Pier Paolo Pasolini
Known for directing · Born 5 March 1922 · Died 2 November 1975 · aged 53 · Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
128 credits
Pier Paolo Pasolini (March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975) was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure. He demonstrated a unique and extraordinary cultural versatility, becoming a highly controversial figure in the process.
Known for
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
1976
La Dolce Vita
1960
Accattone
1961
Theorem
1968
Mamma Roma
1962
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
1965
The Hawks and the Sparrows
1966
Oedipus Rex
1967
The Decameron
1971
Nights of Cabiria
1957
Love Meetings
1965
The Canterbury Tales
1972
Acting (67)
2026Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e MisturasSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2025Quelli che il cinemaSelf · 20 episodesSeries
2024imagenactionArchive footage (voice)Film
2023Pier Paolo Pasolini - Una visione nuovaSelfFilm
2022Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967SelfFilm
2021The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di PaoloSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)Film
2021Vor mir der SüdenFilm
2021Morceaux de CannesFilm
2020In a Future April: The Young PasoliniSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2020L’Ultima Partita di PasoliniFilm
2019Notarangelo the Soul HunterSelf (archive footage)Film
2019Once Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, CinematographerHimselfFilm
2018Pier Paolo Pasolini: An Italian JourneySelf (archive footage)Film
2016The Isle of MedeaSelf (archive footage)Film
2015Pasolini - Il corpo e la voceFilm
2015Pasolini maestro corsaroFilm
2015Pier Paolo Pasolini e i confini - Memorie a est del corsaro del novecentoFilm
2014Pasolini, la passion de RomeSelf (archive footage)Film
2013Io sono nata viaggiandoSelf (archive footage)Film
2012Pasolini's Last WordsSelf (archive)Film
2009The Ashes of PasoliniSelfFilm
2008La rabbia 1, la rabbia 2, la rabbia 3... l'ArabiaFilm
2008Il falso bugiardoSelf (archive footage)Film
2007Callas AssolutaSelf (archive footage)Film
2006Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the AbsoluteSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2006Pasolini prossimo nostroSe stessoFilm
2006Pasolini and the Secret Humiliation of ChaucerInterviewee (archive)Film
2005Salò, l’ultimo film di Pier Paolo PasoliniFilm
2005Via PasoliniIntervieweeFilm
2005Der Sanfte Radikalehimself (archive footage)Film
2004Visioni della Medea (tracce di un film sognato)Film
2002Bernardo Bertolucci: What Is the Purpose of Cinema?Self (archive footage)Film
2002Salò: Yesterday and TodayFilm
2000Federico Fellini's AutobiographySelf (archive footage)Film
2000Pasolini, el poeta en la playaArchive footageFilm
2000ArrusoSé stesso (Materiale d'archivio)Film
1998Reunion; SaloHimself (Archive)Film
1997Fioretti de Pier Paolo Pasolini 1922/1975Lui-mêmeFilm
1995Non al denaro non all'amore né al cieloFilm
1994The Ashes of PasoliniFilm
1985Bellissimo: Images of the Italian CinemaSelfFilm
1981Whoever Says the Truth Shall DieSelf- archive footageFilm
1980My Name Is Anna MagnaniSelf (archive footage)Film
1976Pier Paolo Pasolini : vivre et encore plusLui-mêmeFilm
1975Notes Towards an African OrestesSelf (uncredited)Film
1975Backstage on the Set of Salò, or the 120 Days of SodomSelfFilm
1974The Walls of Sana'aNarrator (voice)Film
1974Pasolini and the Form of the CityHimselfFilm
1972The Canterbury TalesGeoffrey ChaucerFilm
1972S.P.Q.R.Film
1971The DecameronAllievo di GiottoFilm
1971Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker's LifeSelfFilm
1969Pasolini on 'Porcile'SelfFilm
1968Notes for a Film in IndiaSelfFilm
1967Oedipus RexHigh Priest (uncredited)Film
1967Kill and PrayFather JuanFilm
1967Cinéma et RéalitéSelfFilm
1967Pasolini Interviews: Ezra PoundHimselfFilm
1967Pier Paolo Pasolini: Primo piano. Personaggi e problemi dell'Italia d'oggiHimselfFilm
1966Pasolini l'EnragéFilm
1966Notes from a CritofilmFilm
1966Cinéastes de notre temps : Pier Paolo PasolinihimselfFilm
1965Love MeetingsSelf - Interviewer (uncredited)Film
1965Scouting in PalestineSelf (uncredited)Film
1960The HunchbackMoncoFilm
—Volgar EloquioselfFilm
—Sfuge (apres Varda)SelfFilm
Crew (1)
1995Nella mischiaThanksFilm
Directing (19)
1972The Canterbury TalesDirector, Screenplay, Music SupervisorFilm
1971The DecameronDirector, WriterFilm
1969PigstyDirector, WriterFilm
1969Love and AngerDirector, WriterFilm
1969The Sequence of the Paper FlowerDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1968TheoremDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1968Caprice Italian StyleDirector, WriterFilm
1968What Are the Clouds?Director, WriterFilm
1968Notes for a Film in IndiaDirector, WriterFilm
1968OrgyDirector, WriterFilm
1967Oedipus RexDirector, WriterFilm
1967The WitchesDirector, Story, ScreenplayFilm
1967The Earth As Seen from the MoonDirector, WriterFilm
1967Pasolini Interviews: Ezra PoundDirectorFilm
1966The Hawks and the SparrowsDirector, Screenplay, StoryFilm
1965The Gospel According to St. MatthewDirector, WriterFilm
1965Love MeetingsDirectorFilm
1963Ro.Go.Pa.G.Director, ScreenplayFilm
1963La ricottaDirector, WriterFilm
Writing (41)
2008La Rabbia di PasoliniWriter, EditorFilm
1996Qui je suisBookFilm
1988L'altro enigmaAuthorFilm
1981Mulheres... MulheresShort StoryFilm
1981CalderonScreenplayFilm
1976Salò, or the 120 Days of SodomWriter, DirectorFilm
1975Notes Towards an African OrestesWriter, Editor, DirectorFilm
1974Arabian NightsWriter, DirectorFilm
1974The Walls of Sana'aWriter, DirectorFilm
1973Bawdy TalesScreenplay, StoryFilm
1972December 12thIdea, DirectorFilm
1970OstiaStory, Screenplay, Supervising Technical DirectorFilm
1970Notes for a Novel About GarbageWriter, DirectorFilm
1969MedeaWriter, DirectorFilm
1965Scouting in PalestineWriter, DirectorFilm
1963La RabbiaWriter, Director, EditorFilm
1962Mamma RomaScreenplay, Director, StoryFilm
1962La Commare SeccaStoryFilm
1962Violent LifeNovelFilm
1961AccattoneScreenplay, Director, StoryFilm
1961Girl in the WindowScreenplayFilm
1961The Marshes' ChantWriterFilm
1961Milano neraWriterFilm
1960La Dolce VitaScreenplayFilm
1960Il bell'AntonioScreenplayFilm
1960Long Night in '43ScreenplayFilm
1960From a Roman BalconyScreenplayFilm
1960Death of a FriendStoryFilm
1960Stendali (Still They Toll)WriterFilm
1960Il carro armato dell'8 settembreScreenplayFilm
1960Caschi d'oroWriterFilm
1959The Big NightNovel, ScreenplayFilm
1959Il magoWriterFilm
1958Young HusbandsScreenplayFilm
1958The City’s UnknownWriterFilm
1957Nights of CabiriaScreenplayFilm
1957MarisaStory, ScreenplayFilm
1957GrigioWriterFilm
1956Manon: Finestra 2WriterFilm
1955Flucht in die DolomitenWriterFilm
1954Woman of the RiverScreenplayFilm