Guido Brignone

Guido Brignone
Born	(1886-12-06)December 6, 1886 Milan, Italy
Died	March 6, 1959(1959-03-06) (aged 72) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1925–1959

Guido Brignone (6 December 1886 – 6 March 1959) was an Italian film director and actor. He was the father of actress Lilla Brignone and younger brother of actress Mercedes Brignone.

Brignone was born in Milan, Italy. He was the first Italian Director to win the Venice Film Festival or Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica, the oldest film festival in the world, with Best Italian Film, Teresa Confalonieri (1934).

He died in Rome in 1959.

Selected filmography

• Odette (1916)
• The Two Sergeants (1922)
• Emperor Maciste (1924)
• Saetta Learns to Live (1924)
• Maciste in the Lion's Cage (1926)
• The Giant of the Dolomites (1927)
• Mary's Big Secret (1928)
• Before the Jury (1931)
• The Charmer (1931)
• La Wally (1932)
• Pergolesi (1932)
• Paradise (1932)
• Red Passport (1935)
• Ginevra degli Almieri (1935)
• The Ancestor (1936)
• To Live (1937)
• For Men Only (1938)
• Under the Southern Cross (1938)
• Baron Carlo Mazza (1948)
• The Ungrateful Heart (1951)
• Ivan, Son of the White Devil (1953)
• Sunset in Naples (1955)
• The Courier of Moncenisio (1956)

External links

• Guido Brignone at the Internet Movie Database