Giorgio Simonelli

Born in Rome, Simonelli got a high school diploma in business studies, and then started working as a journalist and as a film critic for the weekly magazines Avvenimento and Gente nostra. In 1928, at 22, he made his directorial debut co-directing with Nicola Fausto Neroni Maratona, and two years later he was among the screenwriters of the first Italian talking film, The Song of Love by Gennaro Righelli. ==Selected filmography==

Director • The Cuckoo Clock (1938) • A Husband for the Month of April (1941) • The Two Tigers (1941) • Two Hearts Among the Beasts (1943) • Eleven Men and a Ball (1948) • The Transporter (1950) • ''I'm the Capataz'' (1951) • Auguri e figli maschi! (1951) • La paura fa 90 (1951) • I, Hamlet (1952) • Passionate Song (1953) • Saluti e baci (1953) • Love Song (1954) • It Happened at the Police Station (1954) • Noi siamo due evasi (1959) • Robin Hood and the Pirates (1960) • Ursus in the Land of Fire (1961) • I due mafiosi (1964) • Two Mafiamen in the Far West (1964) • Two Mafiosi Against Goldfinger (1965) • Two Sergeants of General Custer (1965) • I due toreri (1965) • Two Sons of Ringo (1966) Screenwriter • The Song of Love (1930) • Fountain of Trevi (1960) • The Hot Port of Hong Kong (1962) Film editor • The Blue Fleet (1932) • Paradise (1932) • La Wally (1932) • Seconda B (1934) • Loyalty of Love (1934) • Don Bosco (1935) • Golden Arrow (1935) • Cavalry (1936) • Queen of the Scala (1937) • Mother Song (1937) • Luciano Serra, Pilot (1938) • Battles in the Shadow (1938) • The Widow (1939) • Cardinal Messias (1939) • ''No Man's Land'' (1939) • A Thousand Lire a Month (1939) • The Thrill of the Skies (1940) • A Husband for the Month of April (1941) == References ==