LC control no. | n 83204382 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Bisiach, Gianni |
Associated country | Italy |
Associated place | Eritrea Rwanda Burundi Iraq United States |
Birth date | 1927-05-07 |
Death date | 2022-11-20 |
Place of birth | Gorizia (Italy) |
Place of death | Rome (Italy) |
Affiliation | Centro sperimentale di cinematografia (Italy) Scuola di medicina di Asmara Università di Roma |
Profession or occupation | Medical research personnel Journalists Independent filmmakers Film teachers |
Found in | His Pertini racconta, 1983: t.p. (Gianni Bisiach) Portale storico della Presidenza della Repubblica (website), Gianni Bisiach, viewed February 21, 2025 (Gianni Bisiach, born Gorizia, 7 May 1927; died Rome, 20 November 2022; graduated in 1946 from the liceo scientifico di Gorizia; moved to Africa for 6 years, meteorological officer of the Royal Air Force at the airport of Asmara, researcher with Raymond Katz at the Laboratorio Geologico dell'Eritrea, and did geological uranium prospecting in Dancalia with Belgian engineer Louis Astrup; two degrees in medicine and surgery, from the scuola di medicina di Asmara and the Università di Roma with specializations in anesthesia and radiology; did a wide array of medical research in Africa with various professors; in Italy he studied psychiatry and neurosurgery; first assistant surgeon to Prof. Antonino Musso; worked as an anesthetist at Clinica Chirurgica dell'Università di Roma; in the 1950s he was on the editorial staff of the monthly magazine Incontri oggi; began using a Pathé Baby camera at an early age, over the years made short documentaries and screenplays; in 1969 he made the film I due Kennedy; in 1972 he made a documentary on the trip of Pope Paul VI to Asia and Oceana, and was called to coordinate courses and teach cinematographic and television information techniques for 10 years at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia; in 1978 Saddam Hussein, then vice president of Iraq, invited him to Baghdad for the Anti-imperialist Film Festival; he was also active in television, doing cultural and investigative journalism; in 1964 he was called by Walter Cronkite to follow his work for a month at CBS Evening News; produced over 3,000 reports, episodes and history specials; also did cultural programs for Rai Radio 1, and was head of the management of the program Radio anch'io for 13 years, 1980-1992; author of a history column Dieci righe di storia (mostly about the city of Roma) for the daily newspaper Il Messaggero, 1995-2000; author of historical column Accadde il for the weekly Di Più since 2015; honor: Cavaliere di gran croce dell'Ordine al merito della Repubblica italiana «Di iniziativa del Presidente della Repubblica», 14 March 2018) <https://archivio.quirinale.it/aspr/biografia/gianni-bisiach#n> |
Associated language | ita |