Gianni Comencini

Gianni Comencini, together with his older brother Luigi and Alberto Lattuada, helped established the Cineteca Italiana in 1947 (although it was legally constituted that year, it had existed since 1935 under the names of Cineteca Milanese or Cineteca Mario Ferrari). He was appointed Secretary General of the Cineteca in 1949 and remained in that post for over 40 years, working in tandem with the Curator Walter Alberti for most of that period. In 1994, after Alberti’s death, he became Curator and was one of the promoters of the transformation of the Cineteca into a Foundation, of which he was appointed President in the late 1990s. He first FIAF Congress was that of Copenhagen in 1948, during which he was elected "Second Vice President". His last, 55 years later, was in Helsinki, when he was elected FIAF Honorary Member.

Luisa Comencini, "The Fondazione Cineteca Italiana at 70", Journal of Film Preservation, Issue 97, October 2017, pp.80-86

Matteo Pavesi & Gianni Comencini, "La passion du cinéma et les rencontres d'une vie", Journal of Film Preservation, Issue 70, Nov 2005, pp.51-55

Robert Daudelin, "Gianni Comencini (1921-2005)", Journal of Film Preservation, Issue 69, May 2005, p. 65