Michelangelo Frammartino (born 1968) is an Italian filmmaker.

Biography

Michelangelo Frammartino was born in

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n parents in 1968. In 1991 he enrolled in the Architecture Faculty of the

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. Between 1994 and 1997 he attended Milan's film school, Civica Scuola del Cinema, for which he produced videoart installations and worked as a set designer for films and video clips. He also shot several short films: ''Tracce'' (1995), ''L'Occhio e lo Spirito'' (1997), ''BIBIM'' (1999), ''Scappa Valentina'' (2001), ''Io Non Posso Entrare'' (2002). His first feature ''Il Dono'' premiered at the

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in 2003. His following film '' Le Quattro Volte'' (2010) was selected at the

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, where it won the Label Europa Cinema. Since 2005 he has been teaching filmmaking at the

University of Bergamo The University of Bergamo ( it, Università degli Studi di Bergamo; acronym: UniBG) is an Italian public university located in Bergamo, Italy. It was founded on 11 December 1968 and is organized in seven departments, three campuses and forty-one ...

. In December 2013 he held a workshop at the

University of Calabria The University of Calabria ( it, Università della Calabria, UNICAL) is a state-run university in Italy. Located in Arcavacata, a hamlet of Rende and a suburb of Cosenza, the university was founded in 1972. Among its founders there were Beniamino ...

. His 2021 film ''

Il buco ''Il buco'' ( en, link=no, "The Hole") is a 2021 Italian drama film directed by Michelangelo Frammartino. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, and won the Special Jury Prize. The film ...

'' was selected for the main competition at the

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, where it received positive reviews and won the Special Jury Prize.

Filmography

Short films

* ''Tracce'' (1995) * ''L'Occhio e lo Spirito'' (1997) * ''BIBIM'' (1999) – co-directed with Cafi Mohamud * ''Scappa Valentina'' (2001) * ''Io Non Posso Entrare'' (2002)

Feature films

* '' Il Dono'' (2003) * '' Le Quattro Volte'' (2010) * ''

'' (2021)

Installations

* ''Presenze s-connesse'' (1995) * ''Ora'' (1995) * ''La Casa delle Belle Addormentate'' (1997) * ''Film'' (1998) * ''Alberi'' (2013) * ''Sguardi in Macchina'' (2013)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frammartino, Michelangelo 1968 births Living people Italian documentary filmmakers People of Calabrian descent