Nanni Loy

Giovanni Loy, known as Nanni, was born in Cagliari on 23 October 1925. He graduated in law, then obtained the diploma of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome and moved into directing in 1957, with Gianni Puccini as co-director. In the mid-1960s he introduced the hidden-camera programme to Italy, as its author and performer on public television. One of his films was nominated for the Oscars. He died in Fregene, near Rome, on 21 August 1995.

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• CinemaCafé ExpressNanni Loy · 1980Cinema