Gabriele Salvatores (born 30 July 1950) is an Italian

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-winning film director and screenwriter.

Biography

Born in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

, Salvatores debuted as a theatre director in 1972, founding in

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the Teatro dell'Elfo, for which he directed several avant-garde pieces until 1989. In that year, he directed his third feature film, ''

Marrakech Express ''Marrakech Express'' is a 1989 Italian film directed by Gabriele Salvatores and starring Diego Abatantuono, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Cristina Marsillach, Giuseppe Cederna, and Gigio Alberti. A classical road movie, it was the first installment ...

'', which was followed in 1990 by '' Turné''. Both films shared a group of actor-friends, including

Diego Abatantuono Diego Abatantuono (born 20 May 1955) is an Italian cinema and theatre actor, and screenwriter, three-time winner of the Nastro d'Argento. Biography and career Abatantuono was born in Milan to a father of Apulian origin and a mother from Como. T ...

and

Fabrizio Bentivoglio Fabrizio Bentivoglio (born 4 January 1957) is an Italian cinema and theatre actor and screenwriter. Biography Fabrizio Bentivoglio was born in Milan (his father is Venetian). After only one season in the juvenile team of Inter, he left his spor ...

, who will be present in many of his later movies. ''Turné'' was screened in the

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section at the

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. In 1991, Salvatores received international praise for '' Mediterraneo'', which won an Academy Award as best foreign film. It also won three

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, the most important award for Italian cinema, and a

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. In 1992, he released '' Puerto Escondido'', from the eponymous novel by Pino Cacucci, in which Abatantuono and Bentivoglio were joined by another standard actor for Salvatores,

Claudio Bisio Claudio Bisio (; born 19 March 1957) is an Italian actor, presenter, voice actor, comedian, and writer. Early life Bisio was born in Novi Ligure, Piedmont, and raised in Milan, Lombardy. He attended '' scientific lyceum Luigi Cremona'' of Mil ...

. The following year he directed '' Sud'', featuring

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, an attempt to denounce the political and social situation of the

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of Italy seen from the point of view of the unemployed and those at the margins of society. The main themes of Salvatores' screenplays are escape from a reality that cannot be accepted or understood, nostalgia for friends, and voyages that never end. A new experimental period, however, started in 1997 with ''

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'', a science fiction/

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attempt which received mixed reviews. This was followed by the surreal ''

Denti '' Denti'' (''Teeth'') is a 2000 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Gabriele Salvatores. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Domenico Starnone. It entered the competition at the 57th Venice International Film Festival. Plot A ...

'' (''Teeth'', 2000), and ''

Amnèsia ''Amnèsia'' is an Italian comedy-drama film directed by Gabriele Salvatores and released in March 8 2002. Plot Several stories unfold simultaneously over three days on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. A man stumbles upon a risky opportunity t ...

'' (2002). Both featured

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. A good success was ''

I'm Not Scared ''I'm Not Scared'' ( it, Io non ho paura, ''I Am Not Afraid'') is a 2003 Italian crime mystery thriller film directed by Gabriele Salvatores. Francesa Marciano and Niccolò Ammaniti wrote the script, basing it on Niccolò Ammaniti's successful ...

'' of 2003, from the

Niccolò Ammaniti Niccolò Ammaniti () is an Italian writer, winner of the Premio Strega in 2007 for '' As God Commands'' (also published under the title ''The Crossroads''). He became noted in 2001 with the publication of ''I'm Not Scared'' (''Io non ho paura'') ...

novel. In 2005 he directed the noir ''

Quo Vadis, Baby? ''Quo Vadis, Baby?'' is a 2005 Italian drama film directed by Gabriele Salvatores. Cast * Angela Baraldi: Giorgia Cantini *Gigio Alberti: Andrea Berti * Claudia Zanella: Ada Cantini * Elio Germano: Lucio *Luigi Maria Burruano: Captain Cantin ...

''. His 2008 film ''

As God Commands ''As God Commands'' ( it, Come Dio сomanda) is a 2008 Italian drama film directed by Gabriele Salvatores, based on novel of the same name by Niccolò Ammaniti. It was entered into the 31st Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Filippo T ...

'' was entered into the

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Filmography

*''

Sogno di una notte d'estate ''Dream of a Summer Night'' ( it, Sogno di una notte d'estate, also spelled as ''Dream of a Summer's Night'') is a 1983 Italian musical film written and directed by Gabriele Salvatores, at his directorial debut. Based on a rock musical directed ...

'' (1983) *'' Kamikazen - Ultima notte a Milano'' (1987) *''

'' (1989) *'' On Tour'' (''Turné'', 1990) *'' Mediterraneo'' (1991) *'' Puerto Escondido'' (1992) *'' Sud'' (1993) *''

'' (1997) *''

'' (2000) *''

'' (2002) *''

'' (''Io non ho paura'', 2003) *''

'' (2005) *''

'' (''Come Dio comanda'', 2008) *'' Happy Family'' (2010) *''

Siberian Education ''Siberian Education'' (known as ''Deadly Code'' in the United States;) is a 2013 Italian crime-drama film directed by Gabriele Salvatores. It is based on the allegedly autobiographic novel with the same name written by Nicolai Lilin, the pen name ...

'' (''Educazione siberiana'', 2012) *''

Italy in a Day ''Italy in a Day - Un giorno da italiani'' is a 2014 Italian-British documentary film directed by Gabriele Salvatores. It was part of the Out of Competition section at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. Salvatores used the crowdsource ...

'' (2014) *''

The Invisible Boy ''The Invisible Boy'' (aka ''S.O.S Spaceship'') is a 1957 black and white American science fiction film from Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, produced by Nicholas Nayfack, directed by Herman Hoffman, and starring Richard Eyer and Philip Abbott. It is the ...

'' (''Il ragazzo invisibile'', 2014) *'' The Invisible Boy: Second Generation'' (2018) *'' Volare'' (2019)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Salvatores, Gabriele 1950 births Italian film directors Living people Film people from Naples Nastro d'Argento winners Directors of Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award winners