Paolo Benvenuti (born 30 January 1946) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer.
Paolo Benvenuti | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 January 1946 (age 78) Pisa, Italy |
| Occupation(s) | Director, screenwriter and producer |
Life and career
editBorn in Pisa, before being interested in cinema Benvenuti was active as a painter and a graphic artist.[1] In the late 1960s he started filming shorts, documentaries and experimental films.[1] He made his feature film debut in 1988, with The Kiss of Judas, which he also produced and which was screened at the 45th Venice International Film Festival in the Critics' Week section.[1][2] His cinema is generally characterized by a rigorous and sophisticated style, influenced by paintings and by classical drama theatre.[1] His black-and-white historical drama film Gostanza da Libbiano won the Special Jury Prize at the 2000 Locarno International Film Festival.[3]
Filmography
edit- The Kiss of Judas (1988)
- Confortorio (1992)
- Tiburzi (1996)
- Gostanza da Libbiano (2000)
- Secret File (2003)
- Puccini and the Girl (2008)
References
edit- ^ a b c d Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. p. 52. ISBN 8884401712.
- ^ Tullio Kezich (7 September 1988). "Ma chi decide quant'è lungo il naso di Gesù". La Repubblica. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ Derek Elley (13 August 2000). "Locarno fest mulls Muller's exit". Variety. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
Further reading
edit- Alberto Morsiani, Serena Agusto (2010). Le maschere della storia. Il cinema di Paolo Benvenuti. Il Castoro, 2010. ISBN 978-8880335641.
- Gian Luca Roncaglia (2003). Inquadratura, etica e storia: il cinema di Paolo Benvenuti. Edizioni della Battaglia, 2003. ISBN 8887630240.