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Italian screenwriter and film director
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Birth:
1 January 1942(Catania, Province of Catania, Sicily, Italy)
Death:
5 August 1990(Rome, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Aldo Grimaldi (1942 – 5 August 1990) was an Italian director and screenwriter.
Born in Catania, the son of the director and screenwriter Giovanni Grimaldi, he started his career as an assistant director in the films of his father. He made his directorial debut in 1967 with the "musicarello" Nel sole, and then he became a specialist of the genre, often working with the couple formed by Al Bano and Romina Power. He also directed a number of commedie sexy all'italiana. He died of an incurable disease at 48.