# Pasquale Squitieri > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pasquale_Squitieri > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pasquale_Squitieri.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasquale_Squitieri > Source revision: 1357087583 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Italian film director (1938–2017) Pasquale Squitieri Born (1938-11-27)27 November 1938 Naples, Italy Died 18 February 2017(2017-02-18) (aged 78) Rome, Italy Occupations Film director screenwriter Years active 1969–2017 Spouse Ottavia Fusco ​ (m. 2013)​ Partner Claudia Cardinale (1975–2017) Children 1 **Pasquale Squitieri** (27 November 1938 – 18 February 2017[1]) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. ## Life and career Born in [Naples](/source/Naples), Squitieri graduated in law, then was briefly involved in stage, as author ("*La battaglia*") and even actor (directed by [Francesco Rosi](/source/Francesco_Rosi)).[2] He made his film debut with *[Io e Dio](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Io_e_Dio&action=edit&redlink=1)*, produced by [Vittorio De Sica](/source/Vittorio_De_Sica), and, after two [Spaghetti Westerns](/source/Spaghetti_Western) he signed as **William Redford**, he focused on drama films centered on political and social issues.[2] Squitieri's film *[I Am the Law](/source/I_Am_the_Law_(1977_film))* won the [David di Donatello](/source/David_di_Donatello) for [Best Film](/source/David_di_Donatello_for_Best_Film) in 1978.[3] *[Li chiamarono... briganti!](/source/Li_chiamarono..._briganti!)*, a film about the brigand [Carmine Crocco](/source/Carmine_Crocco), was suspended from the cinemas and it is not available on the [home video](/source/Home_video) market. Squitieri was the partner of [Claudia Cardinale](/source/Claudia_Cardinale) since 1975.[2] His 1980 film *[Savage Breed](/source/Savage_Breed)* was entered into the [12th Moscow International Film Festival](/source/12th_Moscow_International_Film_Festival).[4] Since 2003, Squitieri had been romantically linked to actress and singer [Ottavia Fusco](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ottavia_Fusco&action=edit&redlink=1), whom he had married in December 2013. ## Selected filmography - *[Io e Dio](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Io_e_Dio&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1969) - *[Django Defies Sartana](/source/Django_Defies_Sartana)* (1970) - *[Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold](/source/Vengeance_Is_a_Dish_Served_Cold)* (1971) - *[Gang War in Naples](/source/Gang_War_in_Naples)* (1972) - *[Blood Brothers](/source/Blood_Brothers_(1974_film))* (1974) - *[The Climber](/source/The_Climber_(1975_film))* (1975) - *[I Am the Law](/source/I_Am_the_Law_(1977_film))* (1977) - *[Corleone](/source/Corleone_(film))* (1978) - *[L'arma](/source/L'arma)* (1978) - *[Savage Breed](/source/Savage_Breed)* (1980) - *[Claretta](/source/Claretta)* (1984) - *[The Repenter](/source/The_Repenter)* (1985) - *[Naso di cane](/source/Naso_di_cane)* (1986) (TV miniseries) - *[The Third Solution](/source/The_Third_Solution)* (1988) - *[Gli invisibili](/source/Gli_invisibili)* (1988) - *[Atto di dolore](/source/Atto_di_dolore)* (1990) - *[Il colore dell'odio](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Il_colore_dell%27odio&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1990) - *[Geografia della fame](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Geografia_della_fame&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1991) - *[Li chiamarono... briganti!](/source/Li_chiamarono..._briganti!)* (1999) - *[L'avvocato de Gregorio](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=L%27avvocato_de_Gregorio&action=edit&redlink=1)* (2003) - *[Father](/source/Father_(2011_film))* (2011) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Il Mattino (18 February 2017). ["Lutto nel cinema: è morto Squitieri, sceneggiatore e regista"](https://ilmattino.it/spettacoli/cinema/cinema_morto_registra_squitieri-2267056.html). Retrieved 18 February 2017. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bio_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bio_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-bio_2-2) Roberto Poppi. *I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri*. Gremese Editore, 2002. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["TV: PRESTO IL NUOVO 'PREFETTO DI FERRO'. PROTAGONISTA VINCENT PEREZ"](http://it.notizie.yahoo.com/tv-presto-il-nuovo-prefetto-di-ferro-protagonista-142900639.html). Yahoo! Notizie. 10 June 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Moscow1981_4-0)** ["12th Moscow International Film Festival (1981)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130421050907/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1981). *MIFF*. Archived from [the original](http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1981) on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013. ## External links - [Pasquale Squitieri](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0820155/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National United States France BnF data Italy Spain Netherlands Korea Poland Israel Artists FID People LibraryThing Deutsche Biographie Other IdRef --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Pasquale Squitieri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasquale_Squitieri) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasquale_Squitieri?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.