
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Known for Directing · 67 credits
- Born
- 1922-03-05
- Died
- 1975-11-02
- Place of birth
- Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- Also known as
- Paul Pasolini · P.P. Pasolini
Biography
Pier Paolo Pasolini (March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975) was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure. He demonstrated a unique and extraordinary cultural versatility, becoming a highly controversial figure in the process.
Known For
Quelli che il cinema
2025
as Self

The Decameron
1971
as Allievo di Giotto

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Oedipus Rex
1967
as High Priest (uncredited)

Salò: Yesterday and Today
2002

The Canterbury Tales
1972
as Geoffrey Chaucer
TV Shows (1)
Movies (66)

The Decameron
1971
as Allievo di Giotto

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Oedipus Rex
1967
as High Priest (uncredited)

Salò: Yesterday and Today
2002

The Canterbury Tales
1972
as Geoffrey Chaucer

imagenaction
2024
as Archive footage (voice)

Arruso
2000
as Sé stesso (Materiale d'archivio)

Cinéma et Réalité
1967
as Self

Morceaux de Cannes
2021

Callas Assoluta
2007
as Self (archive footage)

The Hunchback
1960
as Monco

Pasolini prossimo nostro
2006
as Se stesso

Il falso bugiardo
2008
as Self (archive footage)

Kill and Pray
1967
as Father Juan

Love Meetings
1965
as Self - Interviewer (uncredited)

My Name Is Anna Magnani
1980
as Self (archive footage)

Reunion; Salo
1998
as Himself (Archive)

Volgar Eloquio
as self

In a Future April: The Young Pasolini
2020
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Isle of Medea
2016
as Self (archive footage)

Via Pasolini
2005
as Interviewee

Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die
1981
as Self- archive footage

Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000
as Self (archive footage)

Der Sanfte Radikale
2005
as himself (archive footage)

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute
2006
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Scouting in Palestine
1965
as Self (uncredited)

Sfuge (apres Varda)
as Self

Pasolini on 'Porcile'
1969
as Self

Pasolini - Il corpo e la voce
2015
The Ashes of Pasolini
2009
as Self

Pasolini and the Secret Humiliation of Chaucer
2006
as Interviewee (archive)

S.P.Q.R.
1972

Pasolini and the Form of the City
1974
as Himself

Pasolini l'Enragé
1966

Notarangelo the Soul Hunter
2019
as Self (archive footage)

Backstage on the Set of Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
1975
as Self

Pasolini, la passion de Rome
2014
as Self (archive footage)

The Walls of Sana'a
1974
as Narrator (voice)
Pasolini maestro corsaro
2015
Pasolini, el poeta en la playa
2000
as Archive footage

Pier Paolo Pasolini: An Italian Journey
2018
as Self (archive footage)

The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo
2021
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

The Ashes of Pasolini
1994

Io sono nata viaggiando
2013
as Self (archive footage)

Notes from a Critofilm
1966

Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
1985
as Self

Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967
2022
as Self

Vor mir der Süden
2021

Notes Towards an African Orestes
1975
as Self (uncredited)

Pasolini's Last Words
2012
as Self (archive)

Notes for a Film in India
1968
as Self
Pier Paolo Pasolini e i confini - Memorie a est del corsaro del novecento
2015

Once Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, Cinematographer
2019
as Himself

Pier Paolo Pasolini - Una visione nuova
2023
as Self

Salò, l’ultimo film di Pier Paolo Pasolini
2005

Pasolini Interviews: Ezra Pound
1967
as Himself

La rabbia 1, la rabbia 2, la rabbia 3... l'Arabia
2008

Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker's Life
1971
as Self
Pier Paolo Pasolini: Primo piano. Personaggi e problemi dell'Italia d'oggi
1967
as Himself

Visioni della Medea (tracce di un film sognato)
2004

Bernardo Bertolucci: What Is the Purpose of Cinema?
2002
as Self (archive footage)

Pier Paolo Pasolini : vivre et encore plus
1976
as Lui-même
Fioretti de Pier Paolo Pasolini 1922/1975
1997
as Lui-même

Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo
1995

L’Ultima Partita di Pasolini
2020
Cinéastes de notre temps : Pier Paolo Pasolini
1966
as himself
About Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini (March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975) was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure. He demonstrated a unique and extraordinary cultural versatility, becoming a highly controversial figure in the process. With 67 credits spanning from 1960 to 2026, Pier Paolo Pasolini has appeared in 66 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Pier Paolo Pasolini Movies
- The Decameron (1971) — as Allievo di Giotto
- Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas (2026) — as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Oedipus Rex (1967) — as High Priest (uncredited)
- Salò: Yesterday and Today (2002)
- The Canterbury Tales (1972) — as Geoffrey Chaucer
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