Alessandro Blasetti [228338]
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.2935
Birthplace: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Birthday: 1900-07-03
Deathday: 1987-02-01
Age: 86 years
Movies: 4
Links: Homepage, IMDB
Biography: Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film Quattro passi fra le nuvole. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the Fascist era. He is sometimes known as the "father of Italian cinema" because of his role in reviving the struggling industry in the late 1920s.