Pier Paolo Pasolini

Personal Info

Known For
Directing
Born
March 5, 1922 (53 years old)
Died
November 2, 1975
Place of Birth
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Popular Genres
Documentary Drama Comedy
Career Span
– Present

Pier Paolo Pasolini

10 nominations
62 credits

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.

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Personal Info

Born
Mar 5, 1922
From
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Known For
Directing
Career
– Present

Known For

The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales
1972
as Geoffrey Chaucer
The Decameron
The Decameron
1971
as Allievo di Giotto
Love Meetings
Love Meetings
1965
as Self - Interviewer (uncredited)
Oedipus Rex
Oedipus Rex
1967
as High Priest (uncredited)
Was Ist Kino ?
Was Ist Kino ?
2025
as Self (Archive Footage)
Pier Paolo Pasolini: An Italian Journey
Pier Paolo Pasolini: An Italian Journey
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Il falso bugiardo
Il falso bugiardo
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Scouting in Palestine
Scouting in Palestine
1965
as Self (uncredited)
Callas Assoluta
Callas Assoluta
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
1985
as Self
La Rabbia di Pasolini
La Rabbia di Pasolini
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000
as Self (archive footage)

Frequent Collaborators

Ninetto Davoli
Ninetto Davoli
3 shared projects
in "Oedipus Rex"
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Franco Citti
Franco Citti
3 shared projects
in "Oedipus Rex"
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Laura Betti
Laura Betti
2 shared projects
in "Oedipus Rex"
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Giuseppe Arrigio
2 shared projects
in "The Decameron"
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Elisabetta Genovese
Elisabetta Genovese
2 shared projects
in "The Decameron"
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Vittorio Fanfoni
Vittorio Fanfoni
2 shared projects
in "The Decameron"
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Silvana Mangano
Silvana Mangano
2 shared projects
in "Oedipus Rex"
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Hugh Griffith
Hugh Griffith
1 shared project
in "The Canterbury Tales"
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Josephine Chaplin
Josephine Chaplin
1 shared project
in "The Canterbury Tales"
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Alan Webb
Alan Webb
1 shared project
in "The Canterbury Tales"
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Vernon Dobtcheff
Vernon Dobtcheff
1 shared project
in "The Canterbury Tales"
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Jenny Runacre
Jenny Runacre
1 shared project
in "The Canterbury Tales"
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Award Recognition

0
Wins
10
Nominations

Complete Filmography

2025

Was Ist Kino ? as Self (Archive Footage)

2024

imagenaction as Archive footage (voice)

2023

Pier Paolo Pasolini - Una visione nuova as Self

2022

Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967 as Self

2021

The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) Award
Vor mir der Süden

2020

L’Ultima Partita di Pasolini
In a Future April: The Young Pasolini as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2019

Notarangelo the Soul Hunter as Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, Cinematographer as Himself

2018

Pier Paolo Pasolini: An Italian Journey as Self (archive footage) Award

2016

The Isle of Medea as Self (archive footage)

2015

Pasolini maestro corsaro
Pier Paolo Pasolini e i confini - Memorie a est del corsaro del novecento
Pasolini - Il corpo e la voce

2014

Pasolini, la passion de Rome as Self (archive footage)

2013

Io sono nata viaggiando as Self (archive footage)

2012

Pasolini's Last Words as Self (archive)

2009

The Ashes of Pasolini as Self

2008

Il falso bugiardo as Self (archive footage) Award
La Rabbia di Pasolini as Self (archive footage) Award
La rabbia 1, la rabbia 2, la rabbia 3... l'Arabia

2007

Callas Assoluta as Self (archive footage) Award

2006

Pasolini prossimo nostro as Se stesso
Pasolini and the Secret Humiliation of Chaucer as Interviewee (archive)

2005

Via Pasolini as Interviewee
Salò, l’ultimo film di Pier Paolo Pasolini

2004

Visioni della Medea (tracce di un film sognato)

2002

Bernardo Bertolucci: What Is the Purpose of Cinema? as Self (archive footage)
Salò: Yesterday and Today

2000

Federico Fellini's Autobiography as Self (archive footage)
Pasolini, el poeta en la playa as Archive footage

1998

Reunion; Salo as Himself (Archive)

1997

Fioretti de Pier Paolo Pasolini 1922/1975 as Lui-même

1995

Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo

1994

The Ashes of Pasolini

1985

Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema as Self

1981

Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die as Self- archive footage

1980

My Name Is Anna Magnani as Self (archive footage)

1976

Pier Paolo Pasolini : vivre et encore plus as Lui-même

1975

Notes Towards an African Orestes as Self (uncredited)

1974

The Walls of Sana'a as Narrator (voice)
Pasolini and the Form of the City as Himself

1972

The Canterbury Tales as Geoffrey Chaucer Award
S.P.Q.R.

1971

The Decameron as Allievo di Giotto Award
Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker's Life as Self

1969

Pasolini on 'Porcile' as Self

1968

Notes for a Film in India as Self

1967

Oedipus Rex as High Priest (uncredited) Award
Cinéma et Réalité as Self Award
Kill and Pray as Father Juan
Pier Paolo Pasolini: Primo piano. Personaggi e problemi dell'Italia d'oggi as Himself
The Song of Assisi
Pasolini interviews Ezra Pound as Himself

1966

Pasolini l'Enragé
Notes from a Critofilm

1965

Love Meetings as Self - Interviewer (uncredited)
Scouting in Palestine as Self (uncredited)

1960

The Hunchback as Monco Award
Second Look: Fellini as Self

Fils de Punk as Self (archive footage)

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

The Canterbury Tales
The Decameron
Love Meetings
Oedipus Rex

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