Claudio Cupellini
{{short description|Italian film director and screenwriter|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Claudio Cupellini
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1973|02|18}}
| birth_place = Camposampiero, Italy
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| occupation = Director, screenwriter
| years_active = 1999–present
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Claudio Cupellini (born 18 February 1973) is an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Biography
In 1999, Cupellini realized his first short-movie Le diable au vélo and then took part to two anthology films: Sei pezzi facili and 4-4-2 – Il gioco più bello del mondo.
His first full feature film was Lessons in Chocolate, a light comedy that deals with the issues of job insecurity and integration, starring Violante Placido.{{Cite web|url=http://www.film.it/news/film/dettaglio/art/lezioni-di-cioccolato-esce-in-250-sale-24353/|title=Lezioni di cioccolato esce in 250 sale|publisher=film.it|date=22 November 2007|access-date=11 June 2019}} His second film, A Quiet Life, for which Cupellini was nominated for the David di Donatello Award for Best Director, was presented at the 2010 Rome Film Festival and gained Toni Servillo the Award for Best Actor.{{Cite web|url=https://movieplayer.it/articoli/cupellini-e-servillo-parlano-di-una-vita-tranquilla-a-roma_7459/|title=Cupellini e Servillo parlano di Una vita tranquilla a Roma|publisher=movieplayer.it|date=1 November 2010|access-date=11 June 2019}} In 2015, Cupellini made his third film, the romantic drama Alaska, starring Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey and Elio Germano.{{Cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.it/cinema/news/primo-ciak-per-alaska-nuovo-film-di-claudio-cupellini/n32823/|title=Primo ciak per Alaska, nuovo film di Claudio Cupellini|publisher=comingsoon.it|date=12 May 2014|access-date=11 June 2019}}
Together with Stefano Sollima and Francesca Comencini, Cupellini directed some of the episodes of the TV-series Gomorrah.{{Cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/tv-radio/2014/04/29/foto/gomorra_tre_registi_per_la_serie_sollima_comencini_e_cupellini-84773214/1/#1|title="Gomorra", tre registi per la serie tv: Sollima, Comencini e Cupellini|publisher=La Repubblica|date=24 April 2014|access-date=11 June 2019}}
Filmography
- Lessons in Chocolate (2007)
- A Quiet Life (2010)
- Alaska (2015)
- {{ill|La terra dei figli (film)|it|3=La terra dei figli (film)|lt=La terra dei figli}} (2021)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=1528905|name=Claudio Cupellini}}
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Category:Italian film directors