Alberto Negrin

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Alberto Negrin
Born (1940-01-02) 2 January 1940 (age 84)
Casablanca, Morocco
Occupation(s)Director, screenwriter
Years active1965–present

Alberto Negrin (born 2 January 1940) is an Italian film director and screenwriter, known for his historical, nostalgic and political films. [1] [2]

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Negrin started his career as a fine art photographer. [3] In 1962 he debuted as an assistant stage director, collaborating with Orazio Costa and Giorgio Strehler. [3]

In a career spanning over four decades, Negrin has directed over 30 films and series, including the giallo film Enigma rosso (1978), Mussolini and I (1985), starring Bob Hoskins, Anthony Hopkins and Susan Sarandon, the TV miniseries The Secret of the Sahara (1987) (with Ben Kingsley), Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1989) (with Burt Lancaster), Tower of the Firstborn , Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano (2002), Il Cuore nel Pozzo (2005) and Mi Ricordo Anna Frank . [4] Negrin is also known for his long-standing association with composer Ennio Morricone, who composed music for thirteen Negrin's feature films since 1987.

The historical drama film Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano earned him a Telegatto Award for Best TV movie. Il Cuore nel Pozzo , a film about the Foibe massacres and Istrian–Dalmatian exodus, was watched by 17 million people on its first broadcast in Italy.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ Docudrama on European Television: A Selective Survey, Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann, Derek Paget Springer, August 13th, 2016
  2. ↑ Mediterranean Frontiers: Borders, Conflict and Memory in a Transnational World, Dimitar Bechev, Kalypso Nicolaidis, November 30th 2009
  3. 1 2 Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN   8884401712.
  4. ↑ Films directed by Alberto Negrin letterboxd.com, retrieved on July 22nd, 2016

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