Italian filmmaker Elio Petri got his start working as a film critic for the communist newspaper L'Unita. Prior to that he had earned a degree in literature from Rome University. As a director, he started out making documentaries and co-penning scripts, primarily for De Santis. Petri made his feature-film directorial debut in 1961 with Assassin. He subsequently became known for making stylish, tightly woven sociopolitical satires that include The Tenth Victim (1965), his Academy Award-winning Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970), and Lulu the Tool, which was awarded the Grand Prize at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.
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Buone Notizie
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1979 | |||
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Le Mani sporche
Director |
1978 | |||
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Todo Modo
Director, Screenwriter |
1976 | |||
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La Proprieta Non E Piu un Furto
Director, Screenwriter |
1973 | |||
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La Classe Operaia Va in Paradiso
Director, Screenwriter |
1971 | |||
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Indagine su un Cittadino al di Sopra di Ogni Sospetto
Director, Screenwriter |
1970 | |||
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Un Tranquillo Posto di Campagna
Director, Screenwriter |
1969 | |||
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A Ciascuno il Suo
Director, Screenwriter |
1967 | |||
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Opiate '67
Screenwriter |
1967 | |||
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Alta Infedeltà
Director |
1965 | |||
The 10th Victim
Director, Screenwriter |
1965 | |||
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Il Maestro Di Vigevano
Director |
1964 | |||
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Nudi per vivere
Director |
1964 | |||
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I Giorni Contati
Director, Screenwriter |
1962 | |||
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L'Assassino
Director, Screenwriter |
1961 | |||
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Il Gobbo
Screenwriter |
1960 | |||
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La Garconniere
Screenwriter |
1960 | |||
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Lady Killer of Rome
Director |
1957 | |||
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Uomini e Lupi
Screen Story |
1957 | |||
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Nasce un campione
Director |
1954 | |||
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I sette contadini
Director |
1949 |
