Biography

Nanni Loy (born Giovanni Loi; 23 October 1925 – 21 August 1995) was an Italian film, theatre and TV director. Specifically, Nanni Loy was Sardinian, and one of several notable Sardinian film makers, including Franco Solinas. Loy was born in Cagliari, Sardinia: his father was Guglielmo Loy-Donà, a lawyer issue from a distinguished Sardinian-Venetian family, and his mother was the noblewoman Donna Anna Sanjust of the Marquesses of Neoneli. Rosetta Loy, an Italian novelist, is his sister-in-law.

Known For

Fantasia Among the Squares

Dr. Severance

Disobedience

Il professore

Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi

DC politician

Complexes

Self (segment "Guglielmo il Dentone")

Three Tigers Against Three Tigers

se stesso

Troubleshooters

Charles Varèse

The True Life of Antonio H.

Self

Beautiful Families

Umberto