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Mauro John Capece

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Mauro John Capece is an Italian filmmaker and author.

Early life

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Mauro John Capece was born in 1974[citation needed] in San Benedetto del Tronto.[1]

Career

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Capece is a director, cinematographer, and screenwriter of Italian films.[2] In 2008 Capece directed the film Alien, the Man of the Future, which debuted at the Festival des Films du Monde in Montreal.[3] He also directed the film Evoque: Reality Show, which debuted at Rome Film Festival.[4] In 2014 he released the film La Scultura, which features a relationship between a prostitute and a sculptor. Capece was both the director and screenwriter of the film.[5] The film was awarded the Best Foreign Film award at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival.[6] The film was the first in a trilogy, followed by the films SFashion and La Danza Nera, for which he was named the best director at the Latin Independent Film Festival.[7] He directed the 2021 streaming film Reverse, a legal thriller,[8] which won the Silver Remi Award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival 2022 for Best Low Budget Film. He is also a professor of Cinematography at Academy of Fine Arts of Bari and Academy of Fine Arts of Genova.[9]

Books

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  • Banana Gin (2001)
  • Freaks (2002)
  • Twin Towers Generation (2002)
  • Lontano da Come (2005)
  • Terrorism! (2008)[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Mauro John Capece | IFFR". International Film Festival Rotterdam.
  2. ^ ""La Danza Nera" di Mauro John Capece con Franco Nero e Corinna Coroneo". Giornale Lora. April 13, 2021.
  3. ^ "FFM: Mauro John Capece sculpts the subtexts". The Montreal Gazette.
  4. ^ Capece, Mauro J. (2008). Terrorism! (in Italian). Sovera Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-8124-728-8.
  5. ^ "'La Scultura' ('The Sculpture'): Montreal Review". The Hollywood Reporter. August 30, 2014.
  6. ^ ""La scultura" di Mauro John Capece arriva in Italia". Movie Magazine. November 25, 2021.
  7. ^ "Classico, colto e demodé: "La danza nera" di Mauro John Capece conquista la critica". Eco Altomalise. October 13, 2022.
  8. ^ "REVERSE un film di Mauro John Capece". HF4. June 8, 2021.
  9. ^ Campara, Leonardo (May 23, 2022). "REVERSE di John Capece, miglior film al WorldFest di Huston". Quatra Pareteroma.
  10. ^ "Pubblicazioni". www.maurojohncapece.it.