Luca Ragazzi (born 20 February 1971) is an

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film director, screenwriter,

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and

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Biography

After studying Letters and Philosophy at

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, in 1996 Luca Ragazzi became a journalist and a

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. In 1999, he entered a relationship with and started collaborating with

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as director and screenwriter. In 2000, Italian director Claudio Bonivento, gave him a small role in the movie ''Le Giraffe'', with

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and Veronica Pivetti. In 2008, Ragazzi and Hofer directed the

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documentary ''Suddenly Last Winter'' (''Improvvisamente l'inverno scorso''), dealing with the difficulties of being a

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couple in

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. The movie was presented at the

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in 2008, where it was awarded the jury prize Manfred Salzgeber. In 2009 it won the

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(silver ribbon) as best documentary. Ragazzi and Hofer directed the 2011 documentary ''Italy: Love it, or Leave it''. The couple's most recent directing collaboration, ''What Is Left?'', was released in 2013.

Filmography

Director and Screenwriter

* ''Improvvisamente l'inverno scorso'', together with

(2008) * ''Italy: Love it, or Leave i''t, together with

(2011)

Actor

* ''Le giraffe'', directed by Claudio Bonivento (2000)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ragazzi, Luca 1971 births Italian film directors LGBT film directors Italian LGBT writers Living people