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. [1] 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 pianto delle zitelle ("The crying of spinsters"). [1] [2] [3] He directed a number of independent films, generally characterized by social criticism. [1] [2] [3] His film Fuoco! entered the main competition at the 29th Venice International Film Festival, [4] while the film L'ultimo giorno di scuola prima delle vacanze di Natale (aka The Last Day of School Before Christmas ) was screened at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section. [5]
Baldi also worked as a producer of art films, producing films by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Robert Bresson, Nelo Risi, Straub-Huillet and Dacia Maraini, among others. [1] [2] [3] A devotee of natural wines, from the 1990s Baldi was active as a winemaker and produced several award-winning wines, notably the Ronchi di Castelluccio. [3] [6]
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