Alice Urciuolo
{{Short description|Italian screenwriter and author (born 1994)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Alice Urciuolo
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1994}}
| birth_place = Priverno, Lazio, Italy
| occupation = {{hlist|Screenwriter|author}}
| education =
| years_active = 2019–present
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Alice Urciuolo (born 1994){{cite web |last1=Caldiron |first1=Guido |title=Alice Urciuolo, il confine mutante dell’incertezza |url=https://ilmanifesto.it/alice-urciuolo-il-confine-mutante-dellincertezza |website=Il Manifesto |access-date=5 October 2024 |language=it |date=3 October 2020}} is an Italian screenwriter and author. She is best known for co-creating and writing the Amazon Prime Video series Prisma. She also co-wrote the teen drama television series Skam Italia and the Netflix comedy drama film Jumping from High Places.
Her novel Adorazione (2021) was adapted for a limited series of the same title on Netflix. It was released in November 2024 and started airing in the United States with English subtitles in May 2025.
Early life
Urciuolo was born and raised in Priverno, a town in Latina, Lazio.{{cite web |last1=Arzilli |first1=Andrea |title=Roma, la scrittrice Alice Urciuolo sul Pigneto violento: «Io qui torno a casa la sera spesso da sola e non ho problemi» |url=https://roma.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/24_marzo_11/roma-la-scrittrice-alice-urciuolo-sul-pigneto-violento-io-qui-torno-a-casa-la-sera-spesso-da-sola-e-non-ho-problemi-2c9d4ff0-43ce-46bc-aa8b-a30ba2fb0xlk.shtml |website=Corriere della Sera |access-date=6 October 2024 |language=it |date=11 March 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Capuano |first1=Mauretta |title=Alice Urciuolo,c'è molto da fare contro femminicidio - Libri - L'intervista |url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/libri/intervista/2020/11/24/alice-urciuoloce-molto-da-fare-contro-femminicidio_7eb8a5f7-a793-418a-96d8-508d8ebb744d.html |website=Agenzia ANSA |access-date=5 October 2024 |language=it |date=24 November 2020}} Her mother is from Vallecorsa.{{cite web |last1=Pezzino |first1=Laura |title=Alice Urciuolo: «Dopo Skam e Prisma, racconto la manipolazione psicologica: tutti siamo potenziali vittime» |url=https://www.vanityfair.it/article/alice-urciuolo-romanzo-la-verita-che-ci-riguarda-skam-prisma-sceneggiatrice |website=Vanity Fair Italia |access-date=5 October 2024 |language=it |date=16 October 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Maniscalco |first1=Anna |title=Alice Urciuolo: "Quello che ci manca è un alfabeto dei sentimenti" |url=https://www.illibraio.it/news/dautore/alice-urciuolo-la-verita-che-ci-riguarda-1444351/ |website=Il lLibraio |access-date=5 October 2024 |language=it |date=8 October 2023}} After completing high school, she moved to Rome. She received a master's degree in serial screenwriting through Rai and attended a narrative writing course at Minimum Fax.{{cite web |last1=Tuveri |first1=Sara |title=Dai corsi minimum lab: Sara Tuveri intervista Alice Urciuolo |url=https://www.minimumfax.com/blog/magazine-1/post/dai-corsi-minimum-lab-sara-tuveri-intervista-alice-urciuolo-1523 |website=Minimum fax |access-date=5 October 2024 |language=it |date=24 April 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Bellassai |first1=Nunzio |title=Il fantasma dell’Agro Pontino |url=https://www.lindiependente.it/alice-urciuolo-adorazione/ |website=L'indiependente |access-date=5 October 2024 |language=it |date=28 April 2021}}
Career
She wrote the majority of her debut novel, Adorazione, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The novel was among 12 finalists for the Strega Prize in 2021.{{cite web |last1=Rossi |first1=Barbara |title=Alice Urciuolo, dal Premio Strega a Skam. Intervista alla scrittrice |url=https://www.rivistablam.it/libri/scrittori/alice-urciuolo-dal-premio-strega-a-skam-intervista-alla-scrittrice-che-sa-parlare-di-adolescenti-provincia-e-amori-tossici/ |website=Rivista Blam |access-date=5 October 2024 |language=it |date=17 April 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Scalise |first1=Roberta |title=Alice Urciuolo: 'Il femminicidio di una donna riguarda tutta la comunità' - INTERVISTA |url=https://libri.robadadonne.it/alice-urciuolo-adorazione/ |website=Roba da Donne |access-date=5 October 2024 |language=it |date=29 April 2021}} It will be adapted into a Netflix series, Adoration, in 2024.{{cite web |last1=Roxborough |first1=Scott |title=Netflix Unveils Italian Slate With Two New Series, Films From Cristina Comencini, Alessandro Genovesi |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-greenlights-new-italian-series-films-1235593648/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=25 September 2024 |date=19 September 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Whittock |first1=Jesse |title=Netflix Italy Lines Up Projects From Stefano Mordini, Alessandro Genovesi & More |url=https://deadline.com/2023/09/netflix-italy-stefano-mordini-alessandro-genovesi-projects-1235550305/ |website=Deadline |access-date=25 September 2024 |date=19 September 2023}}
After co-writing the teen drama television series Skam Italia, she and Ludovico Bessegato co-created and wrote the coming-of-age television series Prisma for Amazon Prime Video in 2022.{{cite web |last1=Berni |first1=Andrea Francesco |title=Prisma: Ludovico Bessegato e Alice Urciuolo ci parlano della serie a Giffoni 2022 |url=https://www.badtaste.it/interviste/prisma-ludovico-bessegato-alice-urciuolo-giffoni-2022 |website=Badtaste |access-date=6 October 2024 |language=it |date=27 July 2022}}
Bibliography
- Adorazione (2020){{cite book |last1=Urciuolo |first1=Alice |title=Adorazione |date=2020 |publisher=66thand2nd |isbn=9788832971347 |language=it}}
- La verità che ci riguarda (2023){{cite book |last1=Urciuolo |first1=Alice |title=La verità che ci riguarda |date=2023 |publisher=66thand2nd |isbn=9788832973129 |language=it}}
Filmography
=Film=
- Jumping from High Places (2022){{cite web |last1=Nicoletti |first1=Chiara |title=Alice Urciuolo, Andrea Jublin, Federica Torchetti - Per lanciarsi dalle stelle |url=https://www.fred.fm/alice-urciuolo-andrea-jublin-federica-torchetti-per-lanciarsi-dalle-stelle/ |website=Fred Film Radio |access-date=5 October 2024 |language=it |date=6 October 2022}}
=Television=
- Skam Italia (2019–22; 21 episodes){{cite web |last1=Angeleri |first1=Francesca |title=Alice Urciuolo: «Ora posso raccontare cos'è l’amore tossico» |url=https://torino.corriere.it/cultura/21_marzo_27/alice-urciuolo-ora-posso-raccontare-cos-l-amore-tossico-2f6ee1a8-8ee3-11eb-a5c9-f2c86d18b040.shtml |website=Corriere della Sera |access-date=6 October 2024 |language=it |date=27 March 2021}}
- Prisma (2022–24; 16 episodes){{cite web |last1=Fasola |first1=Giacomo |title=Le serie tv da vedere questa settimana: Prisma 2, Becoming Karl Lagerfeld e La Rosa della Vendetta |url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/cinema-serie-tv/24_giugno_02/le-serie-tv-da-vedere-questa-settimana-prisma-2-becoming-karl-lagerfeld-e-la-rosa-della-vendetta-f541dbe7-d68e-4a25-86bc-19105f0d8xlk.shtml |website=Corriere della Sera |access-date=6 October 2024 |language=it |date=2 June 2024}}
- Miss Fallaci (2024){{cite web |last1=Armocida |first1=Pedro |title=Oriana sbarcò in America e divenne "Miss Fallaci" |url=https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/oriana-sbarc-america-e-divenne-miss-fallaci-2371554.html |website=Il Giornale |access-date=6 October 2024 |language=it |date=22 September 2024}}
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Category:21st-century Italian novelists
Category:21st-century Italian screenwriters
Category:21st-century Italian women writers
Category:Italian television writers
Category:Italian women novelists
Category:Italian women screenwriters
Category:Italian writers of young adult literature
Category:People from the Province of Latina
Category:Women television writers
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