Giovanni Pastrone: Biography, Facts and Career
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Giovanni Pastrone, also known by his artistic name Piero Fosco (13 September 1883 – 27 June 1959), was an Italian film pioneer, director, screenwriter, actor and technician. He worked during the era of the silent film and influenced many important directors in the international cinema with Cabiria, such as David Wark Griffith in The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916). Martin Scorsese believes that Pastrone's work in Cabiria can be considered as the invention of the epic movie and he deserves credit for many of the innovations often attributed to D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille. Among those was the extensive use of a moving camera, thus freeing the feature-length narrative film from "static gaze".
Quick facts about Giovanni Pastrone
- Full name: Giovanni Pastrone
- Born: 1883-09-13
- Nationality: Italy
- Known as: Actor
- Wikidata ID: Q53043
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Who is Giovanni Pastrone?
Giovanni Pastrone, also known by his artistic name Piero Fosco (13 September 1883 – 27 June 1959), was an Italian film pioneer, director, screenwriter, actor and technician.
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Giovanni Pastrone is Italy.
When was Giovanni Pastrone born?
Giovanni Pastrone was born on 1883-09-13.
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