- Birthday
- 1939-05-24
- Place of Birth
- Milan, Italy
Carlo Cotti
DirectingBiography
Italian director. He made his debut as an actor in small roles in 1960 in the film Rocco and His Brothers by Luchino Visconti, and in Risate di gioia by Mario Monicelli; in this film he met Anna Magnani who advised him to dedicate himself to directing. In the sixties he worked as a production assistant with Riccardo Freda, Roberto Rossellini, Alessandro Blasetti, Joseph Losey and was assistant director to John Huston, Franco Zeffirelli, Alberto Lattuada, as well as Nanni Loy and Losey. In the seventies he directed some commercials and made his debut as a theatre director at the Teatro Gerolamo...