Marcello Baldi

{{Short description|Italian filmmaker (1923–2008)}} '''Marcello Baldi''' (1 August 1923 – 22 July 2008) was an Italian director and a screenwriter.

== Life and career == Born in Telve Valsugana, from 1940 to 1954, Baldi worked as assistant director for, among others, Alessandro Blasetti, Lionello De Felice, Pietro Germi, and Romolo Marcellini.<ref name=fbd>{{cite web|title=Un omaggio al regista Baldi e all'Abruzzo|url=http://www.larena.it/dossiers/Dossier/210/745/?refresh_ce|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218122822/http://www.larena.it/dossiers/Dossier/210/745/?refresh_ce|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 February 2013|publisher=L'Arena|accessdate=10 January 2012|date=20 August 2009}}</ref> In 1955, he was chosen by CAI to direct the film documentary ''Italia K2'', centered upon the conquest of K2 by the Italian expedition led by Ardito Desio.<ref name=fbd/><ref>{{cite web|last=Leonardo Bizzaro|title=QUEGLI EROI IN CIMA AL K2|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1994/05/01/quegli-eroi-in-cima-al-k2.html|publisher=La Repubblica|accessdate=10 January 2012|date=1 May 1994}}</ref> He later filmed about one hundred of documentaries and more than thirty films.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tradizioni trentine in un film|url=http://www.intrentino.to/interne/articoli.aspx?IDA=580|publisher=InTrentino|accessdate=10 January 2012|date=27 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042523/http://www.intrentino.to/interne/articoli.aspx?IDA=580|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dario Baldi - Sulle orme del padre|url=http://cinema-tv.corriere.it/personaggi/dario-baldi/11_06_67.shtml|publisher=Il Corriere della Sera|accessdate=10 January 2012}}</ref>

His last film, ''Ciso'', was directed in conjunction with his son Dario, and won the 2008 Edition of the Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno.<ref>{{cite web|title="Ciso" vince la 62. Edizione del "Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno"|url=http://www.cinemaitaliano.info/news/02414/ciso-vince-la-62-edizione-del-festival-internazionale.html|publisher=Cinema Italiano|accessdate=10 January 2012|date=16 November 2008}}</ref>

== Selected filmography == * ''Il raccomandato di ferro'' (1959) * ''Venus Against the Son of Hercules'' (1962) * ''Night Train to Milan'' (1962) * ''Gideon and Samson: Great Leaders of the Bible'' (1965) * ''Countdown to Doomsday'' (1966) * ''The Hidden Pearl'' (2001)

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{IMDb name|0049737}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baldi, Marcello}} Category:1923 births Category:People from Trentino Category:2008 deaths Category:Italian film directors Category:20th-century Italian screenwriters Category:Italian male screenwriters Category:20th-century Italian male writers