12 Facts About Uberto Pasolini

Uberto Pasolini wished to work on the film The Killing Fields, was interviewed by David Puttnam, and was rejected.

When Puttnam went to Bangkok to shoot the film, Uberto Pasolini bought his own ticket and presented himself on set seeking work.

Uberto Pasolini subsequently acted as location scout for The Killing Fields, The Frog Prince, and The Mission.

Uberto Pasolini was an assistant director with producer's duties on The Frog Prince, and The Mission.

Uberto Pasolini moved to Los Angeles when Puttnam was appointed as head of Columbia Pictures, and was vice president of production, and in 1988 oversaw production of both David Mamet's Things Change and Emir Kusturica's Time of the Gypsies.

Later in 1988, Uberto Pasolini returned to London and rejoined Enigma Films to serve as associate producer on Meeting Venus, and as producer on A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia for an episode of the TV series Great Performances.

In 1994 Uberto Pasolini left Enigma and founded Redwave Films as a production company to produce the film Palookaville for which he chose David Epstein to write the screenplay and Alan Taylor to direct,.

In 1997, Uberto Pasolini received international recognition as producer of the film The Full Monty.

Uberto Pasolini conceived the idea for the film and chose Simon Beaufoy to write the screenplay and Peter Cattaneo to direct.

In 2000, Uberto Pasolini asked Aileen Ritchie to direct the William Ivory film The Closer You Get, and in 2001 produced The Emperor's New Clothes.

When Uberto Pasolini heard of the incident, he decided to make it into a film to promote discussion on the issue of illegal immigration, and in 2008 he released the critically acclaimed Machan, marking his directorial debut.

In 1995, Uberto Pasolini married the composer Rachel Portman with whom he has worked on several of his film projects.