Giovanni Grimaldi


Giovanni Grimaldi was an Italian screenwriter, journalist and film director. He was sometimes credited as Gianni Grimaldi.

Biography

Born in Catania, Sicily, Grimaldi entered the cinema industry in 1952 as a screenwriter of a large number of often highly successful films, frequently working together with Bruno Corbucci. Since 1964 he became a prolific director of comedy films, often working with Lando Buzzanca and with the couple Franco and Ciccio.
Aside from films, Grimaldi was a journalist, a collaborator and even the director of several Italian humor magazines such as Trilussa, Candido and Marc'Aurelio. He was also a radio author, a playwright and a television director. He was the father of the director and screenwriter Aldo Grimaldi.

Selected filmography

Director and screenwriter

Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone In a Colt's Shadow James Tont operazione U.N.O. Johnny [Colt (film)|Johnny Colt] The Handsome, the Ugly, and the Stupid

Screenwriter

I, Hamlet Matrimonial Agency It Happened at [the Police Station] Buonanotte... avvocato! Allow Me, Daddy! Who Hesitates is Lost The Two Marshals Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita Colpo gobbo all'italiana Gladiators 7 The Slave Lo smemorato di Collegno The Two Colonels Toto's First Night Toto vs. Maciste The Monk of Monza Toto vs. the Four Totò Diabolicus Toto and Cleopatra Sexy Toto I due mafiosi Tears on Your Face What Ever Happened to Baby Toto? Toto of Arabia Latin Lovers Mi vedrai tornare 4 Dollars of Revenge Nel [sole (film)|Nel sole] Angeli senza paradiso Paths of War When Women Were Called Virgins