Gian Vittorio Baldi

Biography

Gian Vittorio Baldi (30 October 1930 - 23 March 2015) was an Italian film producer, director and screenwriter. Born in Bologna , Emilia-Romagna , Baldi graduated in Social science at the Sapienza University in Rome and then enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. He debuted as a director of documentary shorts, and in 1958 he won the Golden Lion for best short film at the Venice Film Festival with Il piani delle zitelle (" The crying of spinsters "). He directed a number of indepe...