** FILE **Italian movie director Gillo Pontecorvo is seen at the 58th Venice film festival, at Venice Lido, northern Italy, in this Aug. 30, 2001 file photo. Italian filmmaker Gillo Pontecorvo, who directed the black-and-white classic "The Battle of Algiers," has died in Rome, hospital officials said Friday. He was 86. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, file)