Salvatore Piscicelli
Salvatore Piscicelli | |
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| Born | 4 January 1948 Pomigliano d'Arco, Campania, Italy |
| Died | 21 July 2024 (aged 76) |
| Resting place | Campo Verano, Rome |
| Occupation(s) | Film director and screenwriter |
Salvatore Piscicelli (4 January 1948 – 21 July 2024) was an Italian director, screenwriter and film critic.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Pomigliano d'Arco, after activity as a film critic, Piscicelli started his film career with some documentary short films shot and set in his hometown.[1][2] His feature debut film, Immacolata and Concetta: The Other Jealousy, won several awards including the Silver Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.[1][2] His 1981 film Le occasioni di Rosa entered the 38th Venice International Film Festival.[3] In 2001, using only digital supports, he shot Quartetto, the first Italian film to follow the dictates of the avant-garde filmmaking movement "Dogma".[1] Piscicelli died in Rome on 21 July 2024, at the age of 76.[4]
Filmography
[edit]- Immacolata and Concetta: The Other Jealousy (1979)
- The Opportunities of Rosa (1981)
- Blues metropolitano (1985)
- Regina (1987)
- Baby Gang (1992)
- Il corpo dell'anima (1999)
- Quartetto (2001)
- At the End of the Night (2003)
- Vita segreta di Maria Capasso (2019)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Gianni Canova (2005). Enciclopedia del cinema. Garzanti, 2009. ISBN 881150516X.
- ^ a b Lino Miccichè. Storia del cinema italiano: 1977-1985. Bianco & Nero, 2001. ISBN 8831785370.
- ^ Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN 887742429X.
- ^ Tricomi, Antonio (21 July 2024). "Morto il regista Salvatore Piscicelli, addio al maestro del cinema che ha ispirato Martone e Sorrentino". napoli.repubblica.it (in Italian). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
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