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name: "Leo Pescarolo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leo-pescarolo"
fi1m_id: "leo-pescarolo"
imdb_id: "nm0675864"
tmdb_id: 50630
wikidata_id: "Q3830265"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1935"
died: "24 May 2006"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:42:15.690427+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."
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# Leo Pescarolo

## Identity

Leo Pescarolo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leo-pescarolo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leo-pescarolo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0675864
- **TMDB ID:** 50630
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3830265
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Pescarolo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3830265, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675864/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/50630

Producer. Born 1 January 1935 in Genova, Italy. Died 24 May 2006.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1935, Genova, Italy
- **Died:** 24 May 2006
- **Also known as:** Leonardo Pescarolo
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Pescarolo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3830265, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675864/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/50630

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Dancer in the Dark*](https://film.one/film/dancer-in-the-dark.md) (71)

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## Biography

Leo Pescarolo, also credited as Leonardo Pescarolo, was an Italian film producer. Born in Genoa in 1935, he began his career in the late 1950s as an assistant director before moving into production.

He produced or co-produced numerous films, including works by Liliana Cavani, Giuliano Montaldo and Francesca Archibugi, as well as *Giordano Bruno* (1973), *What Have You Done to Solange?* (1972), *Autopsy* (1975), *The Great Pumpkin* (1993), *The Truce* (1997), *Dancer in the Dark* (2000) and *The Luzhin Defence* (2000). He received Nastro d'Argento awards for best producer for *The Great Pumpkin* and *The Truce*.

Pescarolo died in Rabat, Morocco, on 24 May 2006.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dancer in the Dark* (2000), Fi1m 71, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/dancer-in-the-dark.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *Dancer in the Dark* (2000), Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/dancer-in-the-dark.md)
- *The Luzhin Defence* (2000), Producer
- *A Time to Love* (1999), Producer
- *Shooting the Moon* (1998), Producer
- *Pleasure (And Its Little Inconveniences)* (1998), Producer
- *The Truce* (1997), Producer
- *The Killer Wore Yellow Shoes* (1995), Producer
- *With Closed Eyes* (1994), Producer
- *On My Own* (1993), Producer
- *The Great Pumpkin* (1993), Producer
- *Towards Evening* (1990), Producer
- *The Sleazy Uncle* (1989), Producer
- *Time to Kill* (1989), Producer
- *Mignon Has Left* (1988), Producer
- *The Gold Rimmed Glasses* (1987), Producer
- *Devil in the Flesh* (1986), Producer
- *Rings of Fear* (1978), Producer
- *Dimmi che fai tutto per me* (1976), Producer
- *Giovannino* (1976), Producer
- *La banca di Monate* (1976), Producer
- *The Noon Vigilante* (1975), Producer
- *We Met One Evening* (1975), Producer
- *Autopsy* (1975), Producer
- *Innocence and Desire* (1974), Executive Producer
- *Giordano Bruno* (1973), Executive Producer
- *Mafia Junction* (1973), Producer
- *What Have You Done to Solange?* (1972), Producer
- *Galileo* (1968), Producer
- *Francis of Assisi* (1966), Producer
- *Il morbidone* (1965), Screenplay, Producer
- *The Last Ones* (1963), First Assistant Director
- *Seduction Of The South* (1961), First Assistant Director
- *Sweet Deceptions* (1960), First Assistant Director
- *Run with the Devil* (1960), Second Assistant Director
- *First Love* (1959), Second Assistant Director
- *South Wind* (1959), Second Assistant Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- David di Donatello for Best Producer 1997: David di Donatello for Best Producer (won), for *The Truce*
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Producer 1994: Nastro d'Argento for Best Producer (won), for *The Great Pumpkin*

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

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