Background
Blasetti was born in Rome, where he also died.
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Blasetti was born in Rome, where he also died.
After studying law at university, Blasetti chose to become a journalist and film critic.
Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the Fascist era. He is sometimes known as the "father of Italian cinema" because of his role in reviving the struggling industry in the late 1920s. He worked for several film magazines and led a campaign for national film production, which had largely ceased by this point.
In 1919 he made a brief foray into acting when he appeared as an extra in Mario Caserini"s Tortured Soul.
He was President of the Jury at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival. His 1969 film Simón Bolívar was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival.