Pasquale Pozzessere

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Pasquale Pozzessere
Born1957 (age 64–65)
Lizzano
Occupationfilm director, screenwriter

Pasquale Pozzessere (born in 1957) is an Italian film director and screenwriter.

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Life and career

Born in Lizzano, Taranto in the mid-1980s Pozzessere abandoned his medicine university studies to enter the cinema industry working as a script supervisor for Pupi Avati and as assistant director of Francesco Maselli. [1] After directing a number of short films, [1] he made his feature film debut in 1992, with Verso Sud , for which he was nominated to a David di Donatello for Best New Director [2] and won the Grolla d'oro in the same category. [3] The film also won the Grand Prix at the Annecy Film Festival. [4]

Filmography

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References

  1. 1 2 Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN   8884401712.
  2. ↑ Maria Pia Fusco (6 June 1993). "' IL GRANDE COCOMERO' E' IL FILM DELL' ANNO". La Repubblica. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  3. ↑ Maria Pia Fusco (1 November 1992). "GROLLE D' ORO PER DIVI E NON". La Repubblica. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  4. ↑ Sipario , Edizioni 530-534. 1993.
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