Emidio Greco

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Emidio Greco
Born(1938-10-20)20 October 1938
Died22 December 2012(2012-12-22) (aged 74)
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1974-2012

Emidio Greco (20 October 1938 22 December 2012) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, best known for the 1974 film Morel's Invention .

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Life and career

Born in Leporano, in the province of Taranto, Greco moved in Turin as a child. [1] [2] In 1964 he graduated at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, then, two years later, he started an activity as documentarist for RAI TV. [1] In 1971 he attended Roberto Rossellini accompanying him in Chile for a filmed interview with Salvador Allende. [1] In 1974 Greco made his directorial debut in a feature film with Morel's Invention that, well-received from critics, marked him as a real promise in Italian art cinema. [1] His second film, Ehrengard , filmed in 1982, would be released just in 2002 due to the bankruptcy of the producers; [1] from then he directed six more films, mainly literary works adaptations. [1] In 1991 he was awarded with a Nastro d'Argento award for best screenplay for the film A Simple Story . [3]

In 2004 Greco, together with Francesco Maselli, founded and organized the "Giornate degli Autori" section at the Venice Film Festival. [1] [2] He died in Rome at 74 after a brief illness. [1] [4]

Filmography

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  4. Franco Cordelli (23 December 2012). "Addio al regista Emidio Greco Fu un intellettuale del cinema". Corriere della Sera . Retrieved 23 December 2012.