Franco Cristaldi
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- October 3, 1924
- Died
- July 1, 1992 (aged 67)
- Birthplace
- Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Biography
Franco Cristaldi (Turin, 3 October 1924 – Montecarlo, 1 July 1992) was an Italian film producer, credited with producing (or co-producing) feature films from the 1950s to the 1990s. In 1946 Cristaldi founded Vides Cinematografica in Turin. This production company initially produced short and documentary films, and would later be renamed to Cristaldifilm in the 1980s. In the 1950s, Cristaldi changed his attention to feature films and moved to Rome. During his long career, he worked with directors and screenwriters such as Francesco Rosi, Pietro Germi, Mario Monicelli, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, and Giuseppe Tornatore. A noted film producer from some years in his native Italy, some of Cristaldi's most successful films internationally included The Name of the Rose and Nuovo cinema Paradiso. (The former winning a César and two BAFTAs, and the latter winning several BAFTAs, the Grand Prix at Cannes, and Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards). In 1977 Cristaldi was elected president of the International Federation of Film Producers Associations, and was a member of the jury at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. Cristaldi was born in Turin, Italy in 1924, and studied at university for a time before focusing his interests on cinema. He was first married to Carla Simonetti with whom he had a son, Massimo. He applied to the Vatican to have this marriage annulled, and from 1966 lived with actress Claudia Cardinale. Cristaldi claimed to have married Cardinale, but she refuted this, saying he threw a marriage party, without ever officially marrying her. He mentored Cardinale through her own film career, producing many of her films, until their separation in 1975. In 1983, he married Eritrean actress Zeudi Araya, who starred in several Cristaldi-produced films. Franco Cristaldi died in Montecarlo in 1992, survived by his wife Zeudi, son Massimo, and adopted son Patrick, the son of Claudia Cardinale. Source: Article "Franco Cristaldi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
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Filmography
Once Upon A Time...
Movie · Producer
Flight of the Innocent
Movie · Producer
Cinema Paradiso
Movie · Producer
Last Summer in Tangiers
Movie · Producer
Control
Movie · Producer
The Name of the Rose
Movie · Producer
Hearts and Armour
Movie · Producer
And the Ship Sails On
Movie · Producer
Arrivano i miei
Movie · Producer
Tomorrow We Dance
Movie · Producer
Marco Polo
TV · Co-Producer · 8 eps
Café Express
Movie · Producer
The Persian Lamb Coat
Movie · Producer
Ho Fatto Splash
Movie · Producer
Ratataplan
Movie · Producer
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Movie · Producer
Operation Ogre
Movie · Associate Producer
Tesoromio
Movie · Producer
My Loves
Movie · Producer
Wifemistress
Movie · Producer
Mr. Robinson
Movie · Producer
Movie Rush
Movie · Producer
What's Your Sign?
Movie · Producer
Blonde in Black Leather
Movie · Producer
Lucky Luciano
Movie · Producer
Amarcord
Movie · Producer
Lady Caroline Lamb
Movie · Executive Producer
Winged Devils
Movie · Producer
The Audience
Movie · Producer
The Mattei Affair
Movie · Producer
In the Name of the Father
Movie · Producer
Open Letter to the Evening News
Movie · Producer
The Red Tent
Movie · Producer
Alibi
Movie · Producer
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
Movie · Producer
Coup D'Etat
Movie · Producer
Normal Young Man
Movie · Producer
A Fine Pair
Movie · Producer
Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold
Movie · Producer
China Is Near
Movie · Producer
Per amore... per magia...
Movie · Producer
Sandra
Movie · Producer
Bebo's Girl
Movie · Producer
Seduced and Abandoned
Movie · Producer
Time of Indifference
Movie · Producer
The Organizer
Movie · Producer
Crazy Sea
Movie · Producer
Omicron
Movie · Producer
My Son, the Hero
Movie · Producer
Salvatore Giuliano
Movie · Producer
Day by Day, Desperately
Movie · Producer
Ghosts of Rome
Movie · Producer
The Assassin
Movie · Producer
A Day for Lionhearts
Movie · Producer
Divorce Italian Style
Movie · Producer
The Dolphins
Movie · Producer
The Swindlers
Movie · Producer
Fiasco in Milan
Movie · Producer
Come Dance with Me!
Movie · Producer
South Wind
Movie · Producer
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Movie · Producer
The Challenge
Movie · Producer
Piece of the Sky
Movie · Producer
Man of Straw
Movie · Producer
The Law Is the Law
Movie · Producer
Rascel Marine
Movie · Producer
White Nights
Movie · Producer
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
Movie · Producer
Rascel-Fifì
Movie · Producer
Nero's Mistress
Movie · Producer
A Hero of Our Times
Movie · Producer
The Seducer
Movie · Producer
Camilla
Movie · Producer
La pattuglia sperduta
Movie · Producer