Giada Colagrande (born 16 October 1975) is an Italian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

Life and career

In 2005 Colagrande directed her second feature, ''

Before it Had a Name ''Before It Had a Name'' is a 2005 film directed by Giada Colagrande and co-written by her and husband Willem Dafoe. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was retitled as '' The Black Widow'' when it was released on DVD. It marked ...

'', which she co-wrote and co-starred in with

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. The two had met on the set of

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’s film ''

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''. In 2012, she made ''The Woman Dress'' and completed the feature-length film ''Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic''. In 2016 Colagrande wrote, directed and performed in ''PADRE'', starring

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and

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. As an actress, Colagrande has also performed in

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's ''Pasolini'' (2014).

Personal life

Colagrande has been married to actor

since 2005. She has one stepson from Dafoe's previous relationship.

Filmography

*''Aprimi il cuore'' (

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) (2002) *''

Before It Had a Name ''Before It Had a Name'' is a 2005 film directed by Giada Colagrande and co-written by her and husband Willem Dafoe. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was retitled as '' The Black Widow'' when it was released on DVD. It marked ...

'' (2005) *''A Woman'' (2010) *''Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramović'' (2012) *''The Abramovic Method'' (2013) *''

Castello Cavalcanti ''Castello Cavalcanti'' is a short film written and directed by Wes Anderson, released in 2013, and starring Jason Schwartzman as an unsuccessful race car driver who crashes his car in an Italian village. The 8-minute film was filmed at Cinecittà ...

'' (2013) *''

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'' (2014) *''PADRE'' (2016)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Colagrande, Giada 1975 births Living people People from Pescara Italian women film directors Italian film actresses Italian film directors Italian film producers Italian screenwriters People of Abruzzese descent Italian women screenwriters