Luigi Maggi

Luigi Maggi
Born	(1867-12-21)21 December 1867 Turin, Piedmont Italy
Died	22 August 1946(1946-08-22) (aged 78) Turin, Piedmont Italy
Occupation(s)	Actor Director
Years active	1906–1928

Luigi Maggi (1867–1946) was an Italian actor and film director who worked prolifically during the silent era. Working for Ambrosio Film he co-directed the 1908 hit film The Last Days of Pompeii, which launched the historical epic as a popular Italian genre.

Selected filmography

Director

• The Last Days of Pompeii (1908)
• The Fall of Troy (1908)
• Nero (1909)
• Galileo Galilei (1909)
• Il Fornaretto di Venezia (1914), with Paola Pezzaglia

Sources

• Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
• Winkler, Martin M. Troy: From Homer's Iliad to Hollywood Epic. John Wiley & Sons, 2009.

External links

• Luigi Maggi at IMDb