Giambattista Avellino (born 18 November 1957) is an Italian director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in Livorno, Avellino started his career as a comic book writer, collaborating with the magazines '' Skorpio'' and '' Lanciostory''. He debuted as a screenwriter in 1991, for the

Aldo Lado Aldo Lado (born 5 December 1934) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and writer. Lado was born in Fiume, Italy (today Rijeka, Croatia). Lado wrote the screenplays for 21 films between 1968 and 2004 and directed 14 films between 1971 and 1 ...

's TV-miniseries ''La stella del parco''. After an intense career on television, Avellino signed his first screenplay for a theatrically released film in 2002, for the Ficarra e Picone's vehicle '' Nati stanchi''. His collaboration with the Sicilian comedy duo continued with ''

Il 7 e l'8 ''Il 7 e l'8'' () it is a 2007 film, directed by Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone and Giambattista Avellino and portrayed by the comic duo Ficarra and Picone. Together with the two comedians, the dancer Eleonora Abbagnato makes her movie deb ...

'' and '' La matassa'', both which they co-directed. For ''Il 7 e l'8'' Avellino and Ficarra e Picone were nominated to David di Donatello for Best New Director and to

Silver Ribbon The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ...

in the same category.

Selected filmography

;Screenwriter * '' Nati stanchi'' (2002) * ''

Easy! ''Easy!'' ( it, Scialla!) is a 2011 Italian comedy film directed by Francesco Bruni. Cast * Fabrizio Bentivoglio as Bruno * Filippo Scicchitano as Luca * Barbora Bobuľová as Tina * Vinicio Marchioni as Il Poeta * Stefano Brunori as Stef ...

'' (2011) ;Director and screenwriter * ''

'' (2007) * '' La matassa'' (2009) * '' Some Say No'' (2011)

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* 1957 births Living people Italian film directors Italian television directors People from Livorno 20th-century Italian screenwriters 21st-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters {{italy-film-bio-stub