Franco Cristaldi

Born: October 3, 1924 - Died: July 1, 1992 (67 years)

Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Franco Cristaldi (Turin, 3 October 1924 – Montecarlo, 1 July 1992) was an Italian film producer, credited with producing (or co-producing) feature films from the 1950s to the 1990s. In 1946 Cristaldi founded Vides Cinematografica in Turin. This production company initially produced short and documentary films, and would later be renamed to Cristaldifilm in the 1980s. In the 1950s, Cristaldi changed his attention to feature films and moved to Rome. During his long career, he worked with directors and screenwriters such as Francesco Rosi, Pietro Germi, Mario Monicelli, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, and Giuseppe Tornatore. A noted film producer from some years in his native Italy, some of Cristaldi's most successful films internationally included The Name of the Rose and Nuovo cinema Paradiso. (The former winning a César and two BAFTAs, and the latter winning several BAFTAs, the Grand Prix at Cannes, and Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards). In 1977 Cristaldi was elected president of the International Federation of Film Producers Associations, and was a member of the jury at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. Cristaldi was born in Turin, Italy in 1924, and studied at university for a time before focusing his interests on cinema. He was first married to Carla Simonetti with whom he had a son, Massimo. He applied to the Vatican to have this marriage annulled, and from 1966 lived with actress Claudia Cardinale. Cristaldi claimed to have married Cardinale, but she refuted this, saying he threw a marriage party, without ever officially marrying her. He mentored Cardinale through her own film career, producing many of her films, until their separation in 1975. In 1983, he married Eritrean actress Zeudi Araya, who starred in several Cristaldi-produced films. Franco Cristaldi died in Montecarlo in 1992, survived by his wife Zeudi, son Massimo, and adopted son Patrick, the son of Claudia Cardinale. Source: Article "Franco Cristaldi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Movies as Actor (4)

An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose

Movies as Crew (73)

Franco Cristaldi

An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso

La rosa dei nomi

Flight of the Innocent

Cinema Paradiso

Last Summer in Tangiers

Control

The Name of the Rose

And the Ship Sails On

Hearts and Armour

Arrivano i miei

Tomorrow We Dance

Ho Fatto Splash

The Persian Lamb Coat

Café Express

Tesoromio

Operation Ogre

Christ Stopped at Eboli

Ratataplan

My Loves

Wifemistress

Mr. Robinson

Movie Rush

Di che segno sei?

Blonde in Black Leather

Amarcord

Lucky Luciano

Lady Caroline Lamb

The Audience

Winged Devils

The Mattei Affair

In the Name of the Father

Open Letter to the Evening News

The Red Tent

Normal Young Man

Oh, Grandmother's Dead

Coup D'Etat

Alibi

A Fine Pair

China Is Near

Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold

Per amore... per magia...

Sandra

Time of Indifference

Seduced and Abandoned

Bebo's Girl

The Organizer

Crazy Sea

Omicron

My Son, the Hero

Salvatore Giuliano

Divorce Italian Style

Day by Day, Desperately

A Day for Lionhearts

Ghosts of Rome

The Assassin

The Dolphins

Fiasco in Milan

Come Dance with Me!

The Swindlers

South Wind

Rascel Marine

The Law Is the Law

The Challenge

Piece of the Sky

Big Deal on Madonna Street

Man of Straw

White Nights

Rascel-Fifì

Kean: Genius or Scoundrel

Nero's Mistress

A Hero of Our Times

The Seducer

Camilla

La pattuglia sperduta

Once Upon A Time...

Marco Polo