Paolo Moffa

Italian film director

Paolo Moffa
Born	(1915-12-16)16 December 1915 Rome, Italy
Died	February 26, 2005(2005-02-26) (aged 89) Nizza Monferrato, Italy
Occupation(s)	Film director Film producer Screenwriter
Years active	1943–1982

Paolo Moffa (16 December 1915 – 26 February 2005)^[1] was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed seven films between 1943 and 1982.

Born in Rome, Moffa started his career in the 1930s as a script supervisor.^[2] Mainly active as an executive producer, he was also second unit director for numerous films until 1958.^[2] He was the founder of the film company Società Ambrosiana Cinematografica.^[2] He was also a film editor and a documentarist.^[2]

Selected filmography

The Last Days of Pompeii (a.k.a. Sins of Pompeii) (1950 - director)
Husband and Wife (1952, producer)
The Cheerful Squadron (1954 - director)
The Island Princess (1954 - director)
Hercules, Prisoner of Evil (1964 - producer)
Five for Hell (1969 - producer)
Sartana the Gravedigger (1969 - producer)

References

^ "matchID - Paolo Moffa". Fichier des décès (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.