Gianni Zanasi (born August 6, 1965) is an Italian film director. He has been a writer and has been an actor also in a few films.

Biography

Zanasi was born in Vignola. After studying philosophy at the

University of Bologna The University of Bologna ( it, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy. Founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students (''studiorum''), it is the oldest university in continuo ...

, he enrolled in a school of theatrical writing and a course in film directed by

Nanni Moretti Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (; born 19 August 1953) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His films have won accolades including a Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for ''The Son's Room'', a Silver Bear at the ...

. He attended the Experimental Center of

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, where in 1992 he graduated from directing. His directorial debut is with the melee (1995), the first feature selected for Director's Fortnight of the

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. He made his debut with the short film ''The beautiful evidence'', which won a prize at the

Turin Film Festival The Torino Film Festival (also called the Turin Film Festival, TFF) is an international film festival held annually in Turin, Italy. Held every November, it is the second largest film festival in Italy, following the Venice Film Festival. It was f ...

. Two years later the same cast was reassembled for his first feature film, ''In the melee'', which focused on five Roman boys. It was shown at the

and won awards at various festivals around the world. Zanasi also directed the television miniseries ''Fathers and Sons'' and the documentary ''Life is short but the day is long'', but returned in 2007 to feature films with the comedy ''Do not think'', starring Valerio Mastandrea, Anita Caprioli, Giuseppe Battiston, Caterina Murino, Paul Briguglia, Dino Abbrescia, Teco Celio, Gisella Burinato, Luciano Scarpa, and Paul Sassanelli. Critically acclaimed, the film gave rise in 2009 to a television series of the same name, broadcast by Fox Italy, directed by Zanasi and Pellegrini, with the same cast as the original title.

Filmography

Writer - ''Non pensarci, la serie ( TV Series )'' * ''Cinque pezzi facili'' (2009) * ''La grande abbuffata'' (2009) * ''Il candidato'' (2009) * ''Il padrino'' (2009) * ''Pretty Woman'' (2009)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zanasi, Gianni 1965 births Living people Italian film directors University of Bologna alumni