Giovanni Scognamillo (25 April 1929 – 8 October 2016) was a Turkish Levantine

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. Scognamillo was born to a family of Italian Levantines; his father was the son of an immigrant from

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and his mother was descended from Genoese settlers of

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. As his father, Leone, was the manager of the prestigious movie theatre ''Elhamra Sineması'' of

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, Scognamillo became acquainted with cinema in early years of his life. After graduation from Liceo Italiano, he started to write cinema articles for various Italian-language media. By 1961, he began his career in

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press. Scognamillo is the author of several books on the history of cinema, including ''Turk Sinema Tarihi, Birinci Cilt, 1896-1959'', as well as diverse topics such as

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and

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.Sinemaya Adanmış Bir Hayat: Giovanni Scognamillo
sinepil.org; accessed 24 October 2016.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Scognamillo, Giovanni 1929 births 2016 deaths Italian film critics Liceo Italiano alumni Turkish non-fiction writers Turkish people of Italian (Levantine) descent Writers from Istanbul