Gillo Pontecorvo
Gillo Pontecorvo was an Italian director, screenwriter and composer. Actively directing documentary films from 1953 to 2003, Pontecorvo is best known for his political dramas of the 1960s and 1970s.
The son of a wealthy Italian Jewish businessman, Pontecorvo was introduced to leftwing political ideas during his time studying chemistry at the University of Pisa. He started making short documentaries while living in Paris from 1938 until 1941, at which point he joined the Italian Communist...
