Nanni Loy

Biography

Nanni Loy (born Giovanni Loi; 23 October 1925 – 21 August 1995) was an Italian film, theatre and TV director. Specifically, Nanni Loy was Sardinian, and one of several notable Sardinian film makers, including Franco Solinas. Loy was born in Cagliari, Sardinia: his father was Guglielmo Loy-Donà, a lawyer issue from a distinguished Sardinian-Venetian family, and his mother was the noblewoman Donna Anna Sanjust of the Marquesses of Neoneli. Rosetta Loy, an Italian novelist, is his sister-in-law.

Known For

Complexes

as Self (segment "Guglielmo il Dentone")

Troubleshooters

as Charles Varèse

Three Tigers Against Three Tigers

as se stesso

Fantasia chez les ploucs

as Dr. Severance

Disobedience

as Il professore

Beautiful Families

as Umberto

Open Letter to the Evening News

La vera vita di Antonio H.

as Self

Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi

as DC politician

Il Tappabuchi