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Renato Castellani (4 September 1913 – 28 December 1985) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Early life. Son of a representative of Kodak, he was born in Varigotti, at the time a hamlet of Final Pia, which became Finale Ligure ( Savona) in 1927, where his mother had returned from Argentina to give birth to his son.
Renato Castellani è stato un regista e sceneggiatore italiano, tra i più dotati fautori del neorealismo.
Renato Castellani (1913-1985) was an Italian writer and director of optimistic, escapist films. He worked with Mario Soldati and Alessandro Blasetti, and directed Romeo and Juliet (1954), Two Cents Worth of Hope (1952) and other classics.
Renzo Castellani: A Renowned Italian Filmmaker Early Life and Notable Achievements. Renzo Castellani (1913-1985) was an acclaimed Italian film director and screenwriter. His illustrious career spanned four decades, during which he directed 19 feature films and crafted screenplays for over 40. Debut Film and International Recognition
CASTELLANI, Renato. Nationality: Italian. Born: Finale Ligure (Savona), 4 September 1913. Education: Educated in Argentina to 1925, then in Geneva; studied architecture in Milan. Career: Journalist, then scriptwriter for Camerini, Genina, Soldati, and Blasetti in 1930s; assistant to Blasetti, 1940; directed first film, Un Colpo di pistola, 1941.
It is directed and written for the screen by Renato Castellani, and stars Laurence Harvey as Romeo and newcomer Susan Shentall as Juliet, with Flora Robson, Mervyn Johns, Bill Travers, Sebastian Cabot, Enzo Fiermonte and John Gielgud.
Romeo and Juliet: Directed by Renato Castellani. With Laurence Harvey, Susan Shentall, Flora Robson, Norman Wooland. In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.
