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Carlo Carlei (born 16 April 1960 in Nicastro) is an Italian film director. He has directed the English-language films Fluke (1995) and Romeo & Juliet (2013), as wall as the Italian television film Padre Pio: Miracle Man (2000).
Carlo Carlei was born in Nicastro, Lamezia Terme on 16 April 1960. Carlei had a strong interest in filmmaking since childhood. In an interview with Los Angeles Times , Carlei cited the Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey as an influential film. [1] Although he initially moved to Rome to study law, he instead attended the newly-established Gaumont Film School in 1981, established by producer Renzo Rossellini. [1] There, he directed his thesis film, Flight of the Innocent, which was later featured in the 1985 science-fiction anthology film Juke Box (Italian : Juke Box ) alongside films by Daniele Luchetti, Valerio Jalongo and Antonello Grimaldi. In 1991, Carlei directed the 50-minute television film Captain Cosmos , which featured the final appearance of actor Walter Chiari.
In 1992, Carlei directed Flight of the Innocent . Although the film received negative reviews in Italy, the film was better received internationally, especially at its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Bill Mechanic, then-president of Walt Disney Studios's International Distribution, helped redistribute the film in Italy, while Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer distributed the film in the United States. [1] The film was nominated at 51st Golden Globe Awards, for the "Best Foreign Language Film", but lost to the Chinese-Hong Kong film, Farewell My Concubine . Carlei was also nominated at the 38th David di Donatello for "Best New Director", but lost to Mario Martone.
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