Gian Luigi Polidoro on AllMovie

Italian Independent filmmaker Gian Polidoro directed over 20 films in both his homeland and stateside, winning the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival for Il Diavolo in 1963. His 1993 TV feature, C'est Quoi Ces Petits Buolots? (What Are These Little Jobs?) became a miniseries, and Polidoro also received a silver ribbon for his short film, Paese d'America, in 1959. One of his few U.S. features was the 1981 comedy Rent Control. Polidoro died September 4, 2000, of injuries resulting from an auto accident. He was 71.