Giona A. Nazzaro

{{Short description|Italian film critic}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Giona A. Nazzaro

| image = Giona A. Nazzaro © Locarno Film Festival.jpg

| caption = Giona A. Nazzaro at the GranRex in Locarno

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|6|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Zürich, Switzerland

| occupation = Artistic director

| organization = Locarno Festival

}}

Giona A. Nazzaro (born 1 June 1965) is the artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival.{{Cite news|url=https://movieplayer.it/news/locarno-film-festival-giona-nazzaro-nuovo-direttore-artistico_89272/|title=Locarno Film Festival: Giona Nazzaro è il nuovo direttore artistico|newspaper=Movieplayer.it}}

He is also the General Delegate of the Venice International Film Critics’ Week.{{Cite web|url=http://www.torinofilmlab.it/people/6457-giona-antonio-nazzaro|title=Giona Nazzaro | TorinoFilmLab|website=www.torinofilmlab.it}} and a member of the selection committee at the International Film Festival Rotterdam{{Cite web|url=https://iffr.com/en/giona-a-nazzaro|title=Giona A. Nazzaro|date=July 7, 2020|website=IFFR}} and he collaborates with the Locarno Film FestivalArchived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/Nvpxg7n9sGE Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20201017023347/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvpxg7n9sGE Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvpxg7n9sGE| title = LOCARNO #69 - ROGER CORMAN BY GIONA NAZZARO | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} and the Visions du Réel Nyon.{{Cite web|url=https://www.visionsdureel.ch/en/2020/film/ecstasy|title=Ecstasy|website=Visions du Réel}} He is a board member of the European Film Awards.{{cite web | url=https://www.europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/nominations-european-discovery-2020 | title=Six Debut Films Nominated for the European Film Awards 2020 | website=https}} He was named the artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival in November 2020 after the resignation of Lili Hinstin.{{Cite web|title=Locarno Fest Names Giona Nazzaro Artistic Director {{!}} Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/locarno-fest-names-giona-nazzaro-artistic-director|access-date=2020-11-05|website=www.hollywoodreporter.com|date=5 November 2020}}

A member of the Union of Italian Film Critics (SNCCI) Nazzaro is a regular contributor to the Italian newspaper Il Manifesto{{Cite web|url=https://ilmanifesto.it/login|title=il manifesto|website=il manifesto}} and the bymonthly magazine MicroMega.

He is the author of several books on cinema: Il cinema di Hong Kong – Spade, kung fu, pistole, fantasmi (Le mani, 1997),{{Cite book|title=Il cinema di Hong Kong. Spade, kung fu, pistole e fantasmi|first1=Giona A.|last1=Nazzaro|first2=Andrea|last2=Tagliacozzo|id={{ASIN|8880120530|country=it}}}} John Woo – La nuova leggenda del cinema d'azione (Castelvecchi, 2000);{{Cite web|url=https://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/john-woo-nuova-leggenda-cinema/libro/9788882102036|title=John Woo. La nuova leggenda del cinema d'azione}} Il dizionario dei film di Hong Kong (Universitaria Editrice, 2005),{{Cite book|title=Il dizionario dei film di Hong Kong|first1=Giona A.|last1=Nazzaro|first2=Andrea|last2=Tagliacozzo|id={{ASIN|8886619197|country=it}}}} Action – Forme di un transgenere cinematografico (Le mani, 2000){{Cite web|url=https://www.ibs.it/action-forme-di-transgenere-cinematografico-libro-giona-a-nazzaro/e/9788880121527|title=Action! Forme di un transgenere cinematografico – Giona A. Nazzaro – Libro – Le Mani-Microart'S – Cinema. Saggi | IBS|website=www.ibs.it}} and Il conflitto delle idee. Al cinema con MicroMega (Bietti, 2014).{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibs.it/conflitto-delle-idee-al-cinema-libro-giona-a-nazzaro/e/9788882483241|title=Il conflitto delle idee. Al cinema con MicroMega – Giona A. Nazzaro – Libro – Bietti – Heterotopia | IBS|website=www.ibs.it}} Nazzaro is also the author of the novel A Mon Dragone c'è il Diavolo (Perdisa Pop, 2010).{{cite book|author=Giona A. Nazzaro|title=A Mon Dragone c'è il diavolo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Tk3QwAACAAJ|year=2010|publisher=Perdisa pop|isbn=978-88-8372-487-9}}