{{short description|Italian film director and author}} {{expand Italian|topic=bio|date=May 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Pier Francesco Pingitore | image = Pier_Francesco_Pingitore_con_la_Compagnia_del_Bagaglino_in_"50_Fumature_di_Renzi"_(cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Pier Francesco Pingitore in 2015. | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1934|9|27}} | birth_place = Catanzaro, Kingdom of Italy | death_date = | death_place = | height = | occupation = Film director <br/> Screenwriter }} '''Pier Francesco Pingitore''' (born 27 September 1934) is an Italian director, screenwriter, playwright and author, and co-founder of '''Il Bagaglino''' theatre company.
==Life and career== Born in Catanzaro, Pingitore started his career as a journalist.<ref name="Viventi">Giorgio Dell'Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. {{ISBN|9788831795999}}.</ref>
In 1965, with Mario Castellacci, Luciano Cirri, and Piero Palumbo, he co-founded "Il Bagaglino" theatre company (originally named "Bragaglino" as a tribute to Anton Giulio Bragaglia) in Rome.<ref name="Viventi" /><ref name="bio">{{Cite book |last=Roberto Poppi |title=I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri |year=2002 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002 |isbn=8884401712}}</ref> After local success, from 1973 the stage company gained success on television with the RAI variety show ''Dove sta Zazà?'' and with its numerous successor shows.<ref name="Viventi" /><ref name="bio" /><ref name="Grasso">Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, 1996 – 2003. {{ISBN|881150466X}}.</ref> Other members of the company included Leo Gullotta.<ref name=rt>{{cite web | title=Leo Gullotta | website=Rotten Tomatoes | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/leo_gullotta | access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{youtube|Leo Gullotta al bagaglino (personaggi vari) }}</ref>
In 1966, Pingitore released the song "Avanti ragazzi di Buda".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://loccidentale.it/lautore-di-ragazzi-di-buda-il-mio-inno-contro-il-conformismo/|title=L'autore di 'Ragazzi di Buda': "Il mio inno contro il conformismo"|first=Claudia|last=Passa|newspaper=L'Occidentale|date=1 April 2020|language=it}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite news|url=https://www.magyarhirlap.hu/kultura/20201019-magyar-allami-kituntetest-kap-az-elore-budai-sracok-dal-szerzoje|title=Magyar állami kitüntetést kap az Előre budai srácok-dal szerzője|newspaper=Magyar Hírlap|date=19 October 2020|language=hu}}</ref>
In 1968, Pingitore made his film debut directing a documentary about the protests of the European youth. From 1975 to 1983 and again in 1992 he wrote and directed a series of satirical comedies starring Pippo Franco along with several members of Il Bagaglino, targeting various aspects of Italian society including political scandals, football, school, and the music industry.<ref name="bio" /><ref name="Enciclop">{{Cite book |last=Gianni Canova |title=Enciclopedia del cinema |year=2005 |publisher=Garzanti, 2009 |isbn=881150516X}}</ref>
==Honours== In 2020, it was announced that Pingitore would be awarded the {{ill|Knight's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit|hu|A Magyar Érdemrend lovagkeresztje}} for writing "Avanti ragazzi di Buda".<ref name=":3" />
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