Gualtiero Jacopetti

Gualtiero Jacopetti

Born: September 4, 1919
Died: August 17, 2011
in Barga, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
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Gualtiero Jacopetti (born 4 September 1919) is an Italian director of documentary films.

He was born in Barga, in northern Tuscany. With Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi is the originator of Mondo films, also called shockumentaries.

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Movies for Gualtiero Jacopetti...

The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti
Title: The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti
Released: June 1, 2012
Type: Movie
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The Godfathers of Mondo
Title: The Godfathers of Mondo
Released: October 1, 2003
Type: Movie
A look at the careers of Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi who invented the mondo genre with MONDO CANE in 1962. It follows their career until their split in following the making of GOODBYE UNCLE TOM in 1971.
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Goodbye Uncle Tom
Title: Goodbye Uncle Tom
Character: Himself
Released: September 30, 1971
Type: Movie
Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.
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Africa Addio
Title: Africa Addio
Character: Himself (uncredited)
Released: February 11, 1966
Type: Movie
A documentary about the end of the colonial era in Africa, portraying acts of animal poaching, violence, executions, and tribal slaughter.
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Women of the World
Title: Women of the World
Character: Himself
Released: January 30, 1963
Type: Movie
A mondo doc detailing the wild and weird world of women... around the world.
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A Day in Court
Title: A Day in Court
Character: Avv. Terenzio Anastasi
Released: January 28, 1954
Type: Movie
A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and characters.