Giacomo Gentilomo (5 April 1909 – 16 April 2001) was an Italian film director and painter.

Early life

He was born in Trieste. Gentilomo moved to Rome at a young age.

Career

At 21 years old he entered the cinema industry, working as a script surveyor and an assistant director. Active between 1933 and 1937 as a film editor, in 1939 he debuted as a director with Il Carnevale di Venezia. His 1945 film O sole mio got critical acclaim. His later career was mainly devoted to genre films, and failed to achieve significant critical interest. Dissatisfied with cinema, in the mid-1960s Gentilomo decided to abandon films and to instead fulfill his passion for painting.

Filmography

• The Blind Woman of Sorrento (directed by Nunzio Malasomma, 1934) • I Love You Only (directed by Mario Mattoli, 1935) • Music in the Square (1936) • White Amazons (1936) • Sinfonia di Roma (1937, short) • Condottieri (directed by Luis Trenker, 1937) • The Carnival of Venice (1939) • Ecco la radio! (1940) • La Granduchessa si diverte (1940) • Thrill (1941) • Honeymoon (1941) • Finalmente soli (1942) • Pazzo d'amore (1942) • Mater dolorosa (1943) • Short Circuit (1943) • In cerca di felicità (1944) • Tempesta d'anime (1946) • O sole mio (1946) • The Lovers (1946) • Tehran (1946) • The Brothers Karamazov (1947) • Snow White and the Seven Thieves (1949) • Hawk of the Nile (1950) • Ti ritroverò (1949) • El Sakr (1950) • The Accusation (1950) • The Young Caruso (1951) • Immortal Melodies (1952) • The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1953) • The Two Orphans (1954) • Appassionatamente (1954) • Una voce una chitarra e un pò di luna (1956) • La trovatella di Pompei (1957) • The Dragon's Blood (1957) • Knight Without a Country (1959) • Maciste contro il vampiro (1961) • The Last of the Vikings (1961) • Charge of the Black Lancers (1962) • Brennus, Enemy of Rome (1963) • Slave Girls of Sheba (1963) • Hercules Against the Moon Men (1964)