
Gian Vittorio Baldi
Biography
Gian Vittorio Baldi (30 October 1930 - 23 March 2015) was an Italian film producer, director and screenwriter.
Born in Bologna , Emilia-Romagna , Baldi graduated in Social science at the Sapienza University in Rome and then enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. He debuted as a director of documentary shorts, and in 1958 he won the Golden Lion for best short film at the Venice Film Festival with Il piani delle zitelle (" The crying of spinsters "). He directed a number of independent films, generally characterized by social criticism. His film Fire! entered the main competition at the 29th Venice International Film Festival, while the film The Last Day of School Before Christmas (aka The Last Day of School Before Christmas ) was screened at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors 'Fortnight section.
Baldi also worked as a producer of art films , producing films by Pier Paolo Pasolini , Robert Bresson , Nelo Risi , Straub-Huillet and Dacia Maraini , among others. A devotee of natural wines, from the 1990s Baldi was active as a winemaker and produced several award-winning wines, notably the Ronchi di Castelluccio.
Acting (2 movies)
Directing (11 movies)

Invisible World
2013

Fire!
1968

Latin Lovers
1961
ZEN - Zona Espansione Nord
1989

The Last Day of School Before Christmas
1975
Luciano, una vita bruciata
1962

La casa delle vedove
1960

That Tender Age
1964

Night of The Flowers
1979
Luciano (via dei Cappellari)
1960

Fiammetta
1965
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| La casa delle vedove | 1960 | Writer |
| Latin Lovers | 1961 | Screenplay |
| Luciano, una vita bruciata | 1962 | Writer |
| Trio | 1967 | Producer |
| Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach | 1968 | Producer |
| Diary of a Schizophrenic Girl | 1968 | Producer |
| Fire! | 1968 | Producer |
| Fire! | 1968 | Screenplay |
| Pigsty | 1969 | Producer |
| Wind from the East | 1970 | Producer |
| Four Nights of a Dreamer | 1972 | Producer |
| The Last Day of School Before Christmas | 1975 | Writer |
| Notes Towards an African Orestes | 1975 | Producer |
| Night of The Flowers | 1979 | Writer |
| Invisible World | 2013 | Writer |
