Giovanni Pastrone

Giovanni Pastrone
Born	13 September 1883 Montechiaro d'Asti, Italy
Died	27 June 1959 (aged 75) Turin, Italy
Other names	Piero Fosco
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter, actor, technician
Notable work	Cabiria

Giovanni Pastrone, also known by his artistic name Piero Fosco (13 September 1883 - 27 June 1959), was an Italian film pioneer, director, screenwriter, actor and technician.

Pastrone was born in Montechiaro d'Asti. He worked during the era of the silent film and influenced many important directors in the international cinema, such as David Wark Griffith, in his Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916).

He died in Turin on 27 June 1959.

Complete filmography

Directing

• La glu (1908)
• Giordano Bruno eroe di Valmy (1908)
• Giulio Cesare (1909)
• La caduta di Troia (The Fall of Troy, 1911)
• Più forte che Sherlock Holmes (1913)
• Cabiria (1914)
• Tigre reale (1916)
• Il fuoco (The Fire, 1916)
• Maciste alpino (The Warrior, 1916)
• La guerra e il sogno di Momi (1917)
• Maciste the Athlete (1918)
• Hedda Gabler (1920)
• Povere bimbe (1923)

Acting

• Giulio Cesare (1909)

External links

• Giovanni Pastrone at the Internet Movie Database
• Giovanni Pastrone in Epdlp (Spanish)