Giuseppe Patroni Griffi

Giuseppe Patroni Griffi 26 February 1921 15 December 2005 was an Italian playwright screenwriter director and author He was born in Naples in an aristocratic family and moved to Rome immediately after the end of World War II and spent his professional life there Patroni Griffi is considered one of the most prominent contributors to Italian theater and film in postwar Italy Roberto Rossellini made a film from his play Anima nera His first listed film writing credit was on the 1952 musical Canzoni di mezzo secolo Patroni Griffi would later direct Charlotte Rampling Elizabeth Taylor Marcello Mastroianni Laura Antonelli Florinda Bolkan Terence Stamp Fabio Testi Patroni Griffi was also involved with numerous television productions of lyric opera including Verdis La Traviata His many theatrical productions include works by Pirandello Eduardo De Filippo Jean Cocteau and Tennessee Williams As a writer he published a first collection of stories in 1955 Ragazzo di Trastevere Later he contributed significantly to the body of Italian gay literature with Scende giù per Toledo and La morte della bellezza both set in Naples