| Gianfranco Mingozzi | |
| Birth Place: | Bologna, Italy |
| Death Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Occupation: | Director, screenwriter |
Gianfranco Mingozzi (5 April 1932 – 7 October 2009) was an Italian director and screenwriter.
Born in Bologna, Mingozzi got a degree in Law, then enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating in 1958.[1] [2] After being assistant of Federico Fellini, René Clément, Philippe de Broca and Gianni Franciolini, in 1962 he debuted as a screenwriter for La vita provvisoria, and then made his directorial debut with "La vedova bianca", a segment of the anthology film Le italiane e l'amore.[3] He was also a critically acclaimed documentarist.[4] [5]