Jacopo Quadri

Jacopo Quadri
Born	17 November 1964 (1964-11-17) (age 60) Milan, Italy
Occupation	Film editor
Years active	1992-present

Jacopo Quadri (born 17 November 1964) is an Italian film editor and documentarist, whose career spanned over 30 years.

Life and career

Born in Milan, Quadri is the son of theatre critic Franco Quadri and journalist Marisa Rusconi. ^[1] He graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, and served as film editor of all Mario Martone's films. ^[2]

In 1998, Quadri won a David di Donatello for best editing for Martone's Rehearsals for War ^[3] In 1999, he won a Ciak d'Oro for Bernardo Bertolucci's Besieged . ^[4] In 2000, he won a second Ciak d'Oro for Marco Bechis' Olympic Garage . ^[5] He won again the Ciak d'Oro in 2004 for The Scent of Blood and The Dreamers , ^[6] in 2011 for We Believed , ^[7] and in 2016 for Fire at Sea . ^[8]

In 2014, Quadri made his directorial debut with a documentary film about Luca Ronconi, La scuola d'estate, that premiered at the Torino Film Festival. ^[9]

Selected filmography

• Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician (1992)
• Nasty Love (1995)
• Escoriandoli (1996)
• The Vesuvians (1997)
• Ovosodo (1997)
• Fireworks (1997)
• Besieged (1998)
• Rehearsals for War (1998)
• Kisses and Hugs (1999)
• Seventeen Years (1999)
• Olympic Garage (1999)
• Brainstorm (2000)
• Free the Fish (2000)
• Tomorrow (2001)
• My Name Is Tanino (2002)
• The Dreamers (2003)
• Whisky Romeo Zulu (2004)
• Tropical Malady (2004)
• The Scent of Blood (2004)
• Amatemi (2005)
• Little Red Flowers (2006)
• Agua (2006)
• Flying Lessons (2007)
• Birdwatchers (2008)
• Below Sea Level (2008)
• Dada's Dance (2008)
• We Believed (2010)
• Gangor (2010)
• El Sicario, Room 164 (2010)
• Me and You (2010)
• Steel (2012)
• Sacro GRA (2013)
• Leopardi (2014)
• Sworn Virgin (2015)
• Fire at Sea (2016)
• Pericle (2016)
• The Leisure Seeker (2017)
• Capri-Revolution (2018)
• Magical Nights (2018)
• The Mayor of Rione Sanità (2019)
• Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)
• Notturno (2020)
• The Life Ahead (2020)
• The King of Laughter (2021)
• Nostalgia (2022)
• Dry (2022)
• Felicità (2023)
• Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me (2023)
• The Great Ambition (2024)
• Another Summer Holiday (2024)
• Fuori (2025)
• Five Seconds (2025)

References

1. Bandettini, Anna (24 March 2021). "Franco Quadri a 10 anni dalla morte. Il figlio Jacopo: "Con lui ho scoperto il cinema"". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 7 October 2025.
2. "Jacopo Quadri". Mymovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 October 2025.
3. Zecchinelli, Cecilia (6 July 1998). "Donatellos find 'Life' beautiful". Variety . Retrieved 27 July 2025.
4. Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore. p. 275. ISBN   978-88-7742-221-7.
5. Catacchio, Antonello (27 June 2000). ""Ciak d'oro", protagonista il cinema italiano". Il manifesto (in Italian). Retrieved 7 October 2025.
6. Nano, Chiara (8 June 2004). "Ciak d'oro 2004". Cinecittà News (in Italian). Retrieved 7 October 2025.
7. "Ciak d'Oro, valanga di premiper Moretti e Martone". La Stampa (in Italian). 17 June 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
8. "Ciak d'oro 2016: i premi". Sky TG24 (in Italian). 8 June 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
9. Fuksas, Elisa (24 June 2015). "Luca Ronconi nelle vesti di "uomo esperto" per aiutare un gruppo di giovani attori. "La scuola d'estate"celebra la sua memoria". HuffPost Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 7 October 2025.

External links

• Jacopo Quadri at IMDb