Andrea Bempensante (born 30 December 1969, in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

) is an Italian screenwriter and senior writer at Le Iene Show, a satirical show on Italian television. He wrote the movies Assolo (1995), Doom (1996) and Cra-Cra (1997) which won awards at

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

, Clermont Ferrand, Tehran, Valencia, Montreal. In 1999 he wrote the movie 20-Venti (aka 20-Twenty), an on the road movie about a TV journalist and a pornostar (played by Cecilia Dazzi e

Anita Caprioli Anita Caprioli (born 11 December 1973) is an Italian theatre and film actress. Biography Born in Vercelli, Piedmont, the daughter of a stage actress, Caprioli made her stage debut in London in 1995 with Andrea Brooks, in an adaptation of Carlo Go ...

). The whole plot is divided into twenty episodes, one for each and every cigarette smoked from the same 20 pack. The film was critically acclaimed, premiered at

Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...

and won awards at Brooklyn Film Festival, Annecy and others international festivals. In 2000 the movie won best feature film of the year by Duel magazine. In 2001 he wrote the movie A Farewell to Beat, in which

Fernanda Pivano Fernanda Pivano (18 July 1917 – 18 August 2009) was an Italian writer, journalist, translator and critic. Early life Pivano was born in Genoa in 1917. When she was a teenager she moved with her family to Turin where she attended the Massimo D ...

, the most famous Italian translator and critic, meets the greatest living American writers like

Bret Easton Ellis Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964) is an American author, screenwriter, short-story writer, and director. Ellis was first regarded as one of the so-called literary Brat Pack and is a self-proclaimed satirist whose trademark technique, as a w ...

Jay McInerney John Barrett "Jay" McInerney Jr. (; born January 13, 1955) is an American novelist, screenwriter, editor, and columnist. His novels include '' Bright Lights, Big City'', ''Ransom'', '' Story of My Life'', ''Brightness Falls'', and ''The Last of ...

Barry Gifford Barry Gifford (born October 18, 1946) is an American author, poet, and screenwriter known for his distinctive mix of American landscapes and prose influenced by film noir and Beat Generation writers. Gifford is best known for his series of nove ...

and

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021) was an American poet, painter, social activist, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. The author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, an ...

to narrate the amazing adventure of the

Beat Generation The Beat Generation was a literary subculture movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era. The bulk of their work was published and popularized by Silent Generatio ...

. In 2001 he joined

Le Iene ''Le Iene'' (; , but referencing the Italian name of Quentin Tarantino's 1992 movie ''Reservoir Dogs'') is an Italian television program. The program ''Le Iene'' is a television program broadcast on the Italian channel Italia 1. Beginning in 1997, ...

, one of the most innovative and successful satirical show of Italian television and wrote many comedy bits about social issues. In 2009 with

Francesco Mandelli Francesco, the Italian (and original) version of the personal name "Francis", is the most common given name among males in Italy. Notable persons with that name include: People with the given name Francesco * Francesco I (disambiguation), sever ...

, Fabrizio Biggio and Martino Ferro he created

I Soliti Idioti ''I soliti idioti'' ("The Usual Idiots") is an Italian television series, starring Francesco Mandelli and Fabrizio Biggio. The series won Best MTV Show at the 2011 TRL Awards. Characters Each episode features unique scenes, in which the two ...

an Italian sitcom. The show aired on MTV for four seasons and the main characters were adapted for the big screen in 2011 and 2012. Both the movies were top-grossing film in the Italian box office. In 2012 with

Fabio Volo Fabio Volo, pseudonym of Fabio Bonetti, (born 23 June 1972) is an Italian writer, actor, radio and television presenter, screenwriter, drummer, singer and philosopher. Career Fabio Bonetti was born in Calcinate, Italy on 23 June 1972. After a ...

and Cristian Biondani he created Voloindiretta, a late show for RaiTre. In 2013 he wrote DROGA, le Iene Show's manual to drug: history, effects use and abuse.

Filmography

Fiction

* ''Assolo'' (1995) * ''Doom'' (1996) * ''Cra Cra'' (1997) * ''A.A.Agenzia Abbandoni'' (1999) * ''20 – Venti'' (2000) * ''Fernanda Pivano: A Farewell to Beat'' (2001) * ''Bradipo'' (2001) * ''Italoamericano'' (2008) * ''I Soliti Idioti'' (2009)

Television

* ''Sushi e Sashimi'' (2000) * ''Mad'' (2001) * ''Smetto quando Voglio'' (2001) * ''

'' (2001–2013) * ''The Desk'' (2010) * ''I Soliti Idioti'' (2009) * ''Volo in diretta'' (2012)

References

External links

*
Le Iene Show website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bempensante, Andrea Italian screenwriters 1969 births Living people Italian male screenwriters