Davide Ferrario (born 26 June 1956) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and author.

Life and career

Born in

Casalmaggiore Casalmaggiore ( Casalasco-Viadanese: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Cremona, Lombardy, Italy, located across the Po River. It was the birthplace of Italian composers Ignazio Donati and Andrea Zani. It became worldwide famous thanks to its ...

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, Ferrario graduated in Anglo-American literature, then he began to work in film distribution, and he contributed to import in Italy many indie films by John Sayles,

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, Godfrey Reggio. He also collaborated as a film critic with the cinema magazine ''Cineforum'', and he wrote a monograph about Rainer Werner Fassbinder. After collaborating to several screenplays, Ferrario made his directorial debut in 1987 with the short film ''Non date da mangiare agli animali'', and in 1989 he directed his first feature film, the neo-noir

The End of the Night ''The End of the Night'' ( it, La fine della notte) is a 1989 Italian crime drama film written and directed by Davide Ferrario, at his directorial debut. It was entered into the main competition at the 1989 San Sebastián International Film Fes ...

. His 2004 film '' After Midnight'' entered the Forum section at the

54th Berlin International Film Festival The 54th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5–15 February 2004. The festival opened with out of competition film ''Cold Mountain (film), Cold Mountain'' by Anthony Minghella. ''25 Degrees in Winter'' by Stéphane Vuillet s ...

, in which Ferrario won the Caligari Film Prize and the Don Quixote Award. Also a novelist, his 1995 debut novel '' Dissolvenza al nero'' was later adapted into a film, '' Fade to Black'' by Oliver Parker.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1989) * ''

Love Burns ''Love Burns'' ( it, Anime fiammeggianti) is a 1994 Italian comedy film written and directed by Davide Ferrario. It was screened at the 51st Venice International Film Festival, in the Panorama section. Plot Rosario, a philosophy professor i ...

'' (1994) * '' We All Fall Down'' (1997) * ''

Children of Hannibal ''Children of Hannibal'' ( it, Figli di Annibale) is a 1998 Italian comedy film written and directed by Davide Ferrario. Cast * Diego Abatantuono as Tommaso * Silvio Orlando as Domenico * Valentina Cervi as Rita * Flavio Insinna as Orfeo * ...

'' (1998) * '' Guardami'' (1999) * '' After Midnight'' (2004) * ''

Blood on the Crown ''Blood on the Crown'' (formerly titled ''Storbju'' and ''Just Noise'') is a 2021 Maltese-Canadian-American film directed by Davide Ferrario and starring Harvey Keitel, Malcolm McDowell, and Tom Prior. Roland Joffé served as an executive produ ...

'' (2021)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrario, Davide 1956 births People from Casalmaggiore Italian film directors Italian television directors Living people Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters