---
name: "Giuseppe Amato"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/giuseppe-amato"
fi1m_id: "giuseppe-amato"
imdb_id: "nm0024155"
tmdb_id: 4411
wikidata_id: "Q1528112"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "24 August 1899"
died: "3 February 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 90
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-25T09:04:26.010077+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Giuseppe Amato

## Identity

Giuseppe Amato

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/giuseppe-amato
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** giuseppe-amato
- **IMDb ID:** nm0024155
- **TMDB ID:** 4411
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1528112
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Amato, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1528112, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0024155/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4411

Producer. Born 24 August 1899 in Napoli, Italy. Died 3 February 1964.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 24 August 1899, Napoli, Italy
- **Died:** 3 February 1964
- **Active:** 1945–1960
- **Also known as:** Giuseppe Vasaturo, Peppino Amato, Джузеппе Амато
- **Frequently works with:** [Angelo Rizzoli](https://film.one/person/angelo-rizzoli.md), [Cesare Zavattini](https://film.one/person/cesare-zavattini.md), [Federico Fellini](https://film.one/person/federico-fellini.md), [Vittorio De Sica](https://film.one/person/vittorio-de-sica.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 90, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 91 (2), 1950s 91 (1), 1960s 88 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 90 to 86 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $21m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Amato, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1528112, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0024155/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4411

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Bicycle Thieves*](https://film.one/film/bicycle-thieves.md) (93), [*Umberto D.*](https://film.one/film/umberto-d.md) (91), [*Rome, Open City*](https://film.one/film/rome-open-city.md) (89)

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## Biography

Giuseppe Amato, born Giuseppe Vasaturo, was an Italian film producer, screenwriter and director. He began his career as an actor in 1914 before working as an assistant photographer, scenarist and director, and later establishing his own production company.

Amato produced 58 films between 1932 and 1961. He is known for *Bicycle Thieves* (1948), *Rome, Open City* (1945), *Umberto D.* (1952), *The Little World of Don Camillo* (1952), *The Return of Don Camillo* (1953) and *La Dolce Vita* (1960). He also produced *The Facts of Murder* (1959) and served as associate producer on *The Flowers of St. Francis* (1950).

Amato died in Rome on 3 February 1964.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *La Dolce Vita* (1960), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/la-dolce-vita.md)
- *Umberto D.* (1952), Fi1m 91, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/umberto-d.md)
- *Bicycle Thieves* (1948), Fi1m 93, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/bicycle-thieves.md)
- *Rome, Open City* (1945), Fi1m 89, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/rome-open-city.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Girl of a Thousand Months* (1961), Producer
- *La Dolce Vita* (1960), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/la-dolce-vita.md)
- *The Facts of Murder* (1959), Producer
- *Hell in the City* (1959), Producer
- *Move and I'll Shoot* (1958), Producer
- *Seven Hills of Rome* (1957), Story
- *It Happens in Roma* (1955), Producer, Director
- *Angels of Darkness* (1954), Screenplay, Director, Producer
- *The Return of Don Camillo* (1953), Producer
- *Mademoiselle Gobete* (1952), Producer
- *The Little World of Don Camillo* (1952), Producer
- *Umberto D.* (1952), Producer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/umberto-d.md)
- *Un ladro in paradiso* (1952), Producer, Screenplay
- *Paris Is Always Paris* (1951), Producer
- *The Flowers of St. Francis* (1950), Associate Producer
- *Tomorrow Is Too Late* (1950), Producer
- *Yvonne of the Night* (1949), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *Una lettera all'alba* (1948), Executive Producer
- *Bicycle Thieves* (1948), Producer — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/bicycle-thieves.md)
- *Christmas at Camp 119* (1947), Screenplay, Producer
- *Malìa* (1946), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *Rome, Open City* (1945), Producer — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/rome-open-city.md)
- *Apparizione* (1943), Producer, Story, Screenplay
- *The Peddler and the Lady* (1943), Producer
- *Four Steps in the Clouds* (1942), Adaptation, Producer
- *There's Room Up Ahead* (1942), Producer
- *The Jester's Supper* (1942), Producer
- *Eternal Melody* (1940), Executive Producer
- *Una famiglia impossibile* (1940), Producer
- *A Romantic Adventure* (1940), Producer
- *Red Roses* (1940), Director, Producer
- *Attenzione!* (1940), Director
- *You Love Me, I Love You* (1939), Producer
- *Frenesia* (1939), Producer
- *Department Store* (1939), Producer
- *Heartbeat* (1939), Executive Producer
- *L'amor mio non muore!* (1938), Director, Producer
- *Il conte di Bréchard* (1938), Producer
- *I fratelli Castiglioni* (1937), Producer
- *The Man Who Smiles* (1937), Producer
- *I Was to Blame* (1937), Producer, Screenplay
- *30 Seconds of Love* (1936), Producer
- *Milizia territoriale* (1936), Producer
- *I Don't Know You Anymore* (1936), Producer
- *Casta diva* (1935), Producer
- *Three Cornered Hat* (1935), Producer
- *La maestrina* (1934), Producer
- *La signorina dell'autobus* (1933), Producer
- *Cinque a zero* (1932), Producer
- *Mare Nostrum* (1926), Assistant Director
- *Morte di un bandito*, Director, Production Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- Nastro d'Argento for Best Producer 1962: Nastro d'Argento for Best Producer (nominated), for *La Dolce Vita*
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Producer 1961: Nastro d'Argento for Best Producer (nominated), for *La Dolce Vita*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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