Red American

{{Short description|Italian comedy-drama film (1991)}}{{Infobox film

| name = Red American

| image = Americano rosso.jpg

| director = Alessandro D'Alatri

| writer = Enzo Monteleone

| starring =Burt Young
Fabrizio Bentivoglio

| music = Gabriele Ducros

| cinematography = Alessio Gelsini Torresi

| editing =

| producer =

| studio = Videa{{cite web|title=Americano rosso (1991)|website=Archivio del Cinema Italiano|access-date=31 December 2024|url=https://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=DD9210}}
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| distributor = Warner Bros. Italia

| released = {{Film date|1992}}

| language = Italy

}}

Red American ({{langx|it|Americano rosso}}) is a 1991 Italian comedy-drama film. It was the directorial debut of Alessandro D'Alatri, who was awarded the David di Donatello Award for Best New Director for his work on the film.{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|year=1998|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|isbn=8877422211}}

The film also won the Globo d'oro,{{cite news|title=Globo d'oro alla condanna di Bellocchio|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1991/05/24/globo-oro-alla-condanna-di.html?ref=search|access-date=30 August 2013|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=24 May 1991}} the Grolla d'oro{{cite news|title=La Grolla d'oro per Piccioni|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1991/10/21/la-grolla-oro-piccioni.html?ref=search|access-date=30 August 2013|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=21 October 2012}} and the Ciak d'oro for the cinematography by Alessio Gelsini Torresi, as well as the Ciak d'oro for best first work.