use both this parameter and , birth_date to display the person's date of birth, date of death, and age at death) -->
, death_place =
, death_cause =
, body_discovered =
, resting_place =
, resting_place_coordinates =
, burial_place =
, burial_coordinates =
, monuments =
, nationality = Italian
, other_names =
, siglum =
, citizenship =
, education =
, alma_mater =
Hampshire College
Hampshire College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was opened in 1970 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges in the Pioneer Valley: Amherst College, Smith College, Mo ...
(
BA)
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is a private art university in Santa Clarita, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the US created specifically for students of both ...
(
MFA)
, occupation = Film director, screenwriter
, years_active =
, era =
, employer =
, organization =
, agent =
, known_for = ''
Medeas''
, notable_works =
, style =
, height =
, television =
, title =
, term =
, predecessor =
, successor =
, party =
, movement =
, opponents =
, boards =
, criminal_charges =
, criminal_penalty =
, criminal_status =
, spouse =
, partner =
, children =
, parents =
, mother =
, father =
, relatives =
, family =
, callsign =
, awards =
, website =
, module =
, module2 =
, module3 =
, module4 =
, module5 =
, module6 =
, signature =
, signature_size =
, signature_alt =
, footnotes =
Andrea Pallaoro is an Italian film director and screenwriter. ''
Hannah'', his second feature and the first of an intended trilogy of films centering on a female lead, premiered at the 74th Venice Film Festival and proceeded to win numerous awards including the Coppa Volpi for
Charlotte Rampling, who performed as the leading character, the award for Best Cinematography at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival, and a César Nomination for best foreign film.
His film feature film debut, ''
Medeas,'' premiered at the 70th annual
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 h ...
. Pallaoro won numerous international awards including Best Director at The Marrakech Film Festival, the
Sergej Parajanov Award for Outstanding Poetic Vision at the Tbilisi International Film Festival, and the New Voices/New Visions Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Chayse Irvin received the award for best cinematographer's debut for Medeas at Camerimage, the international film festival of the art of cinematography.
His short film ''Wunderkammer'' won six international awards and has been selected in the official competition of over fifty film festivals around the world including Sundance.
Pallaoro holds an MFA in Film Directing from the
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is a private art university in Santa Clarita, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the US created specifically for students of both ...
and a BA from
Hampshire College
Hampshire College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was opened in 1970 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges in the Pioneer Valley: Amherst College, Smith College, Mo ...
.
In 2013 and 2015 he was awarded a
Yaddo ResidencyYaddo website entry
/ref> and is the recipient of the 2017 Jerome Foundation Filmmaking Grant. He has served in the jury of multiple international film festivals including the 75th Venice Film Festival, the Chicago International Film Festival
The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival held every fall. Founded in 1964 by Michael Kutza, it is the longest-running competitive film festival in North America. Its logo is a stark, black and white close up of the comp ...
, the Black Nights Tallinn International Film Festival and the Biografilm International Film festival.
Early life
He was born in Trento
Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th ce ...
, Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
.
Personal life
Andrea lives between Los Angeles and New York.
Filmography
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pallaoro, Andrea
1982 births
Living people
Italian film directors
Italian screenwriters
Italian male screenwriters
California Institute of the Arts alumni
Hampshire College alumni
People from Trento