Alice Urciuolo

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Alice Urciuolo
Born1994 (age 3031)
Priverno, Lazio, Italy
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • author
Years active2019–present

Alice Urciuolo (born 1994) [1] is an Italian screenwriter and author. She is best known for co-creating and writing the Amazon Prime Video series Prisma . She also co-wrote the teen drama television series Skam Italia and the Netflix comedy drama film Jumping from High Places .

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Her novel Adorazione (2021) was adapted for a limited series of the same title on Netflix. It was released in November 2024 and started airing in the United States with English subtitles in May 2025.

Early life

Urciuolo was born and raised in Priverno, a town in Latina, Lazio. [2] [3] Her mother is from Vallecorsa. [4] [5] After completing high school, she moved to Rome. [3] She received a master's degree in serial screenwriting through Rai and attended a narrative writing course at Minimum Fax. [6] [7]

Career

She wrote the majority of her debut novel, Adorazione, during the COVID-19 pandemic. [7] The novel was among 12 finalists for the Strega Prize in 2021. [8] [9] It was adapted into a Netflix series, Adoration , in 2024. [10] [11]

After co-writing the teen drama television series Skam Italia , she and Ludovico Bessegato co-created and wrote the coming-of-age television series Prisma for Amazon Prime Video in 2022. [12]

Bibliography

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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  2. Arzilli, Andrea (11 March 2024). "Roma, la scrittrice Alice Urciuolo sul Pigneto violento: «Io qui torno a casa la sera spesso da sola e non ho problemi»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 6 October 2024.
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  4. Pezzino, Laura (16 October 2023). "Alice Urciuolo: «Dopo Skam e Prisma, racconto la manipolazione psicologica: tutti siamo potenziali vittime»". Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  5. Maniscalco, Anna (8 October 2023). "Alice Urciuolo: "Quello che ci manca è un alfabeto dei sentimenti"". Il lLibraio (in Italian). Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  6. Tuveri, Sara (24 April 2021). "Dai corsi minimum lab: Sara Tuveri intervista Alice Urciuolo". Minimum fax (in Italian). Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  7. 1 2 Bellassai, Nunzio (28 April 2021). "Il fantasma dell'Agro Pontino". L'indiependente (in Italian). Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  8. Rossi, Barbara (17 April 2021). "Alice Urciuolo, dal Premio Strega a Skam. Intervista alla scrittrice". Rivista Blam (in Italian). Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  9. Scalise, Roberta (29 April 2021). "Alice Urciuolo: 'Il femminicidio di una donna riguarda tutta la comunità' - INTERVISTA". Roba da Donne (in Italian). Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  10. Roxborough, Scott (19 September 2023). "Netflix Unveils Italian Slate With Two New Series, Films From Cristina Comencini, Alessandro Genovesi". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  11. Whittock, Jesse (19 September 2023). "Netflix Italy Lines Up Projects From Stefano Mordini, Alessandro Genovesi & More". Deadline . Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  12. Berni, Andrea Francesco (27 July 2022). "Prisma: Ludovico Bessegato e Alice Urciuolo ci parlano della serie a Giffoni 2022". Badtaste (in Italian). Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  13. Urciuolo, Alice (2020). Adorazione (in Italian). 66thand2nd. ISBN   9788832971347.
  14. Urciuolo, Alice (2023). La verità che ci riguarda (in Italian). 66thand2nd. ISBN   9788832973129.
  15. Nicoletti, Chiara (6 October 2022). "Alice Urciuolo, Andrea Jublin, Federica Torchetti - Per lanciarsi dalle stelle". Fred Film Radio (in Italian). Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  16. Angeleri, Francesca (27 March 2021). "Alice Urciuolo: «Ora posso raccontare cos'è l'amore tossico»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  17. Fasola, Giacomo (2 June 2024). "Le serie tv da vedere questa settimana: Prisma 2, Becoming Karl Lagerfeld e La Rosa della Vendetta". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  18. Armocida, Pedro (22 September 2024). "Oriana sbarcò in America e divenne "Miss Fallaci"". Il Giornale (in Italian). Retrieved 6 October 2024.