Enrico Cocozza, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Enrico Cocozza

British film director

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1921

Date of Death: 23-Mar-2009

Profession: film director

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Enrico Cocozza

  • Enrico Cocozza (6 November 1921 – 27 December 1997), was a Scottish filmmaker who won many film awards during the 1940s and 1950s.
  • His often surreal films were mainly filmed in and around the town of Wishaw in Scotland, where his family owned the popular Belhaven Cafe.
  • These include Chick's Day (1950), a prize winner at the 1951 Scottish Amateur Film Festival, The Living Ghost (1957), and Glasgow's Docklands (1959).
  • Illness later forced him to give up making films and he spent most of his working life teaching at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.
  • In 2001 he was the subject of the Channel 4 documentary Artery: the Story of Enrico Cocozza.

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