Directing

Gualtiero Jacopetti

Born September 4, 1919 · Barga, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

Died August 17, 2011 · aged 91

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gualtiero Jacopetti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on W…

Known For

Africa Blood and Guts

Africa Blood and Guts · 1966

Africa Blood and Guts

MovieDocumentaryHistory

A chronicle of the violence that occurred in much of the African continent throughout the 1960s. As many African countries were transitioning from colonial rule to other forms of government, violent political upheavals were frequent. Revolutions in Zanzibar and Kenya in which thousands were killed are shown, the violence not only political; there is also extensive footage of hunters and poachers slaughtering different types of wild animals.

Goodbye Uncle Tom

Goodbye Uncle Tom · 1971

Goodbye Uncle Tom

MovieDramaCrime

Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.

Mondo Cane

Mondo Cane · 1962

MovieDocumentaryHorror

A documentary consisting of a series of travelogue vignettes providing glimpses into cultural practices throughout the world intended to shock or surprise, including an insect banquet and a memorable look at a practicing South Pacific cargo cult.

The Joy of Living

The Joy of Living · 1961

The Joy of Living

1821 Rome: Ulysses enrolls in the Italian Fascist party because he cannot find any employment. The first task entrusted to him leads Ulysses to the printer Fossati, where he's hired as an apprentice.

A Day in Court

A Day in Court · 1954

MovieComedyDrama

A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and characters.

Mondo candido

Mondo candido · 1975

MovieAdventureComedy

Voltaire, a 16th century author was furious that learned members of a "civilized" society could claim that the apparent senseless violence and mayhem wrought by disasters, war, disease, man's cruelty, etc. was actually only a part of some 'greater good'. After all, God (being perfect) could not 'logically' have created anything but the 'best of all possible' universes.

Women of the World

Women of the World · 1963

Women of the World

MovieDocumentary

A mondo doc detailing the wild and weird world of women... around the world.

European Nights

European Nights · 1959

European Nights

MovieDocumentary

A tour of the nightlife in Rome, Paris, London, Madrid, Vienna, Brussels and more. Episodes presenting famous artists and people performing.

Filmography

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Africa Blood and Guts

Africa Blood and Guts · 1966

Africa Blood and Guts

MovieDocumentaryHistory

A chronicle of the violence that occurred in much of the African continent throughout the 1960s. As many African countries were transitioning from colonial rule to other forms of government, violent political upheavals were frequent. Revolutions in Zanzibar and Kenya in which thousands were killed are shown, the violence not only political; there is also extensive footage of hunters and poachers slaughtering different types of wild animals.

Director

Goodbye Uncle Tom

Goodbye Uncle Tom · 1971

Goodbye Uncle Tom

MovieDramaCrime

Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.

Director

Mondo Cane

Mondo Cane · 1962

MovieDocumentaryHorror

A documentary consisting of a series of travelogue vignettes providing glimpses into cultural practices throughout the world intended to shock or surprise, including an insect banquet and a memorable look at a practicing South Pacific cargo cult.

Writer

The Joy of Living

The Joy of Living · 1961

The Joy of Living

1821 Rome: Ulysses enrolls in the Italian Fascist party because he cannot find any employment. The first task entrusted to him leads Ulysses to the printer Fossati, where he's hired as an apprentice.

Idea

A Day in Court

A Day in Court · 1954

MovieComedyDrama

A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and characters.

Avv. Terenzio Anastasi

Mondo candido

Mondo candido · 1975

MovieAdventureComedy

Voltaire, a 16th century author was furious that learned members of a "civilized" society could claim that the apparent senseless violence and mayhem wrought by disasters, war, disease, man's cruelty, etc. was actually only a part of some 'greater good'. After all, God (being perfect) could not 'logically' have created anything but the 'best of all possible' universes.

Writer

Women of the World

Women of the World · 1963

Women of the World

MovieDocumentary

A mondo doc detailing the wild and weird world of women... around the world.

Director

European Nights

European Nights · 1959

European Nights

MovieDocumentary

A tour of the nightlife in Rome, Paris, London, Madrid, Vienna, Brussels and more. Episodes presenting famous artists and people performing.

Writer

Mondo Cane 2

Mondo Cane 2 · 1963

MovieDocumentaryHorror

The official sequel to the original shockumentary, presenting new and bizarre behavior from around the world, including cruelty, graphic gore, and strange rituals.

Director

World by Night

World by Night · 1960

MovieDocumentary

A tour in colour and 'scope of cabarets and night-spots around the world.

Writer

Fangio: Una vita a 300 all'ora

Fangio: Una vita a 300 all'ora · 1980

Fangio: Una vita a 300 all'ora

MovieDocumentary

Story

The Godfathers of Mondo

The Godfathers of Mondo · 2003

The Godfathers of Mondo

MovieDocumentary

A look at the careers of Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi who invented the mondo genre with MONDO CANE in 1962. It follows their career until their split in following the making of GOODBYE UNCLE TOM in 1971.