# Giorgio Simonelli > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Giorgio_Simonelli > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Giorgio_Simonelli.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Simonelli > Source revision: 1345144615 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Italian film director and film editor (1901–1966) Giorgio Simonelli Born 14 November 1901 (1901-11-14) Rome, Italy Died 3 October 1966(1966-10-03) (aged 64) Rome, Italy Occupations Director, screenwriter **Giorgio Simonelli** (14 November 1901[1] – 3 October 1966), was an Italian film director, editor, screenwriter and journalist. ## Life and career Born in [Rome](/source/Rome), Simonelli got a high school diploma in business studies, and then started working as a journalist and as a film critic for the weekly magazines *Avvenimento* and *Gente nostra*.[2] In 1928, at 22, he made his directorial debut co-directing with [Nicola Fausto Neroni](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicola_Fausto_Neroni&action=edit&redlink=1) *Maratona*, and two years later he was among the screenwriters of the first Italian talking film, *[The Song of Love](/source/The_Song_of_Love_(1930_film))* by [Gennaro Righelli](/source/Gennaro_Righelli).[2] From 1934 Simonelli mainly devoted himself to film editing, then, from 1940, he resumed his activity as a director specialising in commercially successful comedy films, in which he directed some of the most popular actors of the period, notably [Totò](/source/Tot%C3%B2), [Eduardo](/source/Eduardo_De_Filippo) and [Peppino De Filippo](/source/Peppino_De_Filippo), [Nino Taranto](/source/Nino_Taranto), [Renato Rascel](/source/Renato_Rascel), [Walter Chiari](/source/Walter_Chiari), [Ugo Tognazzi](/source/Ugo_Tognazzi), [Macario](/source/Erminio_Macario), [Alberto Sordi](/source/Alberto_Sordi) and [Aldo Fabrizi](/source/Aldo_Fabrizi).[2] He ended his career by filming many successful works interpreted by the comedy duo [Franco and Ciccio](/source/Franco_and_Ciccio).[2] His last film was the western-parody *[Two Sons of Ringo](/source/I_due_figli_di_Ringo)*, in which shortly before the end of filming he was replaced by [Giuliano Carnimeo](/source/Giuliano_Carnimeo) for health reasons.[3] ## Selected filmography ### Director - *[The Cuckoo Clock](/source/The_Cuckoo_Clock_(film))* (1938) - *[A Husband for the Month of April](/source/A_Husband_for_the_Month_of_April)* (1941) - *[The Two Tigers](/source/The_Two_Tigers_(film))* (1941) - *[Two Hearts Among the Beasts](/source/Two_Hearts_Among_the_Beasts)* (1943) - *[Eleven Men and a Ball](/source/Eleven_Men_and_a_Ball)* (1948) - *[The Transporter](/source/The_Transporter_(1950_film))* (1950) - *[I'm the Capataz](/source/I'm_the_Capataz)* (1951) - *[Auguri e figli maschi!](/source/Auguri_e_figli_maschi!)* (1951) - *[La paura fa 90](/source/La_paura_fa_90)* (1951) - *[I, Hamlet](/source/I%2C_Hamlet)* (1952) - *[Passionate Song](/source/Passionate_Song)* (1953) - *[Saluti e baci](/source/Saluti_e_baci)* (1953) - *[Love Song](/source/Love_Song_(1954_film))* (1954) - *[It Happened at the Police Station](/source/It_Happened_at_the_Police_Station)* (1954) - *[Noi siamo due evasi](/source/Noi_siamo_due_evasi)* (1959) - *[Robin Hood and the Pirates](/source/Robin_Hood_and_the_Pirates)* (1960) - *[Ursus in the Land of Fire](/source/Ursus_in_the_Land_of_Fire)* (1961) - *[I due mafiosi](/source/I_due_mafiosi)* (1964) - *[Two Mafiamen in the Far West](/source/Two_Mafiamen_in_the_Far_West)* (1964) - *[Two Mafiosi Against Goldfinger](/source/Two_Mafiosi_Against_Goldfinger)* (1965) - *[Two Sergeants of General Custer](/source/Two_Sergeants_of_General_Custer)* (1965) - *[I due toreri](/source/I_due_toreri)* (1965) - *[Two Sons of Ringo](/source/Two_Sons_of_Ringo)* (1966) ### Screenwriter - *[The Song of Love](/source/The_Song_of_Love_(1930_film))* (1930) - *[Fountain of Trevi](/source/Fountain_of_Trevi_(film))* (1960) - *[The Hot Port of Hong Kong](/source/The_Hot_Port_of_Hong_Kong)* (1962) ### Film editor - *[The Blue Fleet](/source/The_Blue_Fleet)* (1932) - *[Paradise](/source/Paradise_(1932_film))* (1932) - *[La Wally](/source/La_Wally_(film))* (1932) - *[Seconda B](/source/Seconda_B)* (1934) - *[Loyalty of Love](/source/Loyalty_of_Love)* (1934) - *[Don Bosco](/source/Don_Bosco_(1935_film))* (1935) - *[Golden Arrow](/source/Golden_Arrow_(1935_film))* (1935) - *[Cavalry](/source/Cavalry_(1936_Italian_film))* (1936) - *[Queen of the Scala](/source/Queen_of_the_Scala)* (1937) - *[Mother Song](/source/Mother_Song)* (1937) - *[Luciano Serra, Pilot](/source/Luciano_Serra%2C_Pilot)* (1938) - *[Battles in the Shadow](/source/Battles_in_the_Shadow)* (1938) - *[The Widow](/source/The_Widow_(1939_film))* (1939) - *[Cardinal Messias](/source/Cardinal_Messias)* (1939) - *[No Man's Land](/source/No_Man's_Land_(1939_film))* (1939) - *[A Thousand Lire a Month](/source/A_Thousand_Lire_a_Month)* (1939) - *[The Thrill of the Skies](/source/The_Thrill_of_the_Skies)* (1940) - *[A Husband for the Month of April](/source/A_Husband_for_the_Month_of_April)* (1941) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-statearchives_1-0)** ["Immagine 143 / Image 143 \[ Birth certificate no 5782 serial A \]"](http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/v/Archivio+di+Stato+di+Roma/Stato+civile+italiano/Roma/Nati/1901/n+5372-5968+Vol+10+Parte+1+Serie+A/007659511_01172.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=0) (in Italian). Archivio di Stato di Roma / States Archives in Rome > Antenati: Gli Archivi per la Ricerca Anagrafica / Ancestors: Archives for Research Registry. 19 November 1901. Retrieved 27 December 2016. Birth name: Giorgio Simonelli. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-reg_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-reg_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-reg_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-reg_2-3) Roberto Poppi (2002). *I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri*. Gremese Editore, 2002. pp. 402–403. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [8884401712](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/8884401712). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-jdg_3-0)** Marco Giusti (2007). *Dizionario del western all'italiana*. Mondadori, 2007. pp. 164–165. 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