Gianni Zanasi

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Gianni Zanasi
Born1965 (age 5960)
Vignola, Italy
CitizenshipItaly
Occupations
  • Director
  • actor
  • writer
Years active1993–present

Gianni Zanasi is an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor.

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Early life and education

Gianni Zanasi was born in Vignola in 1965. After studying philosophy at the University of Bologna, he enrolled in a school of theatrical writing and a course in film directed by Nanni Moretti. He attended the Experimental Center of Cinematography in Rome, where in 1992 he graduated from directing. [1]

In 1992 made his first short film Le belle prove, [1] which won a prize at the Torino Film Festival. Two years later the same cast was reassembled for his first feature film, Nella mischia (1995), which was the first feature selected for Director's Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival. [1]

Zanasi also directed the television miniseries Fathers and Sons and the documentary Life is short but the day is long.[ when? ][ citation needed ]

He returned to feature films in 2007, with the comedy Don't Think About It , starring Valerio Mastandrea, Anita Caprioli, Giuseppe Battiston, Caterina Murino, and others. Critically acclaimed, the film gave rise in 2009 to a television series of the same name, broadcast by Fox Italy, directed by Zanasi and Pellegrini, with the same cast as the original title. [2]

In 2018 he directed Lucia's Grace . [3] [4]

Filmography

Director [5]
TitleYearNotes
Nella mischia1995As director
Fuori di me1999Direction and screenplay
Don't Think About It 2007Direction and screenplay
The Complexity of Happiness 2015Direction and screenplay
Lucia's Grace 2018Direction and screenplay
Writer [6]
TitleNotesYear
Le belle proveShort film1993
Nella mischia1995
A domaniDirector and screenplay1999
Beside MyselfAs an actor also1999
The life's short but the day is longDocumentary. Original Title - La vita è breve ma la giornata è lunghissima2004
Don't Think About It Original Title - Non pensarci2007
Non pensarci, la serie TV series2009

Others

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gianni Zanasi". MYmovies.it (in Italian). August 6, 1965. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  2. "Film 2007". Movieplayer.it (in Italian). March 17, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  3. Goodfellow, Melanie (April 17, 2018). "Cannes: Directors' Fortnight unveils 2018 line-up". Screen Daily .
  4. Keslassy, Elsa (April 17, 2018). "Cannes: Directors' Fortnight Lineup Boasts Colombia's 'Birds of Passage,' Nicolas Cage in 'Mandy'". Variety .
  5. "Gianni Zanasi. Biografia e filmografia".
  6. "Gianni Zanasi". IMDb .