Roberto Bentivegna

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Roberto Bentivegna
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Education Emerson College (BA)
Columbia University (MFA)
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Roberto Bentivegna is a British-born Italian screenwriter. [1]

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Biography

Bentivegna was born in London and grew up in Milan. [1] He graduated from Emerson College and received his MFA from Columbia University in 2010. [2]

His screenplay The Eel was named to The Black List in 2012 and is currently under development, starring Sam Rockwell. [3] [4]

In 2022, he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film for his work on House of Gucci . [5] [6] He is also adapting Jo Nesbø's novella "The Jealousy Man" into an Amazon feature entitled Killer Heat starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Richard Madden and Shailene Woodley. [7]

In January 2023, it was announced that Bentivegna was going to make his directorial debut with the adaptation of the novel The Sound of Things Falling in association with Alibi Media, while also writing the screenplay for it. [8]

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