Giuseppe "Pipolo" Moccia (22 June 1933 – 20 August 2006) was an Italian

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

and

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. He wrote for 96 films between 1958 and 2001. He also directed 21 films between 1964 and 1997. Most of the films he co-wrote and co-directed as a part of the

Castellano & Pipolo Castellano & Pipolo is the stage name used by the pair of Italian screenwriters and film directors Franco Castellano (1925–1999) and Giuseppe Moccia (1933–2006). Together, they wrote the screenplays for about seventy films, and directed t ...

duo. Their 1984 film '' Il ragazzo di campagna'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the

67th Venice International Film Festival The 67th annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 1 to 11 September 2010, at Venice Lido in Italy. American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino was the jury president for the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to ''Somewhere ...

. He was born in

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, Italy and died in

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, Italy. His son,

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, is a well-known writer and also a screenwriter and director.

Selected filmography

* '' My Wife's Enemy'' (1959) * '' Tipi da spiaggia'' (1959) * '' Guardatele ma non toccatele'' (1959) * '' Gentlemen Are Born'' (1960) * '' Totò, Fabrizi e i giovani d'oggi'' (1960) * '' The Two Rivals'' (1960) * '' The Fascist'' (1961)The New York Times
/ref> * '' Toto's First Night'' (1962) * ''

5 marines per 100 ragazze ''5 marines per 100 ragazze'' is a 1961 Italian '' musicarello'' comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Virna Lisi. Cast * Virna Lisi as Grazia * Mario Carotenuto as Admiral Michigan * Hélène Chanel as Elena * Little Tony as ...

'' (1962) * ''

Obiettivo ragazze ''Obiettivo ragazze'' is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Plot Four ex-soldiers meet and reminisce about the times they were in the military: a parachutist mistaking his sergean ...

'' (1963) * '' The Thursday'' (1963) * '' Slalom'' (1965) * '' The Man, the Woman and the Money'' (1965) * '' Tell Me You Do Everything for Me'' (1976) * ''

I nuovi mostri ''I nuovi mostri'' ("the new monsters"), known as ''Viva l'Italia!'' in the English-language version, is a 1977 commedia all'italiana film composed by 14 episodes, directed by Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli. It is a sequel of '' I mos ...

'' (1977) * '' Il ragazzo di campagna'' (1984)

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* 1933 births 2006 deaths 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Italian film directors 20th-century Italian male writers {{Screen-writer-stub