Alessandro D'Alatri
{{Short description|Italian film director (1955–2023)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1955|2|24}}
| birth_place = Rome, Italy
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2023|5|3|1955|2|24}}
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| occupation = film director, screenwriter
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Alessandro D'Alatri (24 February 1955 – 3 May 2023) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. He started a career as an actor, and later he enrolled at as a successful career as a film and television director.
Life and career
Born in Rome, as a teenager D'Alatri was active as a stage and film actor and worked with Luchino Visconti, Giorgio Strehler, and Vittorio De Sica among others.{{cite book|last1=Roberto Poppi|title=I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|year=2002|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2002|isbn=8884401712}}{{cite news|last1=Glauco Benigni|title=E' italiano, 32 anni il miglior regista di spot dell'anno|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1987/07/03/italiano-32-anni-il-miglior-regista.html?ref=search|access-date=26 June 2014|publisher=La Repubblica|date=1987-07-03}} In the 1970s he decided to focus on directing and, after a long apprenticeship as a director of commercials, including an award for best AD director at the 1987 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, in 1991 he directed his first feature film, Red American, for which he won the David di Donatello for Best New Director.{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|year=1998|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|isbn=8877422211}} His next film, No Skin was both a critical and a commercial success, and received a David di Donatello, a Nastro d'Argento and a Ciak d'oro for best screenplay. His 1998 film The Garden of Eden, an apocryphal history of Jesus, was entered into the main competition at the 59th Venice International Film Festival.
In his later years D'Alatri mainly focused on television, directing some successful TV-series such as The Bastards of Pizzofalcone and Un professore, both starring Alessandro Gassmann.{{cite news |last1=Manca |first1=Mario |title=Addio ad Alessandro D'Alatri, regista di Casomai e Un professore |url=https://www.vanityfair.it/article/addio-ad-alessandro-dalatri-regista-di-casomai-e-un-professore |access-date=4 May 2023 |work=Vanity Fair Italia |date=3 May 2023 |language=it-IT}}{{cite news |title=È morto il regista Alessandro D'Alatri |url=https://www.rollingstone.it/cinema-tv/news-cinema-tv/e-morto-il-regista-alessandro-dalatri/740721/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |work=Rolling Stone Italia |date=3 May 2023 |language=it-IT}} He also directed several music videos for notable artists such as Elisa, Laura Pausini, Renato Zero, and Negramaro. D'Alatri died on 3 May 2023, at the age of 68.
Filmography
- 1991: Red American
- 1994: No Skin
- 1998: The Garden of Eden
- 2002: Casomai
- 2005: The Fever
- 2006: Commediasexi
- 2010: Sul mare
- 2017: {{Interlanguage link|The Startup|it}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.alessandrodalatri.it/}}
- {{IMDb name|0194920}}
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Category:Italian screenwriters
Category:Film directors from Rome
Category:Male actors from Rome
Category:Italian male film actors
Category:Italian male screenwriters
Category:Italian television directors
Category:Italian music video directors