Directing
Gualtiero Jacopetti
1919-2011
Known for Mondo Cane, Goodbye Uncle Tom, Africa Blood and Guts.
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Born09/04/1919
Died08/17/2011
AgeDied at 91
BirthplaceBarga, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
DepartmentDirecting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gualtiero Jacopetti (born 4 September 1919) is an Italian director of documentary films. He was born in Barga, in northern Tuscany. With Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi is the originator of Mondo films, also called shockumentaries.
