Grazia Volpi (29 March 1941 – 7 February 2020) was an Italian film producer. She was one of the first women in

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who achieved the position of film producer.

Biography

She started working in the late 1960s as general organizer and

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on the set of the

Taviani brothers Paolo Taviani (; born 8 November 1931) and Vittorio Taviani (; 20 September 1929 – 15 April 2018), collectively referred to as the Taviani brothers, were Italian film directors and screenwriters who collaborated on film productions. At the C ...

' films. Then she became coordinator of "Una Cooperativa Cinematografica", a production company created by the

in 1973. In 1975 she made her debut as a

film producer A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...

for the Aata cooperative with the films ''

Quanto è bello lu murire acciso ''Quanto è bello lu murire acciso'', also known as ''The Expedition'' and ''How Wonderful to Die Assassinated'', is a 1976 Italian historical drama film directed by Ennio Lorenzini. It depicts the failed expedition organized by Carlo Pisacane ...

'' by Ennio Lorenzini and '' The Suspect'' by

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. In 2012 she won the

David di Donatello The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (The Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award cat ...

for the

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for the film ''

Caesar Must Die ''Caesar Must Die'' ( it, Cesare deve morire) is a 2012 Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. The film competed at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear. The film is set in Rebibbia Prison ...

'', directed by

Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Paolo Taviani (; born 8 November 1931) and Vittorio Taviani (; 20 September 1929 – 15 April 2018), collectively referred to as the Taviani brothers, were Italian film directors and screenwriters who collaborated on film productions. At the C ...

Personal life and death

She was married to

film editor Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film which increasingly involves the use of digital technology. The film edit ...

Roberto Perpignani Roberto Perpignani (born 20 April 1941) is an Italian film editor. Biography He started his career in 1962 as assistant editor in Orson Welles' ''The Trial''. His first credit as film editor is for Bernardo Bertolucci's '' Prima della rivoluzion ...

. Volpi died on 7 February 2020, at the age of 78.

Partial filmography

* ''

'' (1975) * '' The Suspect'' (1975) * '' Young Distance'' (1988) * ''

The Sun Also Shines at Night ''The Sun Also Shines at Night'' ( it, Il sole anche di notte, and also known as ''Night Sun'') is an Italian film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani in 1990. It was screened out of competition at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. The plot is ...

'' (1990) * ''

Fiorile ''Fiorile'' is a 1993 Italian drama film about a family curse caused by greed. The film was directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, and stars Claudio Bigagli, Galatea Ranzi, and Michael Vartan. It was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. T ...

'' (1993) * '' Seven Sundays'' (1994) * '' State Secret'' (1995) * ''

The Elective Affinities ''The Elective Affinities'' ( it, Le affinità elettive, french: Les affinités électives) is a 1996 Italian-French comedy film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. It was screened out of competition at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * ...

'' (1996) * ''

You Laugh ''Tu ridi'' (internationally released as ''You Laugh'', ''Two Kidnappings'' and ''Kaos II'') is a 1998 Italian drama film. It is the second film adaptation based on short stories by Luigi Pirandello after Kaos directed by Paolo and Vittorio Tavian ...

'' (1998) * ''

Rosa and Cornelia ''Rosa and Cornelia'' ( it, Rosa e Cornelia) is a 2000 Italian drama film directed by Giorgio Treves. For her performance Stefania Rocca won a Globo d'oro The Globo d'oro (internationally known as Italian Golden Globe) is an Italian annual film ...

'' (2000) * ''

The Lark Farm ''The Lark Farm'' (Italian: ''La masseria delle allodole'') is a 2007 Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani about the Armenian genocide. Plot The story, drawn from ''La masseria delle allodole'', the best-selling novel by Ant ...

'' (2007) * ''

The Father and the Foreigner ''The Father and the Foreigner'' ( it, Il padre e lo straniero) is a 2010 Italian drama film directed by Ricky Tognazzi. It is based on the novel ''Crime Novel'' by Giancarlo De Cataldo. Plot Diego (Alessandro Gassman), an employee from Rome wi ...

'' (2011) * ''

'' (2012) * ''

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'' (2015)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Volpi, Grazia 1941 births 2020 deaths David di Donatello winners Italian film producers Italian women film producers