Pier Paolo Pasolini
Directing Born Mar 5, 1922 Died Nov 2, 1975 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy 170 credits
Biography
Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. He was a multifaceted figure who distinguished himself in various fields, including journalism, philosophy, linguistics, and filmmaking. Pasolini's cultural versatility was unique and extraordinary, and he became a highly controversial figure as a result. As a film director, he was part of a broader range of pursuits that also included writing, poetry, and other creative endeavors. His work spanned multiple disciplines, showcasing his diverse talents and interests. Pasolini's career was marked by his versatility and the controversy that surrounded him.
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Frequent co-stars
Franco Citti
3 shared titles
Ninetto Davoli
3 shared titles
Laura Betti
2 shared titles
Jovan Jovanović
1 shared title
Angela Luce
1 shared title
Vincenzo Amato
1 shared title
Giuseppe Zigaina
1 shared title
Maria Gabriella Maione
1 shared title
Vincenzo Cristo
1 shared title
Giorgio Iovine
1 shared title
Career timeline
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Quelli che il cinema
imagenaction
Pier Paolo Pasolini - Una visione nuova
Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967
Morceaux de CannesVor mir der SüdenThe Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo
In a Future April: The Young PasoliniL’Ultima Partita di Pasolini
Notarangelo the Soul HunterOnce Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, Cinematographer
Pier Paolo Pasolini: An Italian Journey
The Isle of Medea
Pasolini - Il corpo e la vocePier Paolo Pasolini e i confini - Memorie a est del corsaro del novecentoPasolini maestro corsaro
Pasolini, la passion de Rome
Io sono nata viaggiando
Pasolini's Last Words
The Ashes of Pasolini
Il falso bugiardoLa Rabbia di Pasolini · DirectorLa Rabbia di Pasolini · WriterLa Rabbia di Pasolini · EditorLa rabbia 1, la rabbia 2, la rabbia 3... l'Arabia
Callas Assoluta
Pasolini prossimo nostroHistoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the AbsolutePasolini and the Secret Humiliation of Chaucer
Via PasoliniDer Sanfte RadikaleSalò, l’ultimo film di Pier Paolo Pasolini
Visioni della Medea (tracce di un film sognato)
Salò: Yesterday and TodayBernardo Bertolucci: What Is the Purpose of Cinema?
ArrusoFederico Fellini's AutobiographyPasolini, el poeta en la playa
Reunion; Salo
Fioretti de Pier Paolo Pasolini 1922/1975
Qui je suis · Book
Nella mischia · ThanksNon al denaro non all'amore né al cielo
The Ashes of Pasolini
L'altro enigma · Author
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
Calderon · ScreenplayWhoever Says the Truth Shall DieMulheres... Mulheres · Short Story
Full filmography
- Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas (2026) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Quelli che il cinema (2025) as Self
- imagenaction (2024) as Archive footage (voice)
- Pier Paolo Pasolini - Una visione nuova (2023) as Self
- Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967 (2022) as Self
- Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
- Vor mir der Süden (2021)
- The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo (2021) as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- In a Future April: The Young Pasolini (2020) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- L’Ultima Partita di Pasolini (2020)
- Notarangelo the Soul Hunter (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Once Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, Cinematographer (2019) as Himself
- Pier Paolo Pasolini: An Italian Journey (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- The Isle of Medea (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- Pasolini - Il corpo e la voce (2015)
- Pier Paolo Pasolini e i confini - Memorie a est del corsaro del novecento (2015)
- Pasolini maestro corsaro (2015)
- Pasolini, la passion de Rome (2014) as Self (archive footage)
- Io sono nata viaggiando (2013) as Self (archive footage)
- Pasolini's Last Words (2012) as Self (archive)
- The Ashes of Pasolini (2009) as Self
- Il falso bugiardo (2008) as Self (archive footage)
- La Rabbia di Pasolini (2008) Director
- La Rabbia di Pasolini (2008) Writer
- La Rabbia di Pasolini (2008) Editor
- La rabbia 1, la rabbia 2, la rabbia 3... l'Arabia (2008)
- Callas Assoluta (2007) as Self (archive footage)
- Pasolini prossimo nostro (2006) as Se stesso
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute (2006) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Pasolini and the Secret Humiliation of Chaucer (2006) as Interviewee (archive)
- Via Pasolini (2005) as Interviewee
- Der Sanfte Radikale (2005) as himself (archive footage)
- Salò, l’ultimo film di Pier Paolo Pasolini (2005)
- Visioni della Medea (tracce di un film sognato) (2004)
- Salò: Yesterday and Today (2002)
- Bernardo Bertolucci: What Is the Purpose of Cinema? (2002) as Self (archive footage)
- Arruso (2000) as Sé stesso (Materiale d'archivio)
- Federico Fellini's Autobiography (2000) as Self (archive footage)
- Pasolini, el poeta en la playa (2000) as Archive footage
- Reunion; Salo (1998) as Himself (Archive)
- Fioretti de Pier Paolo Pasolini 1922/1975 (1997) as Lui-même
- Qui je suis (1996) Book
- Nella mischia (1995) Thanks
- Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo (1995)
- The Ashes of Pasolini (1994)
- L'altro enigma (1988) Author
- Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema (1985) as Self
- Calderon (1981) Screenplay
- Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die (1981) as Self- archive footage
- Mulheres... Mulheres (1981) Short Story
- My Name Is Anna Magnani (1980) as Self (archive footage)
- Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1976) Writer
- Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1976) Director
- Pier Paolo Pasolini : vivre et encore plus (1976) as Lui-même
- Backstage on the Set of Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) as Self
- Notes Towards an African Orestes (1975) as Self (uncredited)
- Notes Towards an African Orestes (1975) Writer
- Notes Towards an African Orestes (1975) Editor
- Notes Towards an African Orestes (1975) Director
- Arabian Nights (1974) Writer
- Arabian Nights (1974) Director
- Pasolini and the Form of the City (1974) as Himself
- The Walls of Sana'a (1974) as Narrator (voice)
- The Walls of Sana'a (1974) Writer
- The Walls of Sana'a (1974) Director
- Bawdy Tales (1973) Screenplay
- Bawdy Tales (1973) Story
- The Canterbury Tales (1972) as Geoffrey Chaucer
- The Canterbury Tales (1972) Director
- The Canterbury Tales (1972) Screenplay
- The Canterbury Tales (1972) Music Supervisor
- December 12th (1972) Idea
- December 12th (1972) Director
- S.P.Q.R. (1972)
- The Decameron (1971) as Allievo di Giotto
- The Decameron (1971) Director
- The Decameron (1971) Writer
- Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker's Life (1971) as Self
- Ostia (1970) Story
- Ostia (1970) Screenplay
- Ostia (1970) Supervising Technical Director
- Appunti per un romanzo sull'immondezza (1970) Writer
- Appunti per un romanzo sull'immondezza (1970) Director
- Pigsty (1969) Director
- Pigsty (1969) Writer
- Love and Anger (1969) Director
- Love and Anger (1969) Writer
- Medea (1969) Writer
- Medea (1969) Director
- Pasolini on 'Porcile' (1969) as Self
- The Sequence of the Paper Flower (1969) Director
- The Sequence of the Paper Flower (1969) Screenplay
- Theorem (1968) Director
- Theorem (1968) Screenplay
- Caprice Italian Style (1968) Director
- Caprice Italian Style (1968) Writer
- What Are the Clouds? (1968) Director
- What Are the Clouds? (1968) Writer
- Notes for a Film in India (1968) as Self
- Notes for a Film in India (1968) Director
- Notes for a Film in India (1968) Writer
- Orgy (1968) Director
- Orgy (1968) Writer
- Oedipus Rex (1967) as High Priest (uncredited)
- Oedipus Rex (1967) Director
- Oedipus Rex (1967) Writer
- The Witches (1967) Director
- The Witches (1967) Story
- The Witches (1967) Screenplay
- Cinéma et Réalité (1967) as Self
- Kill and Pray (1967) as Father Juan
- The Earth As Seen from the Moon (1967) Director
- The Earth As Seen from the Moon (1967) Writer
- Pier Paolo Pasolini: Primo piano. Personaggi e problemi dell'Italia d'oggi (1967) as Himself
- Pasolini Interviews: Ezra Pound (1967) as Himself
- Pasolini Interviews: Ezra Pound (1967) Director
- The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966) Director
- The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966) Screenplay
- The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966) Story
- Pasolini l'Enragé (1966)
- Notes from a Critofilm (1966)
- Cinéastes de notre temps : Pier Paolo Pasolini (1966) as himself
- The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1965) Director
- The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1965) Writer
- Love Meetings (1965) as Self - Interviewer (uncredited)
- Love Meetings (1965) Director
- Scouting in Palestine (1965) as Self (uncredited)
- Scouting in Palestine (1965) Writer
- Scouting in Palestine (1965) Director
- La ricotta (1963) Director
- La ricotta (1963) Writer
- Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963) Director
- Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963) Screenplay
- La Rabbia (1963) Writer
- La Rabbia (1963) Director
- La Rabbia (1963) Editor
- Mamma Roma (1962) Screenplay
- Mamma Roma (1962) Director
- Mamma Roma (1962) Story
- La Commare Secca (1962) Story
- Violent Life (1962) Novel
- The Marshes' Chant (1962) Writer
- Milano nera (1961) Writer
- Accattone (1961) Screenplay
- Accattone (1961) Director
- Accattone (1961) Story
- Girl in the Window (1961) Screenplay
- La Dolce Vita (1960) Screenplay
- From a Roman Balcony (1960) Screenplay
- Il bell'Antonio (1960) Screenplay
- Stendali (Still They Toll) (1960) Writer
- Caschi d'oro (1960) Writer
- The Hunchback (1960) as Monco
- Long Night in '43 (1960) Screenplay
- Death of a Friend (1960) Story
- Il carro armato dell'8 settembre (1960) Screenplay
- The Big Night (1959) Novel
- The Big Night (1959) Screenplay
- Il mago (1959) Writer
- The City’s Unknown (1958) Writer
- Young Husbands (1958) Screenplay
- Nights of Cabiria (1957) Screenplay
- Marisa (1957) Story
- Marisa (1957) Screenplay
- Grigio (1957) Writer
- Manon: Finestra 2 (1956) Writer
- Flucht in die Dolomiten (1955) Writer
- Woman of the River (1954) Screenplay
- Volgar Eloquio as self
- Sfuge (apres Varda) as Self