Daniele Vicari
{{Short description|Italian director, screenwriter and producer}}
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Daniele Vicari (born 26 February 1967) is an Italian director, screenwriter and producer.
Life and career
Born in Collegiove, Province of Rieti, Vicari graduated from Rome's University La Sapienza in History and Critics of Cinema under Guido Aristarco. Between 1990 and 1999 he was a film critic for the magazines Cinema Nuovo and Cinema 60, and in the same period he filmed his first shorts.{{cite news|title=Vicari, Daniele|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/daniele-vicari/|accessdate=15 May 2016|work=Treccani}}{{cite news|last1=Fabio Secchi Frau|title=Daniele Vicari: Ieri, oggi e Vicari|url=http://www.mymovies.it/biografia/?r=17491|work=MyMovies|accessdate=11 May 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Piero Spila, Bruno Torri|title=Daniele Vicari: "Cinema per leggere il mondo"|url=http://www.cinecriticaweb.it/panoramiche/daniele-vicari-%E2%80%9Ccinema-per-leggere-il-mondo%E2%80%9D-intervista|accessdate=15 May 2016|work=CineCriticaWeb}}
After shooting several documentary films, in 2002 Vicari made his feature film debut with the drama Maximum Velocity (V-Max), which was entered into the competition at the 59th edition of the Venice International Film Festival and got him a David di Donatello for best new director.{{cite news|last=Claudia Mormiglione|title=David, trionfa Ozpetek Muccino senza premi|url=http://www.repubblica.it/online/spettacoli_e_cultura/david/vincitori/vincitori.html?ref=search|accessdate=23 February 2014|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=9 April 2003}} His 2006 film My Country won a David di Donatello for best documentary film.
Filmography
- Maximum Velocity (V-Max) (2002)
- The Horizon of Events (2005)
- My Country (2006)
- The Past Is a Foreign Land (2006)
- Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood (2012)
- Anija. The Ship (2012)
- Sun, Heart, Love (2016)
- Prima che la notte (2018)
- Il giorno e la notte (2021)
References
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External links
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Category:Italian film directors
Category:Italian television directors
Category:Italian screenwriters
Category:Italian male screenwriters
Category:People from the Province of Rieti
Category:20th-century Italian people
Category:Nastro d'Argento winners
Category:David di Donatello winners
Category:Italian documentary film directors
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