Nanni Loy was an Italian

Italy

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 film, theatre and TV director.

Loy was born in Cagliari

Cagliari

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, Sardinia

Sardinia

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. He became famous for introducing in Italy the candid camera

Candid Camera

Candid Camera is a hidden camera/practical joke reality television series created and produced by Allen Funt, which initially began on radio as Candid Microphone June 28, 1947...

 with his show Specchio segreto (Secret mirror) in 1965.

His 1962 film The Four Days of Naples was nominated for two Academy Awards.

His 1971 film Detenuto in attesa di giudizio

In Prison Awaiting Trial

In Prison Awaiting Trial is a 1971 Italian drama film directed by Nanni Loy. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival where Alberto Sordi won the Silver Bear for Best Actor award.-Cast:* Alberto Sordi - Giuseppe Di Noi...

was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival

22nd Berlin International Film Festival

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. The star, Alberto Sordi

Alberto Sordi

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, won the Silver Bear for Best Actor

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 award.

He specialized in comedy films such as Padre di famiglia but he also shot film dealing with social themes (Detenuto in attesa di giudizio and Sistemo l'America e torno).

Loy died at Fregene, near Rome

Rome

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, in 1995.

Partial filmography

• Parola di ladro
  Parola di ladro
  Parola di ladro is a 1957 Italian film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti....
  
  (1956) (with Gianni Puccini
  Gianni Puccini
  Gianni Puccini was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 32 films between 1940 and 1967...
  
  )
• Il marito (1958) (with Gianni Puccini)
• Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti
  Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti
  Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti is a 1960 Italian comedy crime film directed by Nanni Loy...
  
   (1959)
• Un giorno da leoni (1961)
• Le quattro giornate di Napoli (1962)
• Made in Italy (1965)
• Il padre di famiglia (1967)
• Rosolino Paternò soldato (1970)
• Detenuto in attesa di giudizio
  In Prison Awaiting Trial
  In Prison Awaiting Trial is a 1971 Italian drama film directed by Nanni Loy. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival where Alberto Sordi won the Silver Bear for Best Actor award.-Cast:* Alberto Sordi - Giuseppe Di Noi...
  
  (1971)
• Sistemo l'America e torno (1973)
• Quelle strane occasioni (1976), fragment "Italian Superman", credited as Anonymous
• Signore e signori, buonanotte (1976)
• Café Express
  Café Express (film)
  Café Express is a 1980 comedy film directed by Nanni Loy and starring Nino Manfredi.Michele Abbagnano ekes out a living by abusively selling coffee, hot milk and cappuccino on the night trains running between Naples and Vallo della Lucania; each night, his goods held in a set of vacuum flasks...
  
  (1980)
• Testa o croce (1982)
• Mi manda Picone (1984)
• Amici miei atto III (1985)
• Scugnizzi (1989)
• Pacco, doppio pacco e contropaccotto (1993)

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