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Nanni Loy

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Nanni Loy

Born October 23, 1925 in Cagliari, ItalyDied August 21, 199522 films

Nanni Loy (born Giovanni Loi; 23 October 1925 – 21 August 1995) was an Italian film, theatre and TV director. Specifically, Nanni Loy was Sardinian, and one of several notable Sardinian film makers, including Franco Solinas.

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Loy was born in Cagliari, Sardinia: his father was Guglielmo Loy-Donà, a lawyer issue from a distinguished Sardinian-Venetian family, and his mother was the noblewoman Donna Anna Sanjust of the Marquesses of Neoneli. Rosetta Loy, an Italian novelist, is his sister-in-law.

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Why posterFirst watchWhy19717.3Giuseppe Di Noi, an Italian surveyor living in Sweden, gets arrested at the border while going back to Italy with his family for a vacation. But can someone tell the man why?View film

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Filmography

22 films as director
  1. 1995Rome, November 12, 1994Director
  2. 1993Package, Double Package and CounterpackageDirector
  3. 1990Gioco di societàDirector
  4. 1989ScugnizziDirector
  5. 1985My Friends Act IIIDirector
  6. 1984Where's Picone?Director
  7. 1984SabatoventiquattromarzoDirector
  8. 1982Heads I Win, Tails You LoseDirector
  9. 1980Café ExpressDirector
  10. 1976Strange OccasionDirector
  11. 1976Keep It To Yourself!Director
  12. 1976Goodnight, Ladies and GentlemenDirector
  13. 1974I'll Fix America and Be Right BackDirector
  14. 1971WhyDirector
  15. 1970Operation SnafuDirector
  16. 1967The Head of the FamilyDirector
  17. 1965Made in ItalyDirector
  18. 1962The Four Days of NaplesDirector
  19. 1961A Day for LionheartsDirector
  20. 1959Fiasco in MilanDirector
  21. 1958Il maritoDirector
  22. 1957Parola di ladroDirector