Alessandro Rak

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Alessandro Rak
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Rak in 2013
Born22 December 1977 (1977-12-22) (age 47)
Naples, Italy
NationalityItalian
Occupation(s)Film director
Cartoonist

Alessandro Rak (born 22 December 1977), also known just as Rak, is an Italian film director, screenwriter, cartoonist and animator.

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Life and career

Born in Naples, Rak studied animation at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. [1] [2] His graduation animated short, Looking Death Window, won several international prizes. [3] Returned in his hometown, in 2001, he founded with Andrea Scoppetta the animation studio Rak&Scop. [3] [2] After collaborating to several music videos and creating the comic series Ark and Zero or One, in 2007 he had his breakout with the comic series A Skeleton Story, co-created with Scopetta. [3]

In 2013, Rak made his directorial feature debut with The Art of Happiness , which premiered at the 70th Venice International Film Festival and won the award for best animated film at the 27th European Film Awards. [1] [4] His following film Cinderella the Cat , a loose adaptation of the Giambattista Basile's fable of the same name and on Roberto De Simone's musical La Gatta Cenerentola , premiered at the 74th Venice International Film Festival, in the Horizons sidebar. [5] [6] His third feature, Yaya e Lennie – The Walking Liberty, had its world premiere at the 74th Locarno Film Festival. [7]

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 Tammaro, Gianmaria (20 November 2023). ""L'arte della felicità": dieci anni fa, al cinema, il film diretto da Alessandro Rak. Che cosa è cambiato da allora e come sta, oggi, l'animazione italiana". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 Della Ragione, Antonio (10 July 2024). "Alessandro Rak e "L'arte della felicità"". Ambasciator (in Italian). Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Urbani, Ilaria (8 April 2012). "Alessandro Rak, l'artista animato ". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  4. ↑ Scott Roxborough (13 December 2014). "Polish 'Ida' Wins Big at European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  5. ↑ Weissberg, Jay (8 September 2017). "Film Review: 'Cinderella the Cat'". Variety. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  6. ↑ van Hoeij, Boyd (11 September 2017). "'Cinderella the Cat' ('Gatta Cenerentola'): Film Review | Venice 2017". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  7. ↑ De Marco, Camillo (4 November 2021). "Review: Yaya e Lennie – The Walking Liberty". Cineuropa . Retrieved 3 August 2025.
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