Roberto Andò
{{Short description|Italian director, screenwriter, playwright and author}}
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Roberto Andò (born 11 January 1959) is an Italian director, screenwriter, playwright and author.
Life and career
Born in Palermo, Andò debuted as assistant director, working with Francis Ford Coppola, Federico Fellini, Michael Cimino and Francesco Rosi, among others.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. Catalogo dei viventi. Marsilio, 2009. {{ISBN|9788831795999}}. In 1986 he debuted on stage directing La foresta-radice- labirinto, a puppet theater work based on an Italo Calvino's original story and with puppets drawn by Renato Guttuso.{{cite news|last=Mario Di Caro|title=Roberto Andò|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2002/09/01/roberto-ando.html?ref=search|accessdate=10 March 2014|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=1 September 2002}}{{cite news|last=Rodolfo Di Giammarco|title=calvino-guttuso-incontro-nella-magia|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1987/03/31/calvino-guttuso-incontro-nella-magia.html?ref=search|accessdate=10 March 2014|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=31 March 1987}} After several documentary films, Andò made his feature debut film in 2000, with Il manoscritto del Principe, produced by Giuseppe Tornatore. His debut novel, Il trono vuoto, won the Campiello prize for best first work;{{cite news|title=Il trono vuoto di Roberto Andò vince il Campiello Opera Prima|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2012/05/26/il-trono-vuoto-di-roberto-ando-vince.html?ref=search|accessdate=10 March 2014|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=26 May 2012}} from the novel he derived the film Viva la libertà, with whom he won the David di Donatello for Best Script{{cite news|last=Silvia Fumarola|title=Sei David per Giuseppe Tornatore trionfa ai David di Donatello 2013|url=http://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2013/06/14/news/david_donatello_2013-61115684/?ref=search|accessdate=10 March 2014|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=14 June 2013}} and the Nastro d'Argento for Best Screenplay.{{cite news|last=Alessandra Vitali|title=Nastri d'argento, l'appello di Andò: "Ripristinare tax credit, pronti a boicottare Venezia"|url=http://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2013/07/06/news/and_nastri_argento_2013-62507295/?ref=search|accessdate=10 March 2014|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=6 July 2013}}
Filmography
- The Prince's Manuscript (Il manoscritto del principe, 2000)
- Strange Crime (Sotto falso nome/Le prix du désir, 2004)
- Secret Journey (Viaggio segreto, 2006)
- Long Live Freedom (Viva la libertà, 2013)
- The Confessions (Le confessioni, 2016)
- {{illm|The Stolen Caravaggio|it|Una storia senza nome}} (Una storia senza nome, 2018)
- The Hidden Child (Il bambino nascosto, 2021)
- Strangeness (La stranezza, 2022)
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book|last=Marco Olivieri|title=La memoria degli altri. Il cinema di Roberto Andò|year=2012|publisher=Kaplan, 2013|isbn=978-88-89908-71-6}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|0027948}}
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Category:Italian film directors
Category:20th-century Italian screenwriters
Category:21st-century Italian screenwriters