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Domenico Procacci

{{short description|Italian film producer (born 1960)}}

Domenico Procacci (born 8 February 1960) is an Italian film producer.

Life and career

Born in Bari, Procacci debuted as a producer in the late 1980s, when he co-founded with Renzo Rossellini and others the production company Vertigo.{{cite book|last1=Tiziana Ferrero Regis|title=Recent Italian Cinema: Spaces, Contexts, Experiences|year=2009 |publisher=Troubador Publishing Ltd, 2009|isbn=978-1848760851}} In 1990 he founded the company Fandango, which debuted with a box office hit, Sergio Rubini's La stazione. He soon specialized in producing small-budget art films directed by young directors. In 1992, he started a long collaboration with Rolf de Heer, producing and even distributing his films in Italy, and in 2002 he co-founded with de Heer, Richard Lowenstein, Sue Murray and Bryce Menzies the production company Fandango Australia.

Procacci won four David di Donatello Awards for best producer, and four Silver Ribbons in the same category.{{cite web|title=Domenico Procacci at David di Donatello|url=http://www.daviddidonatello.it/motore-di-ricerca/cercavincitori2.php?idsoggetto=491&vin=procacci|website=David di Donatello|access-date=19 July 2015}}{{cite news|title='Tutta la vita davanti' Nastro d'Argento miglior film|url=http://trovacinema.repubblica.it/news/dettaglio/tutta-la-vita-davanti-nastro-dargento-miglior-film/348099|access-date=19 July 2015|work=La Repubblica|date=5 June 2008}}{{cite news|last1=Maria Elena Vagni|title=Nastri d'Argento, sei premi a Habemus Papam|url=http://www.bestmovie.it/news/nastri-dargento-sei-premi-a-habemus-papam/99703/|access-date=19 July 2015|work=Best Movie|date=27 June 2011}}{{cite news|last1=Redazione|title=Nastri d'Argento 2012: Sorrentino miglior film, Procacci miglior produttore con "Diaz"|url=http://www.rbcasting.com/altri-articoli/2012/06/30/nastri-dargento-2012-sorrentino-miglior-film-procacci-miglior-produttore-con-diaz/#sthash.CZUCuaWn.dpuf|access-date=19 July 2015|work=RB casting|date=30 June 2012}}{{cite news|title=Nastri d'argento 2014. Capitale umano conquista Taormina ma la vera sorpresa è Song'e Napule|url=http://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/articoli/Nastri-argento-2014-Il-Capitale-umano-conquista-Taormina-ma-la-vera-sorpresa-Song-e-Napule-93fc2704-6fba-4120-9c48-fb1baa918edf.html?refresh_ce|access-date=19 July 2015|work=Rai News|date=28 June 2014}}

In 2014, Procacci had a son with Kasia Smutniak, whom he married in September 2019.{{cite web|url=https://d.repubblica.it/moda/2019/09/16/news/kasia_smutniak_si_e_sposata_in_segreto_matrimonio_domenico_procacci_festa_di_compleanno_sorpresa-4543056/?ref=RHPPBT-BH-I236154496-C6-P17-S1.6-T1|title=Kasia Smutniak si è sposata in segreto con Domenico Procacci|website=repubblica.it|language=it|date=16 September 2019}}

Selected filmography

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References

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External links

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Category:1960 births

Category:David di Donatello winners

Category:Italian film producers

Category:Living people

Category:Nastro d'Argento winners

Category:Ciak d'oro winners

Category:People from Bari

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