Gualtiero Jacopetti(1919-2011)

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Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.

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Les négriers (1971)

Gualtiero Jacopetti was born on 4 September 1919 in Barga, Tuscany, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Mondo cane (1962), Les négriers (1971) and Mondo candido (1975). He was married to Jolanda Kaldaras. He died on 17 August 2011 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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Mondo cane

6.2

Writer

1962

Les négriers

6.5

Writer

1971

Mondo candido

6.8

Writer

1975

La femme à travers le monde

5.5

Writer

1963

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Writer

Operazione ricchezza
6.2
- written by
- 1985
Fangio
6.8
- Writer
- 1980
Mondo candido
6.8
- written by
- 1975
Les négriers
6.5
- written by
- 1971
Adieu Afrique
7.0
- Writer (as Jacopetti)
- 1966
La femme à travers le monde
5.5
- commentary
- 1963
Mondo cane
6.2
- Writer
- 1962
Quelle joie de vivre
6.5
- idea
- 1961
Les nuits du monde
6.4
- commentary
- 1960
Nuits d'Europe
6.7
- writer
- 1959

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Alternative name
- Jacopetti
Born
- September 4, 1919
- Barga, Tuscany, Italy
Died
- August 17, 2011
- Rome, Lazio, Italy(undisclosed)
Spouse
- Jolanda KaldarasJune 1955 - 1964 (annulled)
Publicity listings
- 1 Interview
- 3 Articles

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Trivia
A notorious playboy in his early years, the Italian journalist also maintained a lurid past. He once seduced an under aged gypsy girl despite the armed resistance of her gypsy tribe. He was also once sentenced to three months in a Hong Kong jail for for the abduction of two under aged Chinese girls.