Antonietta De Lillo

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Antonietta De Lillo
Born6 March 1960 (1960-03-06) (age 64)
Naples, Italy
NationalityItalian
OccupationFilm director

Antonietta De Lillo (born 6 March 1960) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, producer and documentarist.

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Life and career

Born in Naples, De Lillo started her career collaborating with various publications as a photographer and later as a journalist. [1] [2] After studying at the DAMS department of the University of Bologna, she moved to Rome, where she entered the film industry as assistant operator. [1]

De Lillo made her film debut co-directing with Giorgio Magliulo the 1986 comedy Una casa in bilico, [1] which got the two directors a nomination for David di Donatello for best new directors. [3] After directing several documetaries and another film with Magliulo (Matilda, 1990), in 1995 she made her solo feature film debut with Vittoria's Tales. [1] [4]

Following a segment in the anthology film The Vesuvians , in 2001 De Lillo directed It's Not Right, which entered the main competition at the Locarno Film Festival [5] and for which she was nominated for the Nastro d'Argento for best story. [1] Her 2004 historical drama The Remains of Nothing premiered out of competition at the 61st Venice International Film Festival. [1] [6] For the film's screenplay she received a nomination for Nastro d'Argento for best screenplay. [1] In the following years, she directed several biographical documentaries, notably La pazza della porta accanto about poet Alda Merini and 'Fulci Talks about Lucio Fulci. [1]

Selected filmography

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References

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