Gillo Pontecorvo
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Italian film director
Why Is Gillo Pontecorvo Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Gilberto Pontecorvo was an Italian filmmaker associated with the political cinema movement of the 1960s and 1970s. He is best known for directing the landmark war docudrama The Battle of Algiers , which won the Golden Lion at the 21st Venice Film Festival, and earned him Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.
