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Pier Paolo Pasolini

Born 1922-03-05

Pier Paolo Pasolini (March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975) was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure. He demonstrated a unique and extraordinary cultural versatility, becoming a highly controversial figure in the process.

Known for

La Dolce Vita 1960 · 8.0 Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom 1976 · 5.8 Nights of Cabiria 1957 · 8.1 Teorema 1968 · 7.0 The Gospel According to St. Matthew 1965 · 7.6 The Decameron 1971 · 7.0 Mamma Roma 1962 · 7.8 Accattone 1961 · 7.6 Arabian Nights 1974 · 6.6 The Canterbury Tales 1972 · 6.3 Oedipus Rex 1967 · 7.2 The Hawks and the Sparrows 1966 · 7.2 Pigsty 1969 · 6.6 Ro.Go.Pa.G. 1963 · 6.9 Notes Towards an African Orestes 1975 · 6.7 La ragazza in vetrina 1961 · 7.0 Ostia 1970 · 6.7