Maurizio Ponzi


Maurizio Ponzi is an Italian film director, screenwriter and cinema critic.
Born in Rome, he wrote cinema reviews in several Italian magazines during the early 1960s. He worked as assistant director in Pier [Paolo Pasolini]'s episode in Amore e rabbia and directed a series of documentaries in 1967–1968.
He has directed 22 films between 1968 and 2012. His film The [Pool Hustlers] was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1983 [Cannes Film Festival].

Selected filmography

The [Visionaries (film)|The Visionaries] Equinozio Il caso Raoul The Pool Hustlers What a Ghostly Silence There Is Tonight Son contento Aurora Il [tenente dei carabinieri] Noi uomini duri Il volpone Volevo i pantaloni Vietato ai minori Anche i commercialisti hanno un'anima Italiani Fratelli coltelli Besame mucho A luci spente
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