Giovanni Pastrone was born on 13 September 1883 in Montechiaro d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Cabiria (1914), Giulio Cesare (1909) and Il fuoco (la favilla - la vampa - la cenere) (1916). He died on 27 June 1959 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.