Gianni
Rondolino
Gianni Rondolino (1932–2016) was a prominent Italian film critic and historian. He taught History and Criticism of Film at the University of Turin. In 1977, he published Storia del cinema, a comprehensive survey of film history which became a standard reference text in Italian film criticism. In 1981, he co-founded the Festival Internazionale Cinema Giovani—later the Torino Film Festival—which he directed for several years.