Ferdinando Maria Poggioli

Italian film director, film editor and screenwriter

Ferdinando Maria Poggioli

Born	(1897-12-15)15 December 1897 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Died	2 February 1945(1945-02-02) (aged 47) Rome, Lazio, Italy
Occupation(s)	Director Editor Screenwriter
Years active	1930-1944

Ferdinando Maria Poggioli (15 December 1897 – 2 February 1945) was an Italian screenwriter, film editor and director. He directed fifteen films including the 1940 melodrama Goodbye Youth.^[1] He had previously worked as assistant director on a number of films during the 1930s. He committed suicide in 1945.

Selected filmography

Director

Bayonet (1936)
Wealth Without a Future (1939)
Goodbye Youth (1940)
Jealousy (1942)
Yes, Madam (1942)
The Taming of the Shrew (1942)
The Materassi Sisters (1944)
The Priest's Hat (1944)

Editor

The Blue Fleet (1932)
The Joker King (1935)
King of Diamonds (1936)
Tomb of the Angels (1937)
Princess Tarakanova (1938)
Tonight at Eleven (1938)
Diamonds (1939)

References

^ Gundle p.56

Bibliography

Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghan Books, 2013.
Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.