Gianni Di Gregorio
Appearance
Gianni Di Gregorio | |
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Born | 19 February 1949 Rome, Italy | (age 75)
Occupation(s) | Director Screenwriter |
Gianni Di Gregorio (born 19 February 1949) is an Italian director, screenwriter and actor.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Di Gregorio trained as a stage actor and director in the Drama School of Alessandro Fersen. He started his professional career as a screenwriter in the second half of the 1980s.[1]
In the 1990s Di Gregorio started collaborating with Matteo Garrone as a screenwriter, an actor and an assistant director. He made his directorial debut in 2008, with the critically acclaimed Mid-August Lunch, which he also wrote and starred in.[1][2][3]
Selected filmography
- Gomorrah (2008, screenwriter)
- Mid-August Lunch (2008, director and screenwriter)
- The Salt of Life (2011, director and screenwriter)
- Good for Nothing (2014, director and screenwriter)
References
- ^ a b Fabio Secchi Frau. "Gianni Di Gregorio: Gianni e il cinema". MyMovies. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^ Wally Hammond. "Gianni Di Gregorio: interview". Time Out. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ Catherine Shoard (28 July 2011). "Gianni Di Gregorio: The incidental director". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 May 2016.