Morando Morandini (21 July 1924 – 17 October 2015) was an Italian film critic, author, journalist and occasional actor.
Born in Milan, Morandini began working as a film critic in 1952 for the La Notte newspaper. [1] Between 1965 and 1998 he was the film critic for the newspaper Il Giorno . [1] He is best known for the book collection of film reviews Il Morandini, he published with the collaboration of his wife Laura and his daughter Luisa for seventeen editions, starting from 1999. [1] [2] He also cured several monographies and wrote a history of cinema together with Goffredo Fofi and Gianni Volpi. [1] In 1964 he played an important role in Bernardo Bertolucci's Before the Revolution . [2] He also directed the Bellaria Film Festival from 1984 to 1997 and again in 2002. [2]
Morandini was the subject of three documentary films, Non sono che un critico by Anna Gorio and Tonino Curagi, Je m'appelle Morando – Alfabeto Morandini by Daniele Segre e Morando's Music by Luigi Faccini. [2] In 1995 he received the Flaiano Prize for his career. [1]
