Biography

Pier Paolo Pasolini (March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975) was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure. He demonstrated a unique and extraordinary cultural versatility, becoming a highly controversial figure in the process.

Known for

★6.3

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

1976

★7.7

Accattone

1961

★7.0

Theorem

1968

★7.9

Mamma Roma

1962

★7.4

The Gospel According to St. Matthew

1965

★7.2

The Hawks and the Sparrows

1966

★6.8

Oedipus Rex

1967

★6.9

The Decameron

1971

★8.2

Love Meetings

1965

★6.1

The Canterbury Tales

1972

★6.5

Arabian Nights

1974

★6.6

Medea

1969

★7.0

Pigsty

1969

★7.2

Ro.Go.Pa.G.

1963

★6.0

The Witches

1967