Tuesday, February 4, 2020

RIP Gianni Minervini


Gianni Minervini, Oscar producer with 'Mediterraneo' died

He was 92 years old. He produced 'Berlinguer I love you' by Benigni

la Republica
February 4, 2020

The producer Gianni Minervini, who was born in 1928 and the son of the journalist Roberto and brother of the sculptor Annamaria has died. In 1976 he founded AMA Film in partnership with Antonio and Pupi Avati. Oscar for best foreign film with  “Mediterraneo” in 1991 also produced the first film by Roberto Benigni, “Berlinguer I Love You” and the first films by Gabriele Salvatores. As an actor he had played the Florentine boy who makes a sonorous rattle to Alberto Sordi in the film “Souvenir d'Italie”.


MINERVINI, Gianni (Giovanni Minervini)
Born: 10/26/1928, Naples, Campania, Italy
Died: 2/4/2020, Italy

Gianni Minervini’s westerns - producer, production manager, production supervisor.
The Sign of Coyote – 1963 [production manager]
Death Rides a Horse – 1967 [production manager]
Blood and Guns – 1969 [production supervisor]
Night of the Serpent – 1969 [producer]

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