Aldo Buzzi (10 August 1910 â€" 9 October 2009) was an author and
architect.Born in Como, Italy, Buzzi graduated from Milan School of
Architecture in 1938. Though primarily an author of travel and
gastronomy books, he also worked as an architect; as assistant
director, scene writer, and screenwriter for various film production
companies in the former Yugoslavia, and in Rome, Italy, and France. He
edited the following films: La Kermesse héroïque, Ridolini e la
collana della suocera e Ridolini esploratore, and Sette anni di guai,
all produced by Editoriale Domus, 1945.Aldo Buzzi is listed with Luigi
Chiarini, Director of The Centro Sperimentale del Cinema, Rome, as one
of the assistant directors of Love in The City (1953), the pioneering
Neorealist episode film initiated and produced by Cesare Zavattini,
together with Riccardo Ghione and Marco Ferrero (who directed La
Grande Bouffe in the 1970s). Two of the episodes were directed by
Federico Fellini (whom Buzzi had already worked with) and Alberto
Lattuada. (Buzzi was married to Lattuada's sister). Gillo
Pontecovorvo, who later directed The Battle of Algiers, combining
documentary with a fictional treatment, was also an assistant director
on the film.
architect.Born in Como, Italy, Buzzi graduated from Milan School of
Architecture in 1938. Though primarily an author of travel and
gastronomy books, he also worked as an architect; as assistant
director, scene writer, and screenwriter for various film production
companies in the former Yugoslavia, and in Rome, Italy, and France. He
edited the following films: La Kermesse héroïque, Ridolini e la
collana della suocera e Ridolini esploratore, and Sette anni di guai,
all produced by Editoriale Domus, 1945.Aldo Buzzi is listed with Luigi
Chiarini, Director of The Centro Sperimentale del Cinema, Rome, as one
of the assistant directors of Love in The City (1953), the pioneering
Neorealist episode film initiated and produced by Cesare Zavattini,
together with Riccardo Ghione and Marco Ferrero (who directed La
Grande Bouffe in the 1970s). Two of the episodes were directed by
Federico Fellini (whom Buzzi had already worked with) and Alberto
Lattuada. (Buzzi was married to Lattuada's sister). Gillo
Pontecovorvo, who later directed The Battle of Algiers, combining
documentary with a fictional treatment, was also an assistant director
on the film.
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