Salvatore Mereu
{{Short description|Italian film director (born 1965)}}
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Salvatore Mereu (born 17 March 1965) is an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in Dorgali, Mereu studied at the DAMS (Disciplines of Arts, Music, and Entertainment) department at the University of Bologna, and later at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome.{{cite book |last1=Floris |first1=Antioco |title=Nuovo cinema in Sardegna |date=2001 |publisher=Aipsa |isbn=978-88-87636-16-1 |page=195 |language=it}}
In 2003, he made his feature film debut with Three-Step Dance, which was awarded best film of the Venice International Film Critics' Week at the 60th Venice International Film Festival and got him the David di Donatello for best new director and the Ciak d'Oro for best first work.{{cite book |last1=Palladini |first1=Irene |title=Occhi da incantamondo. Un ritratto critico e tredici dialoghi su Sergio Atzeni: Un ritratto critico e tredici dialoghi su Sergio Atzeni |date=28 January 2016 |publisher=Franco Angeli Edizioni |isbn=978-88-917-3605-5 |url=https://www.google.it/books/edition/Occhi_da_incantamondo_Un_ritratto_critic/_2N4CwAAQBAJ?hl=it&gbpv=1&dq=Salvatore+Mereu+Dorgali++1965&pg=PT160&printsec=frontcover |language=it}}{{cite news|title=Premi: Ciak d’oro 2004 a ‘Non ti muovere’ |url=https://boxofficebiz.it/news/premi-ciak-d-oro-2004-a-non-ti-muovere/ |access-date=20 September 2024 |work=Box Office |date=9 June 2004 |language=it-IT}} His second feature Sonetàula premiered at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival, in the Panorama sidebar.{{cite news |last1=Weissberg |first1=Jay |title=Sonetaula |url=https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/sonetaula-1200548029/ |access-date=8 June 2025 |work=Variety |date=14 February 2008}}
In 2012, he directed Bellas Mariposas, which had its world premiere at the 69th Venice International Film Festival.{{cite news |last1=Young |first1=Neil |title=Bellas Mariposas: Venice Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/bellas-mariposas-venice-review-373104/ |access-date=8 June 2025 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=23 September 2012}} The film won the Big Screen Award at the 42nd International Film Festival Rotterdam .{{cite news |title=Big Screen Award goes to Bellas Mariposas at the Rotterdam IFF |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/232697/ |access-date=8 June 2025 |work=Cineuropa |date=5 February 2013 |language=en}} In 2020, his film Assandira premiered out of competition at the 77th Venice International Film Festival.{{cite news |last1=Weissberg |first1=Jay |title=‘Assandira’ Review: Salvatore Mereu’s Riskiest Film to Date |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/assandira-review-1234764142/ |access-date=8 June 2025 |work=Variety |date=9 September 2020}} It was nominated for a Nastro d'Argento for best film.{{cite news |last1=Redazione |title=Nastri d’Argento 2021, candidature nel segno della svolta |url=https://www.ciakmagazine.it/news/nastri-dargento-2021-candidature-nel-segno-della-svolta/ |access-date=8 June 2025 |work=Ciak |date=26 May 2021}} His 2022 film Bentu premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival, in the Giornate degli Autori sidebar.{{cite news |title=Venice 2022 preview: Critics’ Week and Giornate Degli Autori highlights |url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/venice-2022-preview-critics-week-and-giornate-degli-autori-highlights/5173866.article |access-date=8 June 2025 |work=Screen International|date=30 August 2022 |language=en}}
==Filmography==
- Three-Step Dance (2003)
- Sonetàula (2008)
- Bellas Mariposas (2012)
- Assandira (2020)
- Bentu (2022)
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Category:Italian film directors
Category:Italian screenwriters
Category:People from the Province of Nuoro
Category:David di Donatello winners