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The Producer
MASSIMO CRISTALDI and CRISTALDI PICTURES
Massimo Cristaldi began his career in film production in 1976 when he started work
as a production assistant for his father, legendary Italian producer Franco Cristaldi, in
the family business Vides Cinematografica (from 1980 known as
CRISTALDIFILM). He quickly graduated to Unit Manager and over the next nine
years learned his craft on around 20 features.
From 1983 he worked as both a Production Manager and Production Supervisor, as
well as being Executive Producer on many features and television productions
involving renowned Italian and international directors, including Federico Fellini,
Giuseppe Tornatore, Franceso Rosi, Gillo Pontecorvo, Sergio Corbucci, Nanni Loy,
Luigi Magni, Giuliano Montaldo, DuccioTessari, MarcoVicario, Carlo Carlei, Sergei
Bondarchuk, Michael Anderson, Alexandre Arcady.
Following the death of Franco Cristaldi in 1992, Massimo Cristaldi took over
CRISTALDIFILM and still oversees the sales of its famous film library.
With his acquisition of the well-known Italian distribution company Lux Film in
1996, he enlarged the already substantial CRISTALDIFILM catalogue to nearly 250
films many of which are regarded as milestones in Italian film history. The actors,
writers and directors of these films represent a roll-call of the greatest exponents of
the cinema arts and industry, not only in Italy but internationally, producing classic
titles including Divorce-Italian Style, Amarcord, Cinema Paradiso, Big Deal on
Madonna Street, Salvatore Giuliano, Seduced and Abandoned, Senso, Bitter Rice,
The Name of the Rose.
Besides countless Italian and European awards, CRISTALDIFILM is a three-time
Academy Award (Oscar) winner: twice for Best Foreign Language Picture with
Federico Fellini’s Amarcord and Giuseppe Tornatore’s Cinema Paradiso, following
an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay with Pietro Germi’s Divorce Italian Style.
The company’s worldwide hit The Name of the Rose set a new Italian box office
record when it was released as well as setting a new standard for international coproductions.
Further information on CRISTALDIFILM can be found at
www.cristaldifilm.com
In 1993 Massimo Cristaldi founded CRISTALDI PICTURES, building on the
foundation established by his father and continuing Franco Cristaldi’s entrepreneurial
approach to film-making, focusing on both quality and commercial criteria, thus
merging art with industry.