Clemente Fracassi

Italian film producer

Clemente Fracassi
Born	(1917-03-05)5 March 1917 Vescovato, Italy
Died	2 February 1993(1993-02-02) (aged 75) Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)	Film producer Film director Screenwriter
Years active	1939-1967

Clemente Fracassi (5 March 1917 – 2 February 1993) was an Italian film producer, director and screenwriter. His career spanned from 1939 to 1967.

Born in Vescovato, Cremona, Fracassi started his career in the late 1930s, as assistant director of Mario Camerini and Mario Soldati and shortly later as producer.^[1] He made his directorial debut as a Soldati's last-minute replacement with Romanticismo.^[1]

Selected filmography

As a producer

Professor, My Son (1946)
To Live in Peace (1947)
Les Misérables (1948)
Without Pity (1948)
The Mill on the Po (1949)
Toto Looks for a House (1949)
A Dog's Life (1950)
Susanna Whipped Cream (1957)
Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
Death on the Run (1967)

As a director

Romanticismo (1950)
Barefoot Savage (1952, also writer)
Aida (1953)
Andrea Chénier (1955)

References

^ ^a ^b Poppi, Roberto (2002). "Fracassi, Clemente". I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri (in Italian). Gremese Editore. p. 183. ISBN 978-88-8440-171-7.