Grandson of
Ruggero Grieco, one of the founders of the
Italian Communist Party, Grieco began his movie career as an actor and worked with directors such as
Franco Zeffirelli and his two mentors
Pier Paolo Pasolini and
Bernardo Bertolucci. Pasolini, who wanted Grieco as his assistant director, has been the most important source of inspiration for Grieco. At the age of 19, he abandoned his acting career and became a film critic for ''
l'Unità''. During his 30s, he started directing
documentaries and
TV commercials. In 2004 he directed his first feature film
Evilenko, starring
Malcolm McDowell, while his last film is the 2016 movie
La macchinazione, starring
Massimo Ranieri as
Pier Paolo Pasolini. ==Filmography==