006176.
- ^ "Alberto Grimaldi - film producer. Spaghetti Western trilogy gave Naples producer his big break". Italy On This Day. Blogspot. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ^ Claude Brodesser; Charles Lyons (3 April 2000). "'Gangs' green for Grimaldi".
- ^ Alberto Grimaldi, morto il produttore di Leone (e dei film scandalo) (in Italian)
- ^ Shafer, Ellise (25 January 2021). "Alberto Grimaldi, Producer of 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' and 'Gangs of New York,' Dies at 95". Variety. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
External links
- Alberto Grimaldi at IMDb
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- Dino De Laurentiis / Carlo Ponti (1955)
- Cines (1956)
- Carlo Ponti (1957)
- Dino De Laurentiis (1958)
- Franco Cristaldi (1959)
- Goffredo Lombardo (1960)
- Dino De Laurentiis (1961)
- Alfredo Bini (1962)
- Goffredo Lombardo (1963)
- Angelo Rizzoli (1964)
- Franco Cristaldi (1965)
- Marco Vicario (1966)
- Antonio Musu (1967)
- Alfredo Bini (1968)
- Luigi Carpentieri / Ermanno Donati (1969)
- Alberto Grimaldi (1970)
- Silvio Clementelli (1971)
- Mario Cecchi Gori (1972)
- Alberto Grimaldi (1973)
- Franco Cristaldi (1974)
- Rusconi Film (1975)
- Andrea Rizzoli (1976)
- Edmondo Amati (1977)
- RAI TV (1978)
- RAI TV (1979)
- Franco Cristaldi / Nicola Carraro (1980)
- Fulvio Lucisano / Mauro Berardi (1981)
- Mario Cecchi Gori / Vittorio Cecchi Gori (1982)
- RAI TV (1983)
- Gianni Minervini (1984)
- Fulvio Lucisano (1985)
- Fulvio Lucisano (1986)
- Franco Committeri (1987)
- Angelo Barbagallo / Nanni Moretti (1988)
- Mario Cecchi Gori / Vittorio Cecchi Gori (1989)
- Claudio Bonivento (1990)
- Mario Cecchi Gori / Vittorio Cecchi Gori (1991)
- Angelo Barbagallo / Nanni Moretti (1992)
- Angelo Rizzoli (1993)
- Fulvio Lucisano / Leo Pescarolo (1994)
- Mario Cecchi Gori / Vittorio Cecchi Gori (1995)
- Angelo Barbagallo / Nanni Moretti (1996)
- Antonio Avati / Pupi Avati / Aurelio De Laurentiis (1997)
- Marco Risi / Maurizio Tedesco (1998)
- Medusa Produzione (1999)
- Giuseppe Tornatore (2000)
- Tilde Corsi / Gianni Romoli (2001)
- Fandango (2002)
- Fandango (2003)
- Angelo Barbagallo (2004)
- Aurelio De Laurentiis (2005)
- Riccardo Tozzi / Marco Chimenz / Giovanni Stabilini (2006)
- Angelo Barbagallo / Nanni Moretti (2007)
- Domenico Procacci (2008)
- Fabio Conversi / Maurizio Coppolecchia / Nicola Giuliano / Andrea Occhipinti / Francesca Cima (2009)
- Giorgio Diritti / Simone Bachini (2010)
- Domenico Procacci (2011)
- Domenico Procacci (2012)
- Isabella Cocuzza / Arturo Paglia (2013)
- Domenico Procacci / Matteo Rovere (2014)
- Luigi Musini / Olivia Musini (2015)
- Pietro Valsecchi (2016)
- Attilio De Razza / Pierpaolo Verga (2017)
- Archimede / Rai Cinema / Matteo Garrone / Paolo Del Brocco (2018)
- Groenlandia / Rai Cinema / 3 Marys Entertainment (2019)
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