Luigi Maggi
Born	(1867-12-21)21 December 1867 Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Died	22 August 1946(1946-08-22) (aged 78) Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Occupation(s)	Actor, director
Years active	1906–1928

Luigi Maggi (21 December 1867 – 22 August 1946) was an Italian actor and film director who worked prolifically during the silent era. Working for Ambrosio Film he co-directed the 1908 hit film The Last Days of Pompeii, which launched the historical epic as a popular Italian genre.^[1]

Selected filmography

Director

• Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (The Last Days of Pompeii) (1908)
• Nerone (Nero) (1909)
• Galileo Galilei [it] (1909)
• Il guanto (The Glove) (1910), a rediscovered lost film
• Nozze d'oro [it] (After Fifty Years, The Golden Wedding) (1911)
• The Queen of Nineveh (1911)
• Il fornaretto di Venezia [it] (1914), with Paola Pezzaglia
• La bambola vivente [it] (1924)