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Virzì
Virzì is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Carlo Virzì (born 1972), Italian composer, film director, and screenwriter * Paolo Virzì Paolo Virzì (; born 4 March 1964) is an Italian film director, writer and producer. Early life and work Virzì was born in Livorno, Italy in 1964, as the son of a Sicily#Demographics, Sicilian police officer in the Carabinieri and a former sin ... (born 1964), Italian film director, screenwriter, and producer {{DEFAULTSORT:Virzi Italian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Virzì
Paolo Virzì (; born 4 March 1964) is an Italian film director, writer and producer. Early life and work Virzì was born in Livorno, Italy in 1964, as the son of a Sicily#Demographics, Sicilian police officer in the Carabinieri and a former singer. After spending his early childhood in Turin in the north of Italy, Virzì's family moved back to Livorno where he grew up in the working class area of "Le Sorgenti". As a small boy, he started to cultivate his lifelong passion for literature: Mark Twain and Charles Dickens were among his favourite authors and their classic "coming of age" novels would later serve as a model for his screenplays. As a teenager, Virzì's versatility was already in evidence as he threw himself into writing, directing and acting in plays for drama companies in Livorno. He formed an artistic partnership with his schoolmate Francesco Bruni (screenwriter), Francesco Bruni, who would later become his trusted co-screenwriter. For a time, Paolo attended Literatu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Virzì
Carlo Virzì (; born 2 June 1972) is an Italian musician, director and screenwriter. Born in Livorno, Virzì was the singer and guitarist of the rock band Snaporaz from 1997 to 2001; he is also the composer of the soundtracks for many films of his brother Paolo Virzì. His first film as director and screenwriter was'' L'estate del mio primo bacio '' (2006). In 2011, the Bari International Film Festival awarded him the Ennio Morricone Prize for the best composer for the film ''The First Beautiful Thing''. Filmography Director * '' L'estate del mio primo bacio '' (2006) * '' The Greatest of All (Italian: I più grandi di tutti) '' (2012) Screenwriter * '' L'estate del mio primo bacio '' (2006) * '' I liceali (English: the students of high school) 2008, * '' The Greatest of All '' (2012) Composer * '' Ovosodo '', directed by Paolo Virzì (1997, like Snaporaz) * '' Hugs and kisses '', directed by Paolo Virzì (1999, like Snaporaz) * '' My Name Is Tanino '', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Surname
A name in the Italian language consists of a given name ( it, nome), and a surname (); in most contexts, the given name is written before the surname. (In official documents, the Western surname may be written before the given name or names.) Italian names, with their fixed ''nome'' and ''cognome'' structure, have little to do with the ancient Roman naming conventions, which used a tripartite system of given name, gentile name, and hereditary or personal name (or names). The Italian ''nome'' is not analogous to the ancient Roman ''nomen''; the Italian ''nome'' is the given name (distinct between siblings), while the Roman ''nomen'' is the gentile name (inherited, thus shared by all in a gens). Female naming traditions, and name-changing rules after adoption, for both sexes likewise differ between Roman antiquity and modern Italian use. Moreover, the low number, and the steady decline of importance and variety, of Roman ''praenomina'' starkly contrast with the current number of It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |