Alberto Marini

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Alberto Marini
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Marini in 2016
Born1972 (age 5253)
Turin, Italy
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • producer

Alberto "Beto" Marini (born 1972) is an Italian screenwriter and producer based in Spain.

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Early life and education

Alberto Marini was born in Turin in 1972. [1] He earned a degree in law, [1] with specialisation in audiovisual law. [2]

Career

Based in Barcelona since 1999, [3] he joined Filmax as part of the development department. [4] In 2010, after working for 11 years in the company (working in development, production and/or writing of films), he left the post of production director in order to work in "more personal" works by means of the creation of his own production company Rebelión Terrestre. [5] His writing credits in the 2015 film Retribution earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay. [3] He made his directorial debut with the horror film Summer Camp. [2]

His film work include writing credits in Romasanta (2004), Sleep Tight (2011), Extinction (2015), Retribution (2015), [2] Your Son (2018), [6] and Fatum (2023). [7] He is also the co-creator of the television series La unidad , [8] and co-wrote Paco Plaza's episode "Freddy" from the Stories to Stay Awake horror anthology series. [9] He is set to adapt Arturo Pérez Reverte's El italiano into a television series format. [10]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
2012 4th Gaudí Awards Best ScreenplaySleep TightWon [11]
2016 30th Goya Awards Best Original Screenplay RetributionNominated [12]
14th Mestre Mateo Awards Best ScreenplayWon [13]

References

  1. 1 2 Arenas, Paula (5 October 2011). "Alberto Marini: "Quería dar rienda suelta a esa envidia que todos tenemos reprimida"". 20minutos.es .
  2. 1 2 3 Belinchón, Gregorio (13 June 2016). "Alberto Marini, de abogado italiano a cineasta de terror en España". El País .
  3. 1 2 García, Julián (11 June 2016). "Alberto Marini: "Nada, salvo la Juve y mi familia, me hace sentir como el cine de terror"". El Periódico de Catalunya .
  4. "Filmax refuerza sus equipos de Marketing, Desarrollo y Contenidos y Producción". Cine y Tele. 29 October 2009.
  5. Evans, Chris (20 October 2010). "Alberto Marini leaves production director post at Filmax". ScreenDaily .
  6. Ocaña, Javier (9 November 2018). "Rabiosa justicia de padre". El País .
  7. Boquerini (10 May 2022). "'Fatum', un atraco con salud, dinero y amor perpetrado por Tosar". El Correo .
  8. Marín Bellón, Federico (19 July 2021). "«El terror entra en casa» de 'La Unidad', que rueda la segunda temporada". ABC .
  9. Fernández, Fausto (5 November 2021). "'Historias para no dormir': cuatro pasos en el delirio". Fotogramas .
  10. Vivarelli, Nick (11 July 2022). "Cattleya's Spanish Unit Set to Adapt Bestselling Thriller 'El Italiano' as High-End Series". Variety .
  11. "Alberto Marini aconsegueix el premi Gaudí al millor guió per 'Mentre dorms'". Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals . 7 February 2012.
  12. "El desconocido". premiosgoya.com . Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España . Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  13. "'El Desconocido', triunfadora en los Mestre Mateo con doce galardones". Antena 3 . 24 April 2016.