Giuseppe Moccia

Giuseppe Moccia
Born	22 June 1933 Viterbo, Italy
Died	20 August 2006 (aged 73) Rome, Italy
Other names	Pipolo
Occupation	Screenwriter Film director
Years active	1958-2001

Giuseppe Moccia (22 June 1933 – 20 August 2006) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 96 films between 1958 and 2001. He also directed 21 films between 1964 and 1997. His 1984 film Il ragazzo di campagna was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.^[1]

He was born in Viterbo, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.

Selected filmography

• My Wife's Enemy (1959)
• Tipi da spiaggia (1959)
• Guardatele ma non toccatele (1959)
• Signori si nasce (1960)
• Totò, Fabrizi e i giovani d'oggi (1960)
• The Fascist (1961)^[2]
• 5 marines per 100 ragazze (1962)
• Obiettivo ragazze (1963)
• The Thursday (1963)
• Slalom (1965)
• The Man, the Woman and the Money (1965)
• I nuovi mostri (1977)
• Il ragazzo di campagna (1984)

References

1. "Italian Comedy - The State of Things". labiennale.org. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
2. The New York Times

External links

• Giuseppe Moccia at the Internet Movie Database
• Giuseppe Moccia at AllMovie