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Marco Tullio Giordana (born 1 October 1950) is an Italian
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and
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.


Biography

Born in
Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
, during the
1970s File:1970s decade montage.jpg, Clockwise from top left: U.S. President Richard Nixon doing the V for Victory sign after his resignation from office following the Watergate scandal in 1974; The United States was still involved in the Vietnam War i ...
he approaches the cinema by collaborating on the screenplay of
Roberto Faenza Roberto Faenza (born 21 February 1943) is an Italian film director. Born in Turin in 1943, Faenza received a degree in Political Science and a diploma at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Career Faenza made his directing debut in 1968 ...
's 1977 documentary ''Forza Italia!'', while his debut behind the camera comes two years later, in 1979 with the feature film
To Love the Damned ''To Love the Damned'' ( it, Maledetti vi amerò) is a 1980 Italian drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. It competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Golden Leopard award at the Locarno Inter ...
, presented at the
1979 Cannes Film Festival The 32nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 10 to 24 May 1979. The Palme d'Or went to ''Apocalypse Now'' by Francis Ford Coppola, which was screened as a work in progress, and '' Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum)'' by Volker Schlöndorff. The fest ...
and winner of the
Golden Leopard The Golden Leopard () is the top prize at the Locarno International Film Festival, an international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. Directors in the process of getting an international reputation are allowed to be ...
at the
Locarno Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, s ...
. In 1981, he made an ambitious project, '' The Fall of the Rebel Angels'', presented at the 38th Venice International Film Festival. In 1996 he participated with other directors,
Gianni Amelio Gianni Amelio (born 20 January 1945) is an Italian film director. Early life Amelio was born in San Pietro di Magisano, province of Catanzaro, Calabria. His father moved to Argentina soon after his birth. He spent his youth and adolescence with ...
,
Marco Risi Marco Risi (born 4 June 1951) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, film producer and cinematographer. Born in Milan, he is son of director Dino Risi. After graduating from Liceo Scientifico, Risi joined the faculty of philosophy, but aband ...
,
Alessandro D'Alatri Alessandro D'Alatri (born 24 February 1955) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and former actor. Born in Rome, as a teenager D'Alatri was active as a stage and film actor and worked with Luchino Visconti, Giorgio Strehler, Vittorio De ...
and
Mario Martone Mario Martone (born 20 November 1959) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has directed more than 30 films since 1985. His film '' L'amore molesto'' was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. His 2010 film ''Noi credevamo'' c ...
in the
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and
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project ''Beyond childhood - Five directors for UNICEF''. In 2000 he returned to the
Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...
with ''
One Hundred Steps ''I cento passi'' (English: ''One Hundred Steps'' or ''The Hundred Steps'') is an Italian film released in 2000, directed by Marco Tullio Giordana about the life of Giuseppe Impastato, Peppino Impastato, a left-wing political activist who opposed ...
'', a film of denunciation on the life and death of
Peppino Impastato Giuseppe "Peppino" Impastato (; January 5, 1948 – May 9, 1978), was an Italian political activist who opposed the Mafia, which ordered his murder in 1978. Childhood Giuseppe "Peppino" Impastato was born in Cinisi, in the then province of Pa ...
, which won the prize for best screenplay. In 2003 he made the film ''
The Best of Youth ''The Best of Youth'' ( it, La meglio gioventù) is a 2003 Italian historical drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana and written by Sandro Petraglia and Stefano Rulli. A family saga set in Italy from 1966 through 2003, it chronicles the life ...
'', which traces Italian history from the
1960s File:1960s montage.png, Clockwise from top left: U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War; the Beatles led the British Invasion of the U.S. music market; a half-a-million people participate in the 1969 Woodstock Festival; Neil Armstrong and Buzz ...
to early
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and which wins the
Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...
section of the
2003 Cannes Film Festival The 56th Cannes Film Festival started on 14 May and ran until 25 May 2003. French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer Patrice Chéreau was the President of the Jury. The Palme d'Or went to the American film ''Elephant'' by G ...
. In 2005 he presented himself in competition at
Cannes Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions I ...
with ''
Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide ''Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide'' ( it, Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti) is a 2005 Italian drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. The film concerns undocumented migration to Italy via the Mediterranean Sea. Plot A young ...
''. In 2012 he made the film '' Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy'', dedicated to the Piazza Fontana massacre of 12 December 1969 and the events that followed, up to the assassination of Commissioner
Luigi Calabresi Luigi Calabresi (14 November 1937 – 17 May 1972) was an Italian Police officer in Milan assassinated by far-left terrorists. This was one of the most important murders during the historical period of social turmoil and political violence in It ...
on 17 May 1972.


Filmography


Director

*''
To Love the Damned ''To Love the Damned'' ( it, Maledetti vi amerò) is a 1980 Italian drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. It competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Golden Leopard award at the Locarno Inter ...
'' (1980) *'' The Fall of the Rebel Angels'' (1981) *''
Notti e nebbie Notti may refer to: * a type of tteok in Korean cuisine * a surname; notable people with the name include: ** Emil Notti (born 1933), American engineer, activist and politician ** Emilio Notti (1891–1982), Italian painter See also *Netti (disa ...
'' (1984) - Film TV *''
Appointment in Liverpool ''Appointment in Liverpool'' ( it, Appuntamento a Liverpool) is a List of Italian films of 1988, 1988 Cinema of Italy, Italian drama film co-written and directed by Marco Tullio Giordana.''Variety (magazine), Variety Film Reviews'', Volume 20. Ga ...
'' (1988) *'' Especially on Sunday'' (1991) - segment ''La neve sul fuoco'' *'' L'unico paese al mondo'' (1994) *''
Who Killed Pasolini? ''Pasolini, un delitto italiano'' (''Pasolini, an Italian Crime''), internationally released as ''Who Killed Pasolini?'', is a 1995 Italian crime-drama film co-written and directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. It was released on 3 July 1996. It depi ...
'' (1995) *'' Scarpette bianche'' (1996) - Film TV *''
One Hundred Steps ''I cento passi'' (English: ''One Hundred Steps'' or ''The Hundred Steps'') is an Italian film released in 2000, directed by Marco Tullio Giordana about the life of Giuseppe Impastato, Peppino Impastato, a left-wing political activist who opposed ...
'' (2000) *'' Un altro mondo è possibile'' (2001) *''
The Best of Youth ''The Best of Youth'' ( it, La meglio gioventù) is a 2003 Italian historical drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana and written by Sandro Petraglia and Stefano Rulli. A family saga set in Italy from 1966 through 2003, it chronicles the life ...
'' (2003) *''
Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide ''Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide'' ( it, Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti) is a 2005 Italian drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. The film concerns undocumented migration to Italy via the Mediterranean Sea. Plot A young ...
'' (2005) *'' Wild Blood'' (2008) *'' Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy'' (2012)


Screenwriter

*'' Forza Italia!'' (1978) *'' Car Crash'' (1980) *''
To Love the Damned ''To Love the Damned'' ( it, Maledetti vi amerò) is a 1980 Italian drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. It competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Golden Leopard award at the Locarno Inter ...
'' (1980) *'' The Fall of the Rebel Angels'' (1981) *''
Notti e nebbie Notti may refer to: * a type of tteok in Korean cuisine * a surname; notable people with the name include: ** Emil Notti (born 1933), American engineer, activist and politician ** Emilio Notti (1891–1982), Italian painter See also *Netti (disa ...
'' (1984) - Film TV *''
Appointment in Liverpool ''Appointment in Liverpool'' ( it, Appuntamento a Liverpool) is a List of Italian films of 1988, 1988 Cinema of Italy, Italian drama film co-written and directed by Marco Tullio Giordana.''Variety (magazine), Variety Film Reviews'', Volume 20. Ga ...
'' (1988) *''
Who Killed Pasolini? ''Pasolini, un delitto italiano'' (''Pasolini, an Italian Crime''), internationally released as ''Who Killed Pasolini?'', is a 1995 Italian crime-drama film co-written and directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. It was released on 3 July 1996. It depi ...
'' (1995) *'' Scarpette bianche'' (1996) - Film TV *''
One Hundred Steps ''I cento passi'' (English: ''One Hundred Steps'' or ''The Hundred Steps'') is an Italian film released in 2000, directed by Marco Tullio Giordana about the life of Giuseppe Impastato, Peppino Impastato, a left-wing political activist who opposed ...
'' (2000) *''
Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide ''Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide'' ( it, Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti) is a 2005 Italian drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. The film concerns undocumented migration to Italy via the Mediterranean Sea. Plot A young ...
'' (2005)


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* 1950 births Living people Italian film directors David di Donatello winners Nastro d'Argento winners Ciak d'oro winners {{Italy-film-bio-stub