Leonardo Di Costanzo (born in 1958) is an Italian director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in

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, after graduating at the University of Naples Federico II Di Costanzo moved to

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, where he followed

Ateliers Varan Ateliers Varan is an association of filmmakers based in Paris, France, whose primary work is running non-academic hands-on courses in documentary filmmaking both in France and across the world. Founded in 1981 with the spirit and support of Jean ...

courses and worked for French television. After directing several documentaries, he made his narrative film debut in 2012 with '' The Interval'', which premiered in the Horizons section of the 69th Venice International Film Festival and got him the

David di Donatello for Best New Director The David di Donatello Award for Best New Director (Italian: ''David di Donatello per il miglior regista esordiente'') is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize the ou ...

, the

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for Best Film and Best First Work and the Foreign Press Grand Prix at the 2013 Globi d'oro. After directing a segment of the anthology film '' Bridges of Sarajevo'', his following film '' The Intruder'' was screened in the

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section at the

2017 Cannes Film Festival The 70th Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to 28 May 2017, in Cannes, France. Spanish film director and screenwriter Pedro Almodóvar was the President of the Jury for the festival and Italian actress Monica Bellucci hosted the opening and ...

. His 2021 film '' The Inner Cage'' was screened out of competition at the 70th Venice International Film Festival and Di Costanzo's screenplay was awarded as Best Original Screenplay at the 2022 David di Donatello Awards.

Selected filmography

* '' The Interval'' (2012) * '' Bridges of Sarajevo'' (2014) * '' The Intruder'' (2017) * '' The Inner Cage'' (2021)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Di Costanzo, Leonardo 1958 births Living people Italian screenwriters Italian film directors Italian documentary film directors University of Naples Federico II alumni David di Donatello winners People from the Province of Naples Ciak d'oro winners