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name: "Joseph Janni"
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roles: ["Producer"]
born: "21 May 1916"
died: "29 May 1994"
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# Joseph Janni

Producer. Born 21 May 1916 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Died 29 May 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 21 May 1916, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
- **Died:** 29 May 1994
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Janni, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1707323, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417830/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31930

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Darling*](https://film.one/film/darling.md) (70)

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## Biography

Joseph Janni (1916–1994) was an Italian-born British film producer. Born in Milan, he studied at Milan University and the Rome Film School before emigrating to Britain in 1939. He formed his own company, Vic Films, and produced his first feature, *The Glass Mountain* (1949), which he co-wrote.

In the 1960s Janni became closely associated with the British New Wave through his partnership with director John Schlesinger. Their collaborations included *A Kind of Loving* (1962), *Billy Liar* (1963), *Darling* (1965), *Far from the Madding Crowd* (1967) and *Sunday Bloody Sunday* (1971). He also produced Ken Loach’s first feature, *Poor Cow* (1967). Janni received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture for *Darling*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, screenonline.org.uk, independent.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Darling* (1965), Fi1m 70, Producer, Idea — [page](https://film.one/film/darling.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Yanks* (1979), Producer
- *Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears* (1973), Producer
- *Sunday Bloody Sunday* (1971), Producer
- *In Search of Gregory* (1969), Producer
- *Poor Cow* (1967), Producer
- *Far from the Madding Crowd* (1967), Producer
- *Modesty Blaise* (1966), Producer
- *Darling* (1965), Producer, Idea — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/darling.md)
- *Billy Liar* (1963), Producer
- *A Kind of Loving* (1962), Producer
- *The Captain's Table* (1959), Producer
- *Robbery Under Arms* (1957), Producer
- *A Town Like Alice* (1956), Producer
- *Romeo and Juliet* (1954), Producer
- *Something Money Can't Buy* (1952), Producer
- *White Corridors* (1951), Producer
- *The Woman in Question* (1950), Executive Producer
- *The Glass Mountain* (1949), Producer
- *Headline* (1943), Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1966: Best Picture (nominated)

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

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