Francesco Patierno
{{Short description|Italian film director (born 1964)}}
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Francesco Patierno (born 24 April 1964) is an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in Naples, Patierno studied architecture, and later became creative director of an advertising agency.{{cite web |title=Francesco Patierno: Il cinema ha l'oro in bocca|url=https://www.mymovies.it/persone/francesco-patierno/49082/ |website=Mymovies.it |access-date=6 June 2025 |language=it}}{{cite web |title=Patierno, Francesco |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/francesco-patierno/ |website=Treccani |access-date=6 June 2025 |language=it}} After directing some commercials and music videos, in 1996 he directed the short Quel giorno, which was screened at the 53rd Venice International Film Festival.
In 2003, Patierno made his feature film debut with Pater Familias, which premiered in the Panorama section of the 53rd Berlin International Film Festival. The film got him a David di Donatello nomination for best directorial debut and a Nastro d'Argento in the same category. His following film The Early Bird Catches the Worm was entered into the main competition at the 2008 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.{{cite news |last1=van Hoeij |first1=Boyd |title=The Early Bird Catches the Worm |url=https://variety.com/2008/film/reviews/the-early-bird-catches-the-worm-1200508383/ |access-date=6 June 2025 |work=Variety |date=11 July 2008}}
In 2011, Patierno's film Things from Another World premiered at the 68th Venice International Film Festival.{{cite news |last1=Aloisi |first1=Silvia |title=Italian films tackle immigration at Venice fest |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/markets/commodities/italian-films-tackle-immigration-at-venice-fest-idUSL5E7K40L8/|work=Reuters |access-date=6 June 2025 |date=5 September 2011}} In 2017, his documentary Naples '44 won the Nastro d'Argento for best documentary film.{{cite news |last1=Scarpa |first1=Vittoria |title=The winners of the 2017 documentary Nastri d’Argento Awards revealed |url=http://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/324781/ |access-date=6 June 2025 |work=Cineuropa |date=3 March 2017}}
Filmography
=== Films ===
- Pater Familias (2003)
- The Early Bird Catches the Worm (2008)
- Things from Another World (2011)
- People Who Are Well (2014)
- Naples '44 (2016)
- Diva! (2017)
- La cura (2022)
- Improvvisamente Natale (2022)
- Svegliami a mezzanotte (2022)
- Improvvisamente a Natale mi sposo (2023)
= Television =
- Donne assassine – TV-series, 4 episodes (2008)
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Category:Italian film directors