José Giovanni
Writing
June 22, 1923
Died April 24, 2004 (80 years old)
Paris, France
11
Acting Credits
18
Directed
Biography
José Giovanni (22 June 1923, Paris, France – 24 April 2004, Lausanne, Switzerland) was the pseudonym of Joseph Damiani, a French writer and film-maker of Corsican origin who became a naturalized Swiss citizen in 1986. A former collaborationist and criminal who at one time was sentenced to death, Giovanni often drew his inspiration from personal experience or from real gangsters, such as Abel Danos in his 1960 film Classe tous risques, overlooking that they had been members of the French Gestapo...
Known For
Filmography
Lino Ventura, la part intime
2018
as Self (archive footage)
7.9
Claude Sautet or the Invisible Magic
2003
as Self
8
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002
as Self
7.7
The Repentant
2002
5.6
Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self
3.6
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
6.8
Ciné regards
1978
as Self
5
30 millions d'amis
1976
as Self
6.2
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
6
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
9.5
Symphony for a Massacre
1963
as Moreau
6.7