Roberto Leoni
{{Short description|Italian screenwriter and film director (1940–2024)}}
{{Moresources|date=June 2024}}
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| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2024|3|5|1940|11|16}}
| death_place = Rome, Italy
| occupation = Screenwriter, film director
| image = ROBERTO LEONI.png
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Roberto Leoni (16 November 1940 – 5 March 2024) was an Italian screenwriter and film director best known for such films as Santa Sangre (on Empire's 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time{{cite web |date=3 October 2008 |url=https://empireonline.com/500/99.asp |title=The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time |work=Empire |access-date=4 August 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140708071008/https://empireonline.com/500/99.asp |archive-date= 8 July 2014 |url-status=live}}); The Master Touch; Street People; Casablanca Express; California; and My Dear Killer.
Life and career
Roberto Leoni was born in Rome and studied classics. While still a student at Sapienza University in Rome, he was awarded a grant by the C.U.T. (University Theatrical Center) and his collections of poems and short stories were published. An important producer made one of his short stories into a film, [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063269 Eat It]. His collection of poems won the Culture Award from the Italian Presidency of Ministries.
After serving as first AD for directors like Tonino Valerii and Luciano Salce, Leoni wrote and directed a number of feature and short films including: The Guardians, [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071472 Es Knallt - und die Engel singen], Film Monaco, Dark Tale, On the Right Side, and The Great Artists (18X35') series. From August 2017, he reviewed new and classic movies in his talk show, [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7600892 Roberto Leoni Movie Reviews]. His last feature film was [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6037836 De Serpentis Munere - The Serpent's Gift].
Death
Leoni died on 5 March 2024, in Rome, at the age of 83.{{cite news |title=È morto Roberto Leoni: lo sceneggiatore aveva collaborato con Jodorowski |url=https://www.4pareteita.it/2024/03/06/morto-roberto-leoni-chi-era-sceneggiatore-jodorowski/ |access-date=14 March 2024 |publisher=Quarta Parete |date=14 March 2024}}
Filmography
=Film=
- 2021 – [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6037836 De Serpentis Munere - The Serpent's Gift] (as writer and director)
- 2021 – Heartstruck (as writer and director)
- 2019 – Memory Island (as writer and director)
- 2016 – A Heart in the Drawer (as writer and director) under the auspices of Amnesty International Italy)
- 2014 – The Gypsy Angel (as writer and director)
- 2012 – Miss Wolf and the Lamb (as writer and director)
- 2009 – Terminal (as writer and director)
- 2007 – Anita - Una vita per Garibaldi (as writer)
- 2005 – [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0984186 On the Right Side] (as writer and director)
- 2005 – Raul (as writer)
- 2000 – Si fa presto a dire amore (as writer)
- 2000 – L'uomo della fortuna (as writer)
- 1998 – Frigidaire, il film (as writer)
- 1995 – Nefertiti (as writer)
- 1993 – 18.000 giorni fa (as writer)
- 1991 – Dark Tale (as writer and director)
- 1990 – American Rickshaw (as writer)
- 1989 – Casablanca Express (as writer)
- 1989 – Santa Sangre (as writer)
- 1987 – Distant Lights (as writer)
- 1987 – Brothers in Blood (as writer)
- 1987 – Hell's Heroes (as writer)
- 1985 – La gabbia (as writer)
- 1985 – Wild Team (as writer)
- 1984 – Let's See It Clear (as writer)
- 1984 – The Final Executioner (as writer)
- 1982 – Vieni avanti cretino (as writer)
- 1978 – How to Lose a Wife and Find a Lover (as writer)
- 1977 – California (as writer)
- 1976 – Street People (as writer)
- 1976 – Pure as a Lily (as writer)
- 1974 – Bang, and the Angels Sing (as writer and director)
- 1972 – The Master Touch (as writer)
- 1972 – My Dear Killer (as writer)
- 1968 – Eat it (as writer)
=Television=
- 2007 – Gente di mare (TV series) (25 episodes – original idea)
- 2005/2006 – Gente di mare (TV series) (26 episodes – original idea and writer)
- 2003/2004 – The Great Artists (18 episodes – as writer and director)
- 2002 – Vicious Game (TV movie as writer)
- 2000 – The Framing Game (TV movie as writer)
- 1999 – A High Price to Pay (TV movie as writer)
- 1989 – Ocean (TV series) (6 episodes – as writer)
- 1974 – The Guardians (TV movie as writer and director)
=Web=
- 2017–ongoing [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7600892 Roberto Leoni Movie Reviews] (171 episodes – as writer director and main role)
References
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External links
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- [http://www.robertoleoni.com Official website]
- [https://www.youtube.com/user/setlero/videos Roberto Leoni YouTube channel]
- [https://www.facebook.com/robertoleoniregista Roberto Leoni FB page]
- [https://www.filmtv.it/nick/121543/robertoleoni/ Robert Leoni FilmTV]
- [https://www.imdb.com/user/ur61200435 Roberto Leoni IMDB written reviews]
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Category:Italian screenwriters
Category:Italian male screenwriters
Category:Italian film directors