Donatella Palermo

{{Short description|Italian producer}}

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Donatella Palermo is an Italian producer. She received Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature nominations for Fire at Sea with director Gianfranco Rosi{{cite web|title=Oscar Nominations 2017: Best Documentary Feature |url=http://oscar.go.com/nominees/documentary-feature|publisher=Oscar.com|accessdate=January 28, 2017}} at 89th Academy Awards.{{cite web|title=Oscar Nominations 2017: The Complete List - 89th Academy Awards|url= http://oscar.go.com/nominees|publisher=Oscars.com|date=January 24, 2017|accessdate=January 25, 2017}}{{cite web|title=Oscar Nominations 2017: See the Full List |url= http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/01/oscar-nominations-2017-full-list|publisher=Vanity Fair|date=January 24, 2017|accessdate=January 25, 2017}}

Career

Donatella Palermo started her career as a projectionist, later she moved on to production.{{cite web

| url =https://www.rbcasting.com/eventi/2021/04/15/biografilm-2021-la-produttrice-italiana-donatella-palermo-in-giuria-internazionale/

| title =Biografilm 2021: la produttrice italiana Donatella Palermo in giuria internazionale

| date =2021-04-15

| publisher = RB Casting

| access-date =2024-10-03}} By 2000, Palermo had already produced such successful film as To Die for Tano, Viol@, and Appassionate by Tonino De Bernardi.{{cite web

| url =https://cinecittanews.it/donatella-palermo/

| title =Donatella Palermo

| date =2000-05-09

| publisher = Cinecitta News

| access-date =2024-10-03}} In 2015, she met Gianfranco Rosi and produced

his documentary Fire at Sea. The film won the Golden Bear in Berlin. Her second Berlinale-winning project was Caesar Must Die by Taviani brothers.{{cite web

| url =https://variety.com/2022/film/news/taviani-donatella-palermo-transgender-le-favolose-roberta-torre-1235179724/

| title =Taviani Producer Donatella Palermo Announces Transgender-Themed ‘Le Favolose’ by Roberta Torre – First Look (EXCLUSIVE)

| last =Vivarelli

| first =Nick

| date =2022-02-12

| publisher = Variety

| access-date =2024-10-03}}

Filmography

  • 2024 - Of Dogs And Men (docudrama) (producer)
  • 2020 — Notturno (documentary) (producer)
  • 2020 — Last Words (producer)
  • 2016 — Fire at Sea (Fuocoammare) (Documentary) (producer)
  • 2015 — Wondrous Boccaccio (producer)
  • 2012 — L'Isola dell'angelo caduto (executive producer)
  • 2012 — Tell No One (line producer)
  • 2012 — Caesar Must Die (executive producer) / (co-producer)
  • 2009 — Poeti (Documentary) (producer)
  • 2009 — The Red Shadows (producer)
  • 2007 — Una notte (associate producer)
  • 2007 — Night Bus (executive producer)
  • 2006 — The Ball (producer)
  • 2006 — Lettere dal Sahara (producer)
  • 2006 — Gemelline (Short) (producer)
  • 2003 — Cinghiali of Portici (producer)
  • 2003 — Letters in the Wind (producer)
  • 2003 — Cuore scatenato (producer)
  • 2002 — L'inverno (associate producer)
  • 2000 — South Side Story (producer)
  • 1999 — Appassionate (producer)
  • 1998 — Viol@ (producer)
  • 1997 — To Die for Tano (producer)
  • 1993 — Niente stasera (producer)
  • 1991 — Il senso della vertigine (producer)
  • 1991 — Footsteps on the Moon (producer)
  • 1989 — Orlando sei (executive producer)

Awards and recognition

| url =https://cinemio.it/cronache-cinematografiche/donatella-palermo-biografia/57146/

| title =Donatella Palermo al BIFEST 2022: amo fare la produttrice

| last =Molinaro

| first =Antonella

| publisher = Cinemio

| access-date =2024-10-03}}

  • 2021: she was selected one of the most influential women in global Entertainment industry by Variety magazine.{{cite web

| url =https://variety.com/lists/varietys-international-womens-impact-report-2021/juliana-algan%cc%83araz/

| title =From Maria Bakalova to Hikari: Women That Have Made an Impact in Global Entertainment

| date =2021-03-04

| publisher = Variety

| access-date =2024-10-03}}

References

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