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Giovanni Grimaldi

Giovanni Grimaldi

1917-11-14

Catania, Sicily, Italy

WRITING

Biography

Giovanni Grimaldi was an Italian screenwriter, journalist, and film director. He began his career in 1952, writing for numerous successful films, often collaborating with Bruno Corbucci. Grimaldi directed films such as Brutti di notte (1968) and I 2 deputati (1968). His work is noted for its contribution to Italian comedy and genre cinema.

Best known for:

Castle of Blood

Totò diabolicus

Two Colonels

Toto and Cleopatra

The Two Marshals

Gli onorevoli

Totò versus Maciste

The Monk of Monza

Totò vs the Four

He Who Hesitates Is Lost

Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life

Lo smemorato di Collegno

What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?

Totò d'Arabia

The Dollars Are Coming!

The Handsome, The Ugly, And The Stupid

Web of the Spider

The Blancheville Monster

The Shortest Day

The Two Mafiosi

It Happened in the Penitentiary

The Slave

It Happened at the Police Station

Toto at Night

Totò Sexy

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Filmography:

I, Hamlet (1952)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
It Happened at the Police Station (1954)
WORK AS:
Dialogue, Screenplay, Story
It Happened in the Penitentiary (1955)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Good night… lawyer! (1955)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
La moglie è uguale per tutti (1955)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Mi permette babbo!
Mi permette babbo! (1956)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Guaglione (1956)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Story
The Dollars Are Coming! (1957)
WORK AS:
Screenplay

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Il bacio del sole (1958)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
He Who Hesitates Is Lost (1960)
5.6
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Story
The Two Marshals (1961)
5.8
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Story
Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life (1961)
5.5
WORK AS:
Screenplay
I magnifici tre (1961)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Story
I soliti rapinatori a Milano (1961)
WORK AS:
Story, Screenplay
Totò diabolicus (1962)
5.8
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Totò versus Maciste (1962)
5.2
WORK AS:
Screenplay

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Lo smemorato di Collegno (1962)
5.4
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Story
Getting Away with It the Italian Way (1962)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Toto at Night (1962)
WORK AS:
Story, Screenplay
Gladiators 7 (1962)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Those Two in the Legion (1962)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The Slave (1962)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The Four Monks (1962)
WORK AS:
Story, Screenplay
The Blancheville Monster (1963)
WORK AS:
Writer
The Monk of Monza (1963)
5.7
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Two Colonels (1963)
6.3
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Story
Gli onorevoli (1963)
5.5
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Story
Totò vs the Four (1963)
5.4
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Story
Toto and Cleopatra (1963)
5.4
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The Shortest Day (1963)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Totò Sexy (1963)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
I terribili sette (1963)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
I 4 moschettieri (1963)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Story
Adventure at the Motel (1963)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Castle of Blood (1964)
5.8
WORK AS:
Screenplay
So In Love (1964)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Story
What Ever Happened to Baby Toto? (1964)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Story
The Two Mafiosi (1964)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Story
Una lacrima sul viso (1964)
WORK AS:
Writer
Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone (1964)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
Totò d'Arabia (1965)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Latin Lovers (1965)
WORK AS:
Story, Screenplay
In a Colt's Shadow (1965)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
I'm Not Worthy of You (1965)
WORK AS:
Story, Screenplay
The Sons of the Leopard (1965)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Story
Don't Ever Leave Me (1965)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Lady Morgan's Vengeance (1965)
WORK AS:
Writer
James Tont Operation U.N.O. (1965)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
4 Dollars of Revenge (1966)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Story
How Do I Love You? (1966)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Johnny Colt (1966)
WORK AS:
Director, Story, Screenplay
No One Can Judge Me (1966)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
You'll See Me Returning (1966)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Perdono (1966)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
7 Golden Monks (1966)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Tonight I'll Throw Me (1967)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The Handsome, The Ugly, And The Stupid (1967)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay, Story
The World's Gold (1967)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Story
Soldati e capelloni (1967)
WORK AS:
Writer
Il latitante (1967)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza (1968)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Chimera (1968)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
All the Gold in the World (1968)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Story
Ugly at Night (1968)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
I 2 deputati (1969)
WORK AS:
Director, Story, Screenplay
You Are Always In My Mind (1969)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Story
Il suo nome è Donna Rosa (1969)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Puro siccome un angelo papà mi fece monaco... di Monza (1969)
WORK AS:
Director, Story, Screenplay
Il ragazzo che sorride (1969)
WORK AS:
Story, Screenplay
The Lovemakers (1970)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Principe coronato cercasi per ricca ereditiera (1970)
WORK AS:
Director, Story, Screenplay
Paths of War (1970)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Story
Symphony of Love (1970)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Un caso di coscienza (1970)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
Web of the Spider (1971)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Story
Le inibizioni del dottor Gaudenzi, vedovo col complesso della buonanima (1971)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay, Story
The Beasts (1971)
WORK AS:
Director
When Women Were Called Virgins (1972)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The Winsome Widow (1973)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Wife for Sale (1973)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
The Governess (1974)
WORK AS:
Director
Il fidanzamento (1975)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Friends More Than Before (1976)
WORK AS:
Director
Frou-frou del Tabarin (1976)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Petomaniac (1983)
APPEREAD AS:
Louis Pujol