Alessandro Blasetti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alessandro Blasetti

Italian film director, screenwriter and film editor

Date of Birth: 03-Jul-1900

Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Date of Death: 01-Feb-1987

Profession: screenwriter, film director, film editor

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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.