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Joseph Janni (21 May 1916 – 29 May 1994) was a Jewish Italian-British film producer best known for his work with John Schlesinger. He was born in Milan, Italy and became interested in filmmaking while at university. He emigrated to England in 1939, and once Italy declared war, he was briefly interned in Metropole Camp on the Isle of Man.
Janni got his real introduction to the British film industry in 1941 by becoming an assistant to John Sutro who had his own production company, Ortus Films. Sutro was the production manager for the Powell and Pressburger film 49th Parallel (1941) and although it is not clear what role Janni had on this film, it is recorded that this was the ...
Joseph Janni, film producer: born Milan 21 May 1916; married 1949 Stella Griffiths (one son); died London 29 May 1994. JOSEPH JANNI's great contribution to British cinema was his...
Sep 24, 2014 · But the dynamic trio of director John Schlesinger, producer Joseph Janni and screenwriter Frederic Raphael were serious in their intent to bring the complex tale of love and loss in 1860s Dorset to the big screen. Mini skirts, fast cars and discotheques were replaced with buttoned up corsetry, horse-drawn wagons and harvest barn dances.
Among his early productions are the operatic The Glass Mountain (d. Henry Cass, 1949, which he co-wrote), Pat Jackson 's hospital drama White Corridors (1951), and an adaptation of Nevil Shute's A Town Like Alice (d. Jack Lee, 1956).
Joseph Janni (21 May 1916, Milan – 29 May 1994, London) was a British film producer best known for his work with John Schlesinger. He was born into a Jewish family in Milan, Italy and became interested in filmmaking while at university.
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