Leo Pescarolo

Leo Pescarolo
Born	1935 Italy
Died	24 May 2006 (aged 70) Rabat, Morocco
Occupation	Film producer

Leo Pescarolo (1935 – 24 May 2006) was an Italian film producer.

The son of the actress Vera Vergani, Pescarolo entered the film industry at age 22, first as an assistant director of Gianni Franciolini and Mario Camerini, and later as a producer.^[1] He produced many films of Liliana Cavani, Giuliano Montaldo and almost all the works of Francesca Archibugi, as well as films by Federico Fellini, Francesco Rosi and Lars von Trier.^[1] In 1994 he won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Producer, for Archibugi's The Great Pumpkin, and in 1997 he won the David di Donatello in the same category for The Truce.^[2] Pescarolo was also a renowned gastronome, and he held a cooking column for a newspaper.^[1]

Selected filmography

• Galileo (1968)
• What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)
• Super Bitch (1973)
• Giordano Bruno (1973)
• Innocence and Desire (1974)
• Autopsy (1975)
• Red Rings of Fear (1978)
• Devil in the Flesh (1986)
• The Gold Rimmed Glasses (1987)
• Mignon Has Come to Stay (1988)
• The Sleazy Uncle (1989)
• Christian (1989)
• Time to Kill (1989)
• Towards Evening (1990)
• On My Own (1991)
• The Great Pumpkin (1993)
• With Closed Eyes (1994)
• The Truce (1997)
• Shooting the Moon (1998)
• Time Regained (1999)
• Dancer in the Dark (2000)
• The Luzhin Defence (2000)
• Dogville (2003)

References

1. Roberto Rombi (25 May 2006). "Addio Pescarolo produttore di Fellini e Rosi". La Repubblica. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
2. Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.

External links

• Leo Pescarolo at the Internet Movie Database