Giovanni Bertinetti

A writer whose stories and screenplays contributed to an important period of Italian silent film between 1915 and 1920, Giovanni Bertinetti was born in Turin in the Piedmont in 1872 (February 22nd)and died there in 1950. (October 11th). Bertinetti is best known for his science fiction novels, several of which feature fantastic flying machines, and also wrote a manifesto in 1918 on the Will and Energy of the Cinema that is considered to have been influenced by Italy's then avant-garde Futurist movement. In addition he wrote youth literature including a sequel to the famous story of Pinocchio. Bertinetti also published under several pseudonyms including a woman's name (Donna Clara) for his books concerning decorating the home and beauty for women. In the field of the theater, he composed several plays in the Piedmontese dialect.