Biography
Giovanni Grimaldi (14 November 1917 – 25 February 2001) was an Italian screenwriter, journalist and film director. He was sometimes credited as Gianni Grimaldi. Born in Catania, Sicily, Grimaldi entered the cinema industry in 1952 as a screenwriter of a large number of often highly successful films, frequently working together with Bruno Corbucci. Since 1964 he became a prolific director of comedy films, often working with Lando Buzzanca and with the couple Franco and Ciccio.Aside from films, Grimaldi was a journalist, a collaborator and even the director of several Italian humor magazines such as Trilussa, Candido and Marc'Aurelio. He was also a radio author, a playwright and a television director. He was the father of the director and screenwriter Aldo Grimaldi.
Filmography
all 87
Movies 87
Writer 63
Director 19
Screenplay 4
Petomaniac (1983)
Amici più di prima (1976)
Frou-frou del Tabarin (1976)
Il fidanzamento (1975)
The Governess (1974)
The Winsome Widow (1973)
Wife for Sale (1973)
When Women Were Called Virgins (1972)
Le inibizioni del dottor Gaudenzi, vedovo col complesso della buonanima (1971)
Web of the Spider (1971)
The Beasts (1971)
The Lovemakers (1970)
Symphony of Love (1970)
Principe coronato cercasi per ricca ereditiera (1970)
Midnight of Love (1970)
Paths of War (1970)
Un caso di coscienza (1970)
You Are Always In My Mind (1969)
Puro siccome un angelo papà mi fece monaco... di Monza (1969)
Il suo nome è Donna Rosa (1969)
Il ragazzo che sorride (1969)
I 2 deputati (1969)
Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza (1968)
Chimera (1968)
Brutti di notte (1968)
All the Gold in the World (1968)
The World's Gold (1967)
Stasera mi butto (1967)
The Handsome, The Ugly, And The Stupid (1967)
Il latitante (1967)
Soldati e capelloni (1967)
Perdono (1966)
Johnny Colt (1966)
You'll See Me Returning (1966)
No One Can Judge Me (1966)
How Do I Love You? (1966)
4 Dollars of Revenge (1966)
7 Golden Monks (1966)
Lady Morgan's Vengeance (1965)
In a Colt's Shadow (1965)
Rita the American Girl (1965)
James Tont Operation U.N.O. (1965)
Latin Lovers (1965)
Don't Ever Leave Me (1965)
The Sons of the Leopard (1965)
I'm Not Worthy of You (1965)
Totò d'Arabia (1965)
Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone (1964)
So In Love (1964)
What Ever Happened to Baby Toto? (1964)
Castle of Blood (1964)
I due mafiosi (1964)
Una lacrima sul viso (1964)
Gli onorevoli (1963)
Totò Sexy (1963)
Toto and Cleopatra (1963)
I terribili sette (1963)
The Blancheville Monster (1963)
I 4 moschettieri (1963)
The Monk of Monza (1963)
Totò vs the Four (1963)
The Shortest Day (1963)
Avventura al motel (1963)
Two Colonels (1963)
Toto at Night (1962)
Gladiators 7 (1962)
Lo smemorato di Collegno (1962)
The Four Monks (1962)
The Slave (1962)
Those Two in the Legion (1962)
Getting Away with It the Italian Way (1962)
Totò diabolicus (1962)
Totò contro Maciste (1962)
The Two Marshals (1961)
I magnifici tre (1961)
I soliti rapinatori a Milano (1961)
Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life (1961)
He Who Hesitates Is Lost (1960)
Il bacio del sole (1958)
The Dollars Are Coming! (1957)
Guaglione (1956)
Mi permette babbo! (1956)
La moglie è uguale per tutti (1955)
It Happened in the Penitentiary (1955)
Good night… lawyer! (1955)
It Happened at the Police Station (1954)
I, Hamlet (1952)
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GenderMale
Birthday1917-11-14
Deathday2001-02-25 (83 years old)
Birth PlaceCatania, Italy
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy, Italy
Also Known AsGianni Grimaldi, Jean Grimaud, G. Grimaldi
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