Perfery
← Back to Perfery
José Giovanni

José Giovanni

Directing
1970 — 1973 · 2 films
Lived
22 June 1923 — d. 2004
From
Paris, France

José Giovanni (22 June 1923, Paris, France – 24 April 2004, Lausanne, Switzerland) was the pseudonym of Joseph Damiani, a French writer and film-maker of Corsican origin who became a naturalized Swiss citizen in 1986.

Acting
1963 · 1 film
Lived
22 June 1923 — d. 2004
From
Paris, France

José Giovanni (22 June 1923, Paris, France – 24 April 2004, Lausanne, Switzerland) was the pseudonym of Joseph Damiani, a French writer and film-maker of Corsican origin who became a naturalized Swiss citizen in 1986.

Career Signature

How José Giovanni’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.

grainy 70s grit
urban alienation
investigation spiral
slow burn
working-class realism

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every directed film.

Tonal kin

Jean-Pierre MelvilleJean-Pierre Melville13 filmsKoreyoshi KuraharaKoreyoshi Kurahara5 filmsDiao YinanDiao Yinan3 filmsTōru MurakawaTōru Murakawa3 filmsScott FrankScott Frank2 filmsAlberto RodríguezAlberto Rodríguez6 filmsMichaël R. RoskamMichaël R. Roskam3 filmsSCStuart Cooper2 films
Career Signature

How José Giovanni’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.

nightlife underworld
grainy 70s grit
ensemble mosaic
rain-soaked noir
urban alienation

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every acted-in film.

Filmography

Two Men in Town

1973

Last Known Address

1970

Filmography

Symphony for a Massacre

1963