Giovanni Pastrone
director, producer, writer
- Born:
- 1883-09-13, Montechiaro d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy
- Died:
- 1959-06-27, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
- Professions:
- director, producer, writer
Biography
A quiet boy from Montechiaro d’Asti, born 13 September 1883, grew up to yank cinema into the epic era. Under the alias “Piero Fosco,” Giovanni Pastrone turned Turin’s studios into launchpads for colossal visions: first came Julius Caesar in 1909, then the infernal triptych Il fuoco (la favilla – la vampa – la cenere) in 1916, and the spectacle that stunned the world, Cabiria, in 1914. Writer, director, innovator, he kept pushing reels until the final curtain fell on 27 June 1959 in Turin, the same Piedmont city that had fueled his dreams.
