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Pietro Marcello

Pietro Marcello
Born (1976-07-02) 2 July 1976 (age 48)
Caserta, Italy
OccupationFilm director
Years active2004–present
Known forMartin Eden

Pietro Marcello (born 2 July 1976) is an Italian film director.[1] He has directed more than ten documentary and feature films since 2004. Several of his films have been presented at international film festivals and have received various awards and nominations.

Career

In 2009, Marcello's docudrama The Mouth of the Wolf (La bocca del lupo) follows Vincenzo Motta, who served a long sentence in a Genoa prison, and his love history with a trans woman named Mary Monaco in prison, Mary promised to wait for Enzo once she gets out of prison, but shortly after they find a home to share, she became addicted to heroin. The film had its world premiere at the 2009 Torino Film Festival winning the FIPRESCI Prize for best film. And was also selected for the 60th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Caligari Film Award and the Teddy Award for best documentary.[2]

Martin Eden, based on Jack London's classic novel, sets the classic book themes and characters against a post-war Naples-set background. The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 76th Venice International Film Festival, Marcello received nominations at the 33rd European Film Awards, 65th David di Donatello (winning Best Adapted Screenplay),[3] Gotham Independent Film Awards 2020, and won the Platform Prize at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).[4]

Filmography

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year English title Original title Notes
2007 Crossing the Line Il passaggio della linea Documentary
2009 The Mouth of the Wolf La bocca del lupo
2011 The Silence of Pelesjan Il silenzio di Pelesjan
2015 Lost and Beautiful Bella e perduta
2019 Martin Eden Based on Martin Eden by Jack London
2021 For Lucio Per Lucio Documentary
Futura Documentary; Co-directed with Francesco Munzi and Alice Rohrwacher
2022 Scarlet L’envol
2024 Duse † Post-production[5]

References

  1. ^ "Archive Fever: The Films of Pietro Marcello". cinema-scope.com. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Lesbian Film Takes Home Berlinale Gay Prize". On Top Magazine. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  3. ^ "The David di Donatello Awards for Best Film and Best Director go to The Traitor". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. 2020-05-09. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  4. ^ Hipes, Patrick (2019-09-12). "Toronto Film Festival Jury Winners: 'Martin Eden', 'Murmur', 'How To Build A Girl'". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  5. ^ "Duse". Film Italia. Retrieved 22 July 2024.


Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Marcello