Given the question: Facts:   - yearsactive: 1953 & ndash ; 1982    - death date: 10 november 1982      - birth date: 29 january 1929    - name: elio petri    - death place: rome , italy    - birth place: rome , italy    - occupation: film director   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of elio petri .
The answer is:
elio petri -lrb- 29 january 1929 -- 10 november 1982 -rrb- was an italian political filmmaker .