Personalities / Italy 4 articles available in total starting from 13/10/2006. Last article published on 12/01/2015. Farewell to Francesco Rosi, the maestro of civic engagementFuneral today in Rome of the director passed away on Saturday at 92 years of age. "He was one of the best directors in the world, not just in Italy", recalled Paolo Sorrentino 12/01/2015 | Personalities | ItalyNanni Moretti parts company with Turin Film FestivalNanni Moretti has stepped down as Artistic Director of the Turin Film Festival to get back behind the camera and shoot the film whose script he is said to be writing already. "I am pleased to be... 08/12/2008 | Personalities | ItalyCarlo Ponti dies, taking with him a part of film historyItalian producer Carlo Ponti passed away last night at the age of 94 in a hospital in Geneva, where he had been admitted ten days earlier for pulmonary complications. Married to Sofia Loren since... 10/01/2007 | Personalities | ItalyGillo Pontecorvo diesDirector Gillo Pontecorvo died yesterday evening in Rome. He was one of Italy’s most renowned filmmakers, a winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for The Battle of Algiers and a... 13/10/2006 | Personalities | Italy