Pontecorvo, Gillo (1919-), Cineasta italiano:A Batalha de Argel (1965);
Queimada (1969).
Nationality: Italian. Born: Gilberto Pontecorvo in Pisa, 19 November 1919. Education: Studied chemistry, University of Pisa. Military Service: Journalist, and partisan fighter, Milan (commanded 3rd Brigade), World War II. Career: Youth secretary, Italian Communist Party, 1946; Paris correspondent for Italian journals, late 1940s; began in films as assistant to Yves Allegret on Les Miracles n'ont lieu qu'une fois, 1951; made ten shorts, 1953–55; left Communist Party following invasion of Hungary, 1956; organizer of Venice Film Festival. Awards: Golden Lion, Venice Festival, for The Battle of Algiers, 1966. Address: via Paolo Frisi 18, Rome, Italy.
