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3 unusual facts about Damiano Damiani


Damiano Damiani

Born in Pasiano di Pordenone, Friuli, Damiani studied at the Accademia di Brera in Milan, then made debuted in 1947 with the documentary La banda d'Affari.

Miou-Miou

In 1976 she appeared in one of the last spaghetti westerns, Damiano Damiani's A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot.

Tony Sperandeo

In 1985, he landed a role in a cinematographic film Pizza Connection, by Damiano Damiani.


Antonio Siciliano

From his debut in the early 70's Siciliano worked as editor in more than 150 Italian productions, including films by Giuliano Montaldo, Damiano Damiani, Luigi Comencini, Luciano Salce, Steno, E.B. Clucher, Massimo Troisi and Franco Giraldi.

Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli

Born in Rome, Piazzoli began working for the Italian movie industry in the early 1960s as a cameraman, under the direction of Vittorio De Sica, Damiano Damiani, Marco Ferreri, Florestano Vancini, Mauro Bolognini, Dino Risi and Pasquale Festa Campanile.

Roberto Gerardi

After having accompanied Giuseppe Rotunno as an additional cinematographer in The Great War (1959), in the early sixties he worked in art films such as Damiano Damiani's Arturo's Island and The Empty Canvas, but also to international co-productions such as Madame Sans-Gene by Christian-Jaque and The Condemned of Altona by Vittorio De Sica.


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