Franco Piavoli (born 21 June 1933) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and producer.
Biography
Piavoli studied law at the
University of Pavia
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in
Lombardy
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.
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s he made a number of short films: ''Uccellanda'' (1953), ''Ambulatorio'' (1954), ''Incidente'' (1955), ''La stagioni'' (1960), ''Domenica sera'' (1962), ''Emigranti'' (1963), and ''Evasi'' (1964).
Nearly 20 years later, Piavoli released his first feature film ''
The Blue Planet
''The Blue Planet'' is a British nature documentary series created and produced by the BBC. It premiered on 12 September 2001 in the United Kingdom. It is narrated by David Attenborough.
Described as "the first ever comprehensive series on the ...
'' in 1982, which competed at the
39th Venice International Film Festival
The 39th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 28 August to 2 September 1982.
Jury
The following people comprised the 1982 jury:
* Marcel Carné (France) (head of jury)
* Luis García Berlanga (Spain)
* Mario Monicelli (Italy ...
. Piavoli directed ''
Nostos: The Return'' in 1989, a film inspired by Ulysses' return to Ithaca in the ''
Odyssey
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'', and contains only sparse dialogue that imitates "sounds of ancient Mediterranean languages".
In 2009, Piavoli worked with
Ermanno Olmi
Ermanno Olmi (24 July 1931 – 7 May 2018)Lane, John Francis (May 7, 2018).Ermanno Olmi obituary. ''The Guardian''. theguardian.com. Retrieved 11 May 2018. was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Biography
Olmi was born to a Catholic ...
on Olmi's documentary about food production ''
Terra Madre''.
Filmography
Feature films
* ''
The Blue Planet
''The Blue Planet'' is a British nature documentary series created and produced by the BBC. It premiered on 12 September 2001 in the United Kingdom. It is narrated by David Attenborough.
Described as "the first ever comprehensive series on the ...
'' (1982)
* ''
Nostos: The Return'' (1989)
* ''
Voices Through Time'' (1996)
* ''
At the First Breath of Wind'' (2002)
* ''Tender Presence'' (2004)
* ''Feast'' (2016)
Short films
* ''Surgery'' (1954)
* ''Sul lago di Garda'' (1959)
* ''The Seasons'' (1961)
* ''Sunday Evening'' (1962)
* ''Emigrants'' (1963)
* ''Convicts'' (1964)
* ''Lucid Deceptions'' (1986)
* ''Il parco del Mincio'' (1987)
* ''Landscapes and Figures'' (2002)
* ''Lo zebù e la stella'' (2007)
* ''The Flora Garden'' (2009)
* ''Là dove scorre il Mincio'' (2011)
* ''Fragments'' (2012)
* Untitled segment in ''
Venice 70: Future Reloaded'' (2013)
References
Further reading
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1933 births
Living people
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