Joseph Janni
Italian-born British film producer
Stella Griffiths
(m. 1949)Joseph Janni (21 May 1916 – 29 May 1994) was a Jewish Italian-British film producer best known for his work with John Schlesinger.[1] He was born in Milan, Italy and became interested in filmmaking while at university.
He emigrated to England in 1939, and once Italy declared war, he was briefly interned in Metropole Camp on the Isle of Man.[2][better source needed] Returning to London, he worked with John Corfield.[3]
Janni's success with The Glass Mountain brought him work with the Rank Organisation.[4] He went on to produce the first films of John Schlesinger and Ken Loach.[5]
Selected filmography
- Headline (1944)
- The Glass Mountain (1949)
- The Woman in Question (1950)
- White Corridors (1951)
- Honeymoon Deferred (1951)
- Something Money Can't Buy (1952)
- Romeo and Juliet (1954)
- A Town Like Alice (1956)
- Robbery Under Arms (1957)
- The Captain's Table (1958)
- The Savage Innocents (1962)
- A Kind of Loving (1962)
- Billy Liar (1963)
- Darling (1965)
- Modesty Blaise (1966)
- Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
- Poor Cow (1967)
- In Search of Gregory (1969)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
- Made (1972)
- Los Amigos (1973)
- Yanks (1979)
References
- ^ "Joseph Janni". Archived from the original on 24 June 2016.
- ^ Joseph Janni profile, IMDb.com. Accessed 24 October 2022.
- ^ Burton, Alan; Chibnall, Steve (11 July 2013). Historical Dictionary of British Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-8108-8026-9.
- ^ Mann, William J. (2005). Edge of Midnight: The Life of John Schlesinger. Arrow. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-09-945188-4.
- ^ David Shipman. Joseph Janni obituary, The Independent, 2 June 1994.
External links
- Joseph Janni at IMDb
- Joseph Janni at Screenonline
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