Marco Tullio Giordana

Last updated

Marco Tullio Giordana
Marco Tullio Giordana FCI Tokyo.jpg
Marco Tullio Giordana in 2006.
Born (1950-10-01) 1 October 1950 (age 72)
Milan, Italy
Occupation(s)Director, Screenwriter
Years active1977present

Marco Tullio Giordana (born 1 October 1950) is an Italian director and screenwriter.

Contents

Biography

Born in Milan, during the 1970s he approaches the cinema by collaborating on the screenplay of Roberto Faenza's 1977 documentary Forza Italia!, while his debut behind the camera comes two years later, in 1979 with the feature film To Love the Damned, presented at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival and winner of the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival. In 1981, he made an ambitious project, The Fall of the Rebel Angels , presented at the 38th Venice International Film Festival.

In 1996 he participated with other directors, Gianni Amelio, Marco Risi, Alessandro D'Alatri and Mario Martone in the RAI and UNICEF project Beyond childhood - Five directors for UNICEF. In 2000 he returned to the Venice Film Festival with One Hundred Steps , a film of denunciation on the life and death of Peppino Impastato, which won the prize for best screenplay. In 2003 he made the film The Best of Youth , which traces Italian history from the 1960s to early 2000s and which wins the Un Certain Regard section of the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.

In 2005 he presented himself in competition at Cannes with Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide . [1]

In 2012 he made the film Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy , dedicated to the Piazza Fontana massacre of 12 December 1969 and the events that followed, up to the assassination of Commissioner Luigi Calabresi on 17 May 1972.

Filmography

Director

Screenwriter

Related Research Articles

<i>The Best of Youth</i> 2003 Italian film

The Best of Youth is a 2003 Italian historical drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana and written by Sandro Petraglia and Stefano Rulli. A family saga set in Italy from 1966 through 2003, it chronicles the life of the middle-class Carati family, focusing primarily on brothers Nicola and Matteo as their life paths separate during youth, encompassing major political and social events in post–World War II Italian history.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2005 Cannes Film Festival</span> Film festival edition

The 58th Cannes Film Festival started on 11 May and ran until 22 May 2005. Twenty movies from 13 countries were selected to compete. The awards were announced on 21 May. The Palme d'Or went to the Belgian film L'Enfant by Dardenne brothers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pierfrancesco Favino</span> Italian actor

Pierfrancesco Favino is an Italian actor, voice actor and producer. He has appeared in more than fifty European and American movies and television series since the early 1990s, including The Prince of Homburg (1997), The Last Kiss (2001), El Alamein: The Line of Fire (2002), The Keys to the House (2004), Romanzo Criminale (2005), The Unknown Woman (2006), Night at the Museum (2006), Saturn in Opposition (2007), The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008), Angels & Demons (2009), ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards (2012) Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy (2012), World War Z (2013), Rush (2013), Suburra (2015) and The Traitor (2019). In 2020, he won the Volpi Cup at Venice Film Festival for his performance in Padrenostro.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adriana Asti</span> Italian theatre, film, and voice actress

Adriana Asti is an Italian stage, film, and voice actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Francesca Archibugi</span> Italian film director and scriptwriter

Francesca Archibugi is an Italian film director and scriptwriter.

<i>Once Youre Born You Can No Longer Hide</i> 2005 film

Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide is a 2005 Italian drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. The film concerns undocumented migration to Italy via the Mediterranean Sea.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">57th Venice International Film Festival</span> Film festival

The 57th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 30 August to 9 September 2000. The Golden Lion was awarded to Dayereh directed by Jafar Panahi.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Luca Zingaretti</span> Italian actor

Luca Zingaretti is an Italian actor and film director, known for playing Salvo Montalbano in the Inspector Montalbano mystery series based on the character and novels created by Andrea Camilleri. Zingaretti is a native of Rome, and the older brother of politician Nicola Zingaretti.

<i>To Love the Damned</i> 1980 film

To Love the Damned is a 1980 Italian drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. It competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Golden Leopard award at the Locarno International Film Festival in 1980.

<i>Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy</i> 2012 Italian film

Romanzo di una strage is a 2012 Italian historical drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. It is loosely based on the book Il segreto di Piazza Fontana by Paolo Cucchiarelli. The film deals with the reconstruction of the Piazza Fontana bombing that took place in Milan December 12, 1969, and of the tragic events that ensued, from the death of Giuseppe Pinelli, which occurred in mysterious circumstances during an interrogation, to the death of the Commissioner Luigi Calabresi, who had led the investigation.

Toni Bertorelli was an Italian actor. He performed in over sixty films.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Giovanni Scifoni</span> Italian actor and theatre director

Giovanni Scifoni is an Italian actor and theatre director. After musical studies and first steps as a comic strip writer, he was selected to attend the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico.

<i>Who Killed Pasolini?</i> 1995 Italian film

Pasolini, un delitto italiano, internationally released as Who Killed Pasolini?, is a 1995 Italian crime-drama film co-written and directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. It was released on 3 July 1996. It depicts the trial against Pino Pelosi, who was charged with the murder of artist and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini.

Roberto Forza is an Italian film cinematographer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fabrizio Gifuni</span> Italian actor

Fabrizio Gifuni is an Italian stage, film and television actor. He won two Silver Ribbons and a David di Donatello Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Corrado Invernizzi</span> Italian actor (born 1965)

Corrado Invernizzi is an Italian actor.

Biagio Pelligra is an Italian stage, film and television actor.

Andrea Tidona is an Italian actor and voice actor.

The 47th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 29 June to 7 July 2012. The Crystal Globe was won by The Almost Man, a Norwegian comedy film directed by Martin Lund. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won by Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy, an Italian drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana.

This is a list of Italian television related events from 1984.

References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 6 December 2009.