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Gillo Pontecorvo

Director · 24 credits · 5 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Battle of Algiers (1966)

Frequent collaborators: Carlo Lizzani, Francesco Maselli, Paolo Pietrangeli, Franco Giraldi, Alfredo Angeli

Directed movies (14 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Battle of Algiers

    1966 · ★ 7.9 (902 votes)

    Drama, War, History

    1

  2. Burn!

    1969 · ★ 6.8 (137 votes)

    History, Drama, War

    2

  3. Kapo

    1960 · ★ 6.9 (81 votes)

    Drama, War

    3

  4. Operation Ogre

    1979 · ★ 6.9 (47 votes)

    Drama, History, Thriller

    4

  5. The Wide Blue Road

    1957 · ★ 6.2 (14 votes)

    Drama

    5

  6. Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer

    1984 · ★ 6.2 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    6

  7. The Wind Rose

    1957 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)

    Drama, Documentary

    7

  8. 12 Directors for 12 Cities

    1989 · ★ 5.0 (7 votes)

    Documentary

    8

  9. The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops

    2002

    Documentary, History

    9

  10. Giovanna

    1955 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    10

  11. Return to Algiers

    1992 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    11

  12. Sabatoventiquattromarzo

    1984

    Documentary

    12

  13. Rome, November 12, 1994

    1995

    Documentary

    13

  14. Una storia per I 'energia

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    Documentary

    14

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.