
José Giovanni
José Giovanni (22 June 1923, Paris, France – 24 April 2004, Lausanne, Switzerland) was the pseudonym of Joseph Damiani, a French writer and film-maker of Corsican origin who became a naturalized Swiss citizen in 1986. A former collaborationist and criminal who at one time was sentenced to death, Giovanni often drew his inspiration from personal experience or from real gangsters, such as Abel...
José Giovanni (22 June 1923, Paris, France – 24 April 2004, Lausanne, Switzerland) was the pseudonym of Joseph Damiani, a French writer and film-maker of Corsican origin who became a naturalized Swiss citizen in 1986. A former collaborationist and criminal who at one time was sentenced to death, Giovanni often drew his inspiration from personal experience or from real gangsters, such as Abel...
Known For
Cast Credits
Symphony for a Massacre
as Moreau
Crew Credits
Two Men in Town
Screenplay
The Second Wind
Dialogue
Après le trou
Dialogue
My Father Saved My Life
Director
Crime à l'altimètre
Director
L'Irlandaise
Director
My Friend the Traitor
Director
Among Wolves
Director
The Ruffian
Director
Une robe noire pour un tueur
Director
The Sewers of Paradise
Director
Boomerang
Director
The Gypsy
Director
Two Men in Town
Director
The Pariah
Director
Where Did Tom Go?
Director
One Way Ticket
Director
Last Known Address
Director
The Sicilian Clan
Dialogue
Ho !
Novel
Birds of Prey
Director
Law of Survival
Director
The Last Adventure
Novel
Le Deuxième Souffle
Writer
To Skin a Spy
Writer
The Man from Marrakech
Writer
The Wise Guys
Dialogue
Symphony for a Massacre
Dialogue
Rififi in Tokyo
Adaptation
A Man Named Rocca
Dialogue