Castellano & Pipolo

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Franco Castellano and Giuseppe "Pipolo" Moccia, first and third from the left respectively Castellanopipolo.jpg
Franco Castellano and Giuseppe "Pipolo" Moccia, first and third from the left respectively

Castellano & Pipolo is the stage name used by the pair of Italian screenwriters and film directors Franco Castellano [1] [2] (1925–1999) and Giuseppe "Pipolo" Moccia [2] (1933–2006). Together, they wrote the screenplays for about seventy films, and directed twenty films, mainly comedies. [3] [4] Their 1984 film Il ragazzo di campagna was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. [5]

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On 21 January 2025, the municipality of Rome placed a plaque at the Municipio III park in memory of the duo. [6]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Adriano Castellano". The New York Times . 2015. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Giuseppe Moccia". The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  3. ↑ Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN   8884401712.
  4. ↑ Giancarlo Colombo. Who's Who in Italy. Who's Who in Italy, 2006.
  5. ↑ "Italian Comedy – The State of Things". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  6. ↑ "Inaugurata a Roma un'area verde dedicata al duo Castellano e Pipolo" (in Italian). Roma Today. 23 January 2025.


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