Giovanni Grimaldi
Giovanni Grimaldi (often Gianni Grimaldi, born November 14, 1917 in Catania, † February 27, 2001 in Rome ) was an Italian screenwriter and film director.
Life
Grimaldi, who had been trained as a lawyer and journalist who initially worked for several newspapers and periodicals such humorous " Trilussa ", " Marc'Aurelio " and with Giovanni Guareschi in " Candido ". As a writer and director he was in theater, television - with Domenico Modugno was " Scaramouche " as a musical, with Vittorio Gassman was "Il matta gates " is sent - and radio (Extending his contributions to " Rosso e nero " ) operates, in 1946 he founded with Ruggero Maccari Pinco Pallino the magazine. At the beginning of the 1950s began a fruitful work as a screenwriter for parodies, comedies and farces, but also for spaghetti westerns. Since 1964 he was also sometimes responsible as director for these films. Often he worked as a screenwriter with Bruno Corbucci, whom he knew since common works for theater and television, together, under the name of Jean Grimaud; as a director with Franco & Ciccio and Lando Buzzanca.