​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Gillo Pontecorvo (19 November 1919 – 12 October 2006) was an Italian filmmaker. He worked as a film director for more than a decade before his best known film La battaglia di Algeri (The Battle of Algiers, 1966) was released. For this he was nominated for the Best Director Oscar in 1969 and won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in that year. His other films include Kapò (1960), which takes place in a World War II concentration camp, and Burn!
Gender: Male
Born On: 19-Nov-1919
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