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Pier Paolo Pasolini

Personal Information

Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Born / DiedMar 5, 1922 (Died at 53)
Zodiac Sign♓Pisces
Place of BirthBologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Career Span1954 – 1975
Known Credits108 Titles
Official Links
DirectingPopularity Score 1.6

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Also known as:Paul PasoliniP.P. Pasolini
Total Works

108

108 movies • 0 shows

Avg Rating

6.8 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#2

TMDB star index

Biography

Pier Paolo Pasolini (March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975) was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure. He demonstrated a unique and extraordinary cultural versatility, becoming a highly controversial figure in the process.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
6.3
Role: Writer
La Dolce Vita
8.0
La Dolce Vita
1960•movie
Role: Screenplay
Nights of Cabiria
8.0
Nights of Cabiria
1957•movie
Role: Screenplay
Accattone
7.7
Accattone
1961•movie
Role: Director

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 108 titles featuring Pier Paolo Pasolini

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
6.3

Role: Writer

La Dolce Vita
8.0
La Dolce Vita
1960•movie

Role: Screenplay

Nights of Cabiria
8.0
Nights of Cabiria
1957•movie

Role: Screenplay

Accattone
7.7
Accattone
1961•movie

Role: Director

Theorem
7.0
Theorem
1968•movie

Role: Director

Mamma Roma
7.9
Mamma Roma
1962•movie

Role: Director

The Gospel According to St. Matthew
7.4

Role: Director

The Hawks and the Sparrows
7.2

Role: Director

Oedipus Rex
6.8
Oedipus Rex
1967•movie

as High Priest (uncredited)

The Decameron
6.9
The Decameron
1971•movie

as Allievo di Giotto

Love Meetings
8.2
Love Meetings
1965•movie

as Self - Interviewer (uncredited)

The Canterbury Tales
6.1

as Geoffrey Chaucer

Arabian Nights
6.5
Arabian Nights
1974•movie

Role: Director

Medea
6.7
Medea
1969•movie

Role: Director

Pigsty
7.0
Pigsty
1969•movie

Role: Director

Ro.Go.Pa.G.
7.2
Ro.Go.Pa.G.
1963•movie

Role: Director

Il bell'Antonio
7.1
Il bell'Antonio
1960•movie

Role: Screenplay

The Witches
6.0
The Witches
1967•movie

Role: Director

La Commare Secca
6.7
La Commare Secca
1962•movie

Role: Story

Caprice Italian Style
6.1

Role: Director

The Big Night
6.1
The Big Night
1959•movie

Role: Novel

Kill and Pray
6.4
Kill and Pray
1967•movie

as Father Juan

Love and Anger
5.2
Love and Anger
1969•movie

Role: Director

La Rabbia
7.0
La Rabbia
1963•movie

Role: Writer

Long Night in '43
7.1
Long Night in '43
1960•movie

Role: Screenplay

Ostia
5.6
Ostia
1970•movie

Role: Story

Scouting in Palestine
6.8

as Self (uncredited)

Girl in the Window
6.1
Girl in the Window
1961•movie

Role: Screenplay

Violent Life
7.2
Violent Life
1962•movie

Role: Novel

Notes Towards an African Orestes
7.5

as Self (uncredited)

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute
6.5

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

From a Roman Balcony
6.6

Role: Screenplay

What Are the Clouds?
8.5

Role: Director

Young Husbands
6.1
Young Husbands
1958•movie

Role: Screenplay

The Walls of Sana'a
6.2

as Narrator (voice)

Bawdy Tales
5.9
Bawdy Tales
1973•movie

Role: Screenplay

La Rabbia di Pasolini
7.5

Role: Writer

Marisa
5.8
Marisa
1957•movie

Role: Story

Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die
5.7

as Self- archive footage

Woman of the River
5.9
Woman of the River
1954•movie

Role: Screenplay

Federico Fellini's Autobiography
6.4

as Self (archive footage)

The Hunchback
6.6
The Hunchback
1960•movie

as Monco

Pasolini and the Form of the City
6.5

as Himself

December 12th
6.6
December 12th
1972•movie

Role: Idea

Pasolini prossimo nostro
5.1

as Se stesso

In a Future April: The Young Pasolini
3.2

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Notes for a Film in India
6.2

as Self

Bernardo Bertolucci: What Is the Purpose of Cinema?
6.9

as Self (archive footage)

Mulheres... Mulheres
4.9

Role: Short Story

The Earth As Seen from the Moon
8.1

Role: Director

Death of a Friend
6.6
Death of a Friend
1960•movie

Role: Story

Callas Assoluta
6.8
Callas Assoluta
2007•movie

as Self (archive footage)

The Marshes' Chant
6.7
The Marshes' Chant
1961•movie

Role: Writer

La ricotta
6.4
La ricotta
1963•movie

Role: Director

Arruso
4.0
Arruso
2000•movie

as Sé stesso (Materiale d'archivio)

The Sequence of the Paper Flower
7.5

Role: Director

Nella mischia
5.5
Nella mischia
1995•movie

Role: Thanks

Milano nera
7.5
Milano nera
1961•movie

Role: Writer

The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo
6.0

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

My Name Is Anna Magnani
8.7

as Self (archive footage)

Vor mir der Süden
7.7
Vor mir der Süden
2021•movie
Flucht in die Dolomiten
5.7

Role: Writer

Stendali (Still They Toll)
6.0

Role: Writer

Manon: Finestra 2
7.3
Manon: Finestra 2
1956•movie

Role: Writer

Il carro armato dell'8 settembre
3.7

Role: Screenplay

Cinéma et Réalité
6.5

as Self

Io sono nata viaggiando
4.2

as Self (archive footage)

Notarangelo the Soul Hunter
10.0

as Self (archive footage)

The Isle of Medea
4.8
The Isle of Medea
2016•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Pasolini Interviews: Ezra Pound
4.0

as Himself

Pasolini's Last Words
1.0

as Self (archive)

The Ashes of Pasolini
9.0
Pasolini on 'Porcile'
8.0

as Self

Pasolini l'Enragé
9.0
Pasolini l'Enragé
1966•movie
Pasolini and the Secret Humiliation of Chaucer
6.0

as Interviewee (archive)

Pier Paolo Pasolini: An Italian Journey
7.0

as Self (archive footage)

S.P.Q.R.
9.0
S.P.Q.R.
1972•movie
Morceaux de Cannes
2.0
Morceaux de Cannes
2021•movie
Notes for a Novel About Garbage
9.0

Role: Director

L'altro enigma
9.0
L'altro enigma
1988•movie

Role: Author

Grigio
7.0
Grigio
1957•movie

Role: Writer

Reunion; Salo
Reunion; Salo
1998•movie

as Himself (Archive)

Via Pasolini
Via Pasolini
2005•movie

as Interviewee

Il falso bugiardo
Il falso bugiardo
2008•movie

as Self (archive footage)

imagenaction
imagenaction
2024•movie

as Archive footage (voice)

Pasolini, la passion de Rome

as Self (archive footage)

Volgar Eloquio

as self

Der Sanfte Radikale

as himself (archive footage)

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Orgy
Orgy
1968•movie

Role: Director

The City’s Unknown

Role: Writer