Gualtiero Jacopetti

Gualtiero Jacopetti

Born

September 4, 1919

Died

August 17, 2011 (91 years old)

Known For

Directing

Place of Birth

Barga, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

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Gualtiero Jacopetti (born 4 September 1919) is an Italian director of documentary films.

He was born in Barga, in northern Tuscany. With Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi is the originator of Mondo films, also called shockumentaries.

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