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Armand Gatti

アルマンド・ガッティ

Āramando Gatti

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1924-01-26 (Monte Carlo, Monaco)
Died
2017-04-06 (Saint-Mandé, France) age 93
Nationality
French
Languages
French
Residence History
Monaco → France

Career

Occupations
Playwright, poet, journalist, screenwriter, filmmaker, World War II resistance fighter
Active Years
1960-2012

Awards

Fénéon Prize
1957
Work: Le Poisson noir
Result: winner
Silver Prize for Best Director
1961
Work: Enclosure
Organization: Moscow International Film Festival
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Le Poisson noir

1957 Play

Gatti's theatrical work. Awarded Fénéon Prize.

prisonsescape

Chant public devant deux chaises électriques

1966 Play

Gatti's theatrical work.

prisonsescape

Enclosure

1961 Film

Gatti's debut film. Won Silver Prize for Best Director at Moscow Film Festival.

prisonsescape

El Otro Cristóbal

1963 Film

Entered into Cannes Film Festival.

Style & Themes

Literary Style
experimentalpolitical
Recurring Motifs
prisonsescapeanarchism

Legacy

French playwright and filmmaker. Anarchist and WWII resistance fighter known for works on prisons and escape.

Trivia

  • Born in a shantytown in Monaco to an Italian anarchist father from Piedmont and a maid mother.
  • Had an official website during his lifetime.