Franco Cristaldi
Franco Cristaldi (Turin, 3 October 1924 – Montecarlo, 1 July 1992) was an Italian film producer, credited with producing (or co-producing) feature films from the 1950s to the 1990s.
In 1946 Cristaldi founded Vides Cinematografica in Turin. This production company initially produced short and documentary films, and would later be renamed to Cristaldifilm in the 1980s.
In the 1950s, Cristaldi changed his attention to feature films and moved to Rome. During his long career, he worked with directors and screenwriters such as Francesco Rosi, Pietro Germi, Mario Monicelli, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, and Giuseppe Tornatore. A noted film producer from some years in his native Italy, some of Cristaldi's most successful films internationally included The Name of the Rose and Nuovo cinema Paradiso. (The former winning a César and two BAFTAs, and the latter winning several BAFTAs, the Grand Prix at Cannes, and Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards).
In 1977 Cristaldi was elected president of the International Federation of Film Producers Associations, and was a member of the jury at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.
Cristaldi was born in Turin, Italy in 1924, and studied at university for a time before focusing his interests on cinema.
He was first married to Carla Simonetti with whom he had a son, Massimo. He applied to the Vatican to have this marriage annulled, and from 1966 lived with actress Claudia Cardinale. Cristaldi claimed to have married Cardinale, but she refuted this, saying he threw a marriage party, without ever officially marrying her. He mentored Cardinale through her own film career, producing many of her films, until their separation in 1975. In 1983, he married Eritrean actress Zeudi Araya, who starred in several Cristaldi-produced films.
Franco Cristaldi died in Montecarlo in 1992, survived by his wife Zeudi, son Massimo, and adopted son Patrick, the son of Claudia Cardinale.
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In 1946 Cristaldi founded Vides Cinematografica in Turin. This production company initially produced short and documentary films, and would later be renamed to Cristaldifilm in the 1980s.
In the 1950s, Cristaldi changed his attention to feature films and moved to Rome. During his long career, he worked with directors and screenwriters such as Francesco Rosi, Pietro Germi, Mario Monicelli, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, and Giuseppe Tornatore. A noted film producer from some years in his native Italy, some of Cristaldi's most successful films internationally included The Name of the Rose and Nuovo cinema Paradiso. (The former winning a César and two BAFTAs, and the latter winning several BAFTAs, the Grand Prix at Cannes, and Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards).
In 1977 Cristaldi was elected president of the International Federation of Film Producers Associations, and was a member of the jury at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.
Cristaldi was born in Turin, Italy in 1924, and studied at university for a time before focusing his interests on cinema.
He was first married to Carla Simonetti with whom he had a son, Massimo. He applied to the Vatican to have this marriage annulled, and from 1966 lived with actress Claudia Cardinale. Cristaldi claimed to have married Cardinale, but she refuted this, saying he threw a marriage party, without ever officially marrying her. He mentored Cardinale through her own film career, producing many of her films, until their separation in 1975. In 1983, he married Eritrean actress Zeudi Araya, who starred in several Cristaldi-produced films.
Franco Cristaldi died in Montecarlo in 1992, survived by his wife Zeudi, son Massimo, and adopted son Patrick, the son of Claudia Cardinale.
Source: Article "Franco Cristaldi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known for
Flight of the Innocent
Cinema Paradiso
Last Summer in Tangiers
Control
La rosa dei nomi
The Name of the Rose
And the Ship Sails On
Hearts and Armour
Arrivano i miei
Marco Polo
Tomorrow We Dance
Ho fatto splash
The Persian Lamb Coat
Cafè Express
Tesoromio
Operation Ogre
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Ratataplan
My Loves
Wifemistress
Mr. Robinson
Movie Rush
Di che segno sei?
Blonde in Black Leather
Amarcord
Lucky Luciano
Lady Caroline Lamb
The Audience
Winged Devils
The Mattei Affair
In the Name of the Father
Open Letter to the Evening News
The Red Tent
Il giovane normale
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
Coup D'Etat
Alibi
A Fine Pair
China Is Near
Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold
Per amore... per magia...
Sandra
Time of Indifference
Seduced and Abandoned
Bebo's Girl
The Organizer
Crazy Sea
Omicron
My Son, the Hero
Salvatore Giuliano
Divorce Italian Style
Day by Day, Desperately
A Day for Lionhearts
Ghosts of Rome
The Dolphins
Fiasco in Milan
Come Dance with Me!
The Swindlers
Rascel Marine
The Law Is the Law
The Challenge
Piece of the Sky
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Man of Straw
Le Notti Bianche
Rascel-Fifì
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
Nero's Mistress
A Hero of Our Times
The Seducer
Camilla