Fabio Mollo
{{Short description|Italian film director (born 1980)}}
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Fabio Mollo (born 27 April 1980) is an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in Reggio Calabria, Mollo graduated in Visual Theory and Film History at the University of East London, and later enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, graduating in direction in 2007.{{Cite news |last=Ranocchi |first=Veronica |title=Fabio Mollo: Una ricerca continua |url=https://www.mymovies.it/persone/fabio-mollo/158279/ |access-date=24 April 2024 |work=Mymovies.it |language=it}} After directing some shorts, notably getting a Nastro d'Argento special mention for the 2008 short Giganti, he served as assistant director for directors such as Gianni Zanasi and Francesco Bruni.
Mollo made her feature film debut with South Is Nothing, which premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and was later screened at the Rome Film Festival and at the Berlin International Film Festival in the Generation sidebar.{{cite news |last1=Weissberg |first1=Jay |title=Film Review: 'South Is Nothing' |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/festivals/film-review-south-is-nothing-1201118607/ |access-date=24 April 2024 |work=Variety |date=24 February 2014}} For this film he was nominated for Nastro d'Argento for best new director and got a Globo d'Oro nomination for best directorial debut. His second film There Is a Light was released in 2017, and was a commercial and critical success, getting to Mollo a Nastro d'Argento nomination for best original story.{{cite news |last1=De Luca |first1=Alessandra |title=Nastri d'Argento 2017: tutte le candidature |url=https://www.ciakmagazine.it/magazine/nastri-dargento-2017-tutte-le-candidature/ |access-date=24 April 2024 |work=Ciak |date=7 June 2017 |language=it-IT}}
Starting from 2018, Mollo is also active as a television director, collaborating with Mediaset, RAI and Netflix, for which he directed four episodes of the series Curon.{{cite news |last1=Lax |first1=Gabriella |title=Il reggino Fabio Mollo dirige "Curon", nuova serie su Netflix |url=https://www.ilreggino.it/cultura/2019/11/16/il-reggino-fabio-mollo-dirige-curon-nuova-serie-su-netflix/ |access-date=24 April 2024 |work=Il Reggino |date=16 November 2019}} In 2021, he directed the first Amazon Prime Video Italian original film, the coming of age comedy-drama Dog Years.{{cite news |last1=Vivarelli |first1=Nick |title=Amazon Unveils First Italian Original Movie, Young Adult Comedy 'Dog Years' |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/amazon-dog-years-italy-movie-original-1234931770/ |access-date=24 April 2024 |work=Variety |date=16 March 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Szalai |first1=Georg |title=Amazon Sets First Italian Original Film 'Dog Years' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/amazon-sets-first-italian-original-film-dog-years-4150981/ |access-date=24 April 2024 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=16 March 2021}}
Selected filmography
- South Is Nothing (Il sud è niente, 2013)
- There Is a Light (Il padre d'Italia, 2017)
- Dog Years (Anni da cane, 2021)
- My Soul Summer (2022)
- Nata per te (2024)
References
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External links
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Category:Italian film directors
Category:Italian screenwriters
Category:Italian television directors
Category:Italian documentary film directors
Category:People from Reggio Calabria