Castellano &amp; Pipolo is the stage name used by the pair of Italian screenwriters and film directors Franco Castellano (1925–1999) and Giuseppe Moccia (1933–2006). Together, they wrote the screenplays for about seventy films, and directed twenty films, mainly comedies. Their 1984 film "Il ragazzo di campagna" was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.