Giovanni Pastrone

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Giovanni Pastrone also known by his artistic name Piero Fosco 13 September 1883 27 June 1959 was an Italian film pioneer director screenwriter actor and technician Pastrone was born in Montechiaro dAsti He worked during the era of the silent film but he influenced many important directors in the international cinema such as David Wark Griffith in his Birth of a Nation 1915 and Intolerance 1916 He died in Turin on 27 June 1959 Description above from the Wikipedia article Giovanni Pastrone licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia