Pasquale Squitieri

Pasquale Squitieri 27 November 1938 18 February 2017 was an Italian film director and screenwriter Born in Naples Squitieri graduated in law then was briefly involved in stage as author La battaglia and even actor directed by Francesco Rosi He made his film debut with Io e Dio produced by Vittorio De Sica and after two Spaghetti Westerns he signed as William Redford he focused on drama films centered on political and social issues His film Il prefetto di ferro won the David di Donatello for Best Film in 1978 Li chiamarono briganti a film about the brigand Carmine Crocco was suspended from the cinemas and it is not available on the home video market Squitieri was the partner of Claudia Cardinale since 1974 His 1980 film Savage Breed was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival Since 2003 he had been romantically linked to the actress and singer Ottavia Fusco whom he had married in December 2013 Source Article Pasquale Squitieri from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30