Nanni Loy

Directing

Born: 1925-10-23
Died: 1995-08-21
From: Cagliari, Italy
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.2

Also Known As

Gianni LoyGiovanni LoiНанни ЛойGiovanni 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.

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Awards & Nominations3 won · 1 nominated

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay

The Four Days of Naples

1964
🏆 Won

Nastro d'Argento for Best Screenplay

🏆 Won

Nastro d'Argento for Best Subject

🏆 Won

Nastro d'Argento for the director of the best film

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