Paolo De Vita (born 29 June 1957) is an Italian film and television actor.
Born in Bari, he debuted on television in 1984 with the TV series ''Aeroporto internazionale'' (International Airport), followed by the 1985 miniseries ''Un siciliano in Sicilia'' (A Sicilian in Sicily) directed by Pino Passalacqua. He also appeared in ''
Don Matteo
''Don Matteo'' ( en, Father Matthew) is an Italian television series that has been airing on Rai 1, Italian national television's first channel, since 2000.
History
The protagonist of the series is Father Matteo (portrayed by Terence Hill), a ...
'' and the 2007 television series ''
Nebbie e delitti
''Nebbie e delitti'' is an Italian crime television series. It is distributed as ''Fog and Crimes'' in the United States and Canada.
Cast
*Luca Barbareschi: Inspector Soneri
*Natasha Stefanenko: Angela Cornelio
*Gianluca Gobbi: Juvara
*Giuseppe ...
'' (Killings and Mists). In 2011 he was part of the cast of the television series ''
R.I.S. Roma 2 - Delitti imperfetti'' (RIS Rome 2 - Imperfect Crimes) directed by Francis Micciche.
De Vita has also had a substantial career in film, an early role being in the neo-realist film ''Il giudice ragazzino'' (The Boy Judge) in 1994. In 2001 he appeared in
Nanni Moretti
Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (; born 19 August 1953) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor.
His films have won accolades including a Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for ''The Son's Room'', a Silver Bear at the ...
's ''
La stanza del figlio
''The Son's Room'' ( it, La stanza del figlio) is a 2001 Italian film directed, written and produced by Nanni Moretti. It depicts the psychological effects on a family and their life after the death of their son. It was filmed in and around the ci ...
'' (The Son's Room). He has since moved into English language cinema, playing
Edward de Vere
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (; 12 April 155024 June 1604) was an English peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era. Oxford was heir to the second oldest earldom in the kingdom, a court favourite for a time, a sought-after patron of ...
's loyal Italian retainer, in the
Roland Emmerich
Roland Emmerich (; born 10 November 1955) is a German film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is widely known for his science fiction and disaster films and has been called a "master of disaster" within the industry. His films, most of wh ...
film ''
Anonymous
Anonymous may refer to:
* Anonymity, the state of an individual's identity, or personally identifiable information, being publicly unknown
** Anonymous work, a work of art or literature that has an unnamed or unknown creator or author
* Anonym ...
'' (2011).
[Geoff Berkshire, 'Anonymous' review: A Shakespearean soap opera for conspiracy buffs, ''Metromix'', 2011.]
Filmography
Cinema
*''
La visione del Sabba'' - directed by
Marco Bellocchio
Marco Bellocchio (; born 9 November 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor.
Life and career
Born in Bobbio, near Piacenza, Marco Bellocchio had a strict Catholic upbringing – his father was a lawyer, his mother a schooltea ...
(1988)
*''
Il nodo alla cravatta'' - directed by
Alessandro Di Robilant
Alessandro Di Robilant (born 23 October 1953) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has directed eleven films since 1985. His 1994 film '' Law of Courage'' was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the ...
(1991)
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La riffa'' - directed by
Francesco Laudadio
Francesco Laudadio (2 January 1950 – 6 April 2005) was an Italian director, screenwriter and producer.
Life and career
Born in Mola di Bari, graduated in philosophy, Laudadio started his career as a script supervisor and an assistant director ...
(1993)
*''
Anche i commercialisti hanno un'anima'' - directed by
Maurizio Ponzi
Maurizio Ponzi (born 8 May 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and cinema critic.
Born in Rome, he wrote cinema reviews in several Italian magazines during the early 1960s. He worked as assistant director in Pier Paolo Pasolini's epi ...
(1994)
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Il giudice ragazzino
''Law of Courage'' ( it, Il giudice ragazzino, literally "the kid judge") is a 1994 Italian drama film directed by Alessandro Di Robilant. It was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Blue Angel Award. For thi ...
'' - directed by
Alessandro Di Robilant
Alessandro Di Robilant (born 23 October 1953) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has directed eleven films since 1985. His 1994 film '' Law of Courage'' was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the ...
(1994)
*''
La seconda volta'' - directed by
Mimmo Calopresti
Mimmo Calopresti (born 4 January 1955 in Polistena, Calabria) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He has directed 16 films since 1987. His film ''The Second Time'' was entered into the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.
Sele ...
(1995)
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Intolerance
Intolerance may refer to:
* Hypersensitivity
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'' - directed by
Cosimo Alemà
Cosimo Alemà (born 1970) is an Italian film director and music video director.
Biography
Cosimo Alemà began working in music videos in the early 1990s, and after several years as an assistant director, he founded his own production company "The ...
and
Paolo Ameli (1996)
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Artemisia - passione estrema
Artemisia may refer to:
People
* Artemisia I of Caria (fl. 480 BC), queen of Halicarnassus under the First Persian Empire, naval commander during the second Persian invasion of Greece
* Artemisia II of Caria (died 350 BC), queen of Caria under t ...
'' - directed by
Agnès Merlet
Agnès Merlet (born 4 January 1959) is a French film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vi ...
(1997)
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La classe non è acqua
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...
'' - directed by
Cecilia Calvi
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The name has been popularly used in Europe (particularly the United Kingdom and Italy, where in 2018 it was the 43rd most popular name for girls born ...
(1997)
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Mare largo
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'' - directed by
Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani
Ferdinando may refer to:
Politics
* Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549–1609)
* Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1610–1670)
* Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany (1663–1713), eldest son of Cosimo ...
(1998)
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La stanza dello scirocco
''The Room of the Scirocco'' ( it, La stanza dello scirocco) is a 1998 Italian romantic comedy film written and directed by Maurizio Sciarra. It is based on the novel with the same name by Domenico Campana. The film won two Nastro d'Argento Awar ...
'' - directed by
Maurizio Sciarra
Maurizio Sciarra (born 15 April 1955) is an Italian film director.
Awards
He was awarded the Golden Leopard at the 2001 Locarno International Film Festival for ''Off to the Revolution by a 2CV
''Off to the Revolution by a 2CV'' ( it, Alla ri ...
(1998)
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La parola amore esiste
''Notes of Love'' ( it, La parola amore esiste, french: Mots d'amour, also known as ''The Word Love Exists'' and ''Love Notes'') is a 1998 Italian-French romance film directed by Mimmo Calopresti. For her performance Valeria Bruni Tedeschi won the ...
'' - directed by
Mimmo Calopresti
Mimmo Calopresti (born 4 January 1955 in Polistena, Calabria) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He has directed 16 films since 1987. His film ''The Second Time'' was entered into the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.
Sele ...
(1998)
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Matrimoni
''Marriages'' ( it, Matrimoni) is a 1998 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Cristina Comencini. For her performance Cecilia Dazzi won the David di Donatello for best supporting actress.Giorgio Dell'Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei vive ...
'' - directed by
Cristina Comencini
Cristina Comencini (; born 8 May 1956) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and novelist.
Biography
She is one of four daughters of Italian film director Luigi Comencini. She attended with her sisters the Lycée français Chateaubriand (Rome) ...
(1998)
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La patinoire
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Ca ...
'' - directed by
Jean-Philippe Toussaint
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(1998)
*''
Femminile, singolare'' - directed by
Claudio Del Punta (2000)
*''
La stanza del figlio
''The Son's Room'' ( it, La stanza del figlio) is a 2001 Italian film directed, written and produced by Nanni Moretti. It depicts the psychological effects on a family and their life after the death of their son. It was filmed in and around the ci ...
'' - directed by
Nanni Moretti
Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (; born 19 August 1953) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor.
His films have won accolades including a Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for ''The Son's Room'', a Silver Bear at the ...
(2001)
*''
L'ultima lezione'' - directed by
Massimo Martella and
Fabio Rosi Fabio is a given name descended from Latin ''Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). Its English equivalent is Fabian.
The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usually accented ...
(2001)
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La vita degli altri
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...
'' - directed by
Nicola De Rinaldo (2002)
*''
La meglio gioventù
''The Best of Youth'' ( it, La meglio gioventù) is a 2003 Italian cinema, 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 chr ...
'' - directed by
Marco Tullio Giordana
Marco Tullio Giordana (born 1 October 1950) is an Italian Film director, director and screenwriter.
Biography
Born in Milan, during the 1970s he approaches the cinema by collaborating on the screenplay of Roberto Faenza's 1977 documentary ''F ...
(2003)
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Amorfù'' - directed by
Emanuela Piovano (2003)
*''
Zinanà'' directed by
Pippo Mezzapesa (short) (2004)
*''
L'aria'' - directed by
Daniele Prato (short) (2005)
*''
Mai + come prima'' - directed by
Giacomo Campiotti
Giacomo Campiotti (Varese, 8 July 1957) is an Italian director and screenwriter.
Biography
Giacomo Campiotti was born in Varese in 1957 and graduated in Pedagogy at the University of Bologna. He worked for several years in the theater, makin ...
(2005)
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Il caimano
''The Caiman'' ( it, Il caimano, referring to the caiman) is a 2006 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Nanni Moretti and starring Silvio Orlando and Margherita Buy. Focusing on Silvio Berlusconi's vicissitudes, it was released just before t ...
'' - directed by
Nanni Moretti
Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (; born 19 August 1953) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor.
His films have won accolades including a Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for ''The Son's Room'', a Silver Bear at the ...
(2006)
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Antonio guerriero di Dio'' - directed by
Antonello Belluco (2006)
*''
Nuovomondo
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'' - directed by
Emanuele Crialese
Emanuele Crialese (born 27 May 1965) is an Italian screenwriter and film director. He is a native of Rome and studied filmmaking in New York City.
Biography
Emanuele Crialese was born on July 26, 1965 in Rome to Sicilian parents. He studied filmm ...
(2006) (voice)
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L'aria salata'' - directed by
Alessandro Angelini
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People with the given name Alessandro
* Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter
* Alessandro Baricco ...
(2006)
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Facciamola finita'' - directed by
Manrico Gammarota (short) (2008)
*''
Made in Italy
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History
Made in Italy ...
'' - directed by
Stéphane Giusti
Stéphane is a male French given name an equivalent of Stephen/Steven. Notable people with this given name include:
* Stéphane Adam (born 1969), French footballer
* Stéphane Agbre Dasse (born 1989), Burkinabé football player
* Stéphane Allagno ...
(2008)
*''
Imago mortis
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'' - directed by
Stefano Bessoni (2009)
*''
Alza la testa'' - directed by
Alessandro Angelini
Alessandro is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Alexander. Notable people with the name include:
People with the given name Alessandro
* Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter
* Alessandro Baricco ...
(2009)
*''
Indovina chi sposa mia figlia'' - directed by
Neele Leana Vollmar (2009)
*''
Qualche nuvola'' - directed by
Saverio Di Biagio (2011)
*''
Che bella giornata'' - directed by
Gennaro Nunziante
Gennaro Nunziante is an Italian film director. He directed the three highest-grossing Italian films in Italy headed by ''Quo Vado?''.
Career
He teamed up with Checco Zalone to write '' Cado dalle nubi'' (2009), with Zalone starring and Nunzian ...
(2011)
*''
Anonymous
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* Anonymity, the state of an individual's identity, or personally identifiable information, being publicly unknown
** Anonymous work, a work of art or literature that has an unnamed or unknown creator or author
* Anonym ...
'' - directed by
Roland Emmerich
Roland Emmerich (; born 10 November 1955) is a German film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is widely known for his science fiction and disaster films and has been called a "master of disaster" within the industry. His films, most of wh ...
(2011)
*''
To Rome With Love'' - directed by
Woody Allen
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(2012)
Television
*''
Aeroporto internazionale'' (1984)
*''
Un siciliano in Sicilia'' - directed by
Pino Passalacqua (1987)
*''
Un inviato molto speciale'' - directed by
Vittorio De Sisti
Vittorio De Sisti (23 November 1940 – 22 April 2006) was a Libyan-born Italian director and screenwriter.
Born in Darna, Libya, De Sisti entered the cinema industry in 1962 as a sound engineer. In 1966, after graduating from the Centro S ...
(1991)
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Ma tu mi vuoi bene?'' - directed by
Marcello Fondato
Marcello Fondato (8 January 1924 – 13 November 2008) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 46 films between 1958 and 1986. He also directed ten films between 1968 and 1992. His 1970 film '' Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna ...
e
Nancy Fondato (1991)
*''
L'ombra della sera'' - directed by
Cinzia Th. Torrini
Cinzia may refer to:
*Cinzia De Carolis (born 1960), Italian actress and voice actress
*Cinzia Casiraghi, Professor in Nanoscience, University of Manchester, UK and National Graphene Institute in the UK
*Cinzia Cavazzuti (born 1973), Italian forme ...
(1994)
*''
Torniamo a casa'' - directed by
Valerio Jalongo
Valerio Jalongo (born 11 May 1960) is an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Jalongo was born in Rome. Graduated in Philosophy, he attended the Gaumont School of Cinema, founded by producer Renzo Rossellini, and also studie ...
(1999)
*''
Vola Sciusciù'' - directed by
Joseph Sargent
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(2000)
*''
Giochi pericolosi'', directed by
Alfredo Angeli
Alfredo Angeli (7 August 1927, in Livorno – 25 November 2005, in Rome) was an Italian director and screenwriter.
Born in Livorno, Angeli entered the cinema industry in 1958, being the assistant director of Luigi Zampa in ''The City Stands Tr ...
- film TV (2000)
*''
Don Matteo
''Don Matteo'' ( en, Father Matthew) is an Italian television series that has been airing on Rai 1, Italian national television's first channel, since 2000.
History
The protagonist of the series is Father Matteo (portrayed by Terence Hill), a ...
'' - directed by
Andrea Barzini
Andrea Barzini (born 14 December 1952) is an Italian film and television director, screenwriter and producer. He is the son of Italian journalist and politician Luigi Barzini Jr. and the father of Italian writer Chiara Barzini.
Filmography
* ''De ...
(2000)
*''
Angelo il custode
''Angelo il custode'' (Italian: ''The Guardian Angel'') is a 2001 Italian comedy television series directed by Gianfrancesco Lazotti and starring Lino Banfi as Angelo De Vita, an Italian in Argentina who must return home to prove to the Italia ...
'' - directed by
Gianfrancesco Lazotti
Gianfrancesco Lazotti (born 2 March 1957) is an Italian film screenwriter and director.
Born in Rome, Lazotti studied at DAMS in Bologna and apprenticed as assistant director to many well-known Italian directors, including Ettore Scola and D ...
(2001)
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La guerra è finita'' - directed by
Lodovico Gasparini Lodovico is an Italian masculine given name, and may refer to:
* Cigoli (1559–1613), Italian painter and architect
* Lodovico, Count Corti (1823–1888), Italian diplomat
* Lodovico Agostini (1534–1590), Italian composer
* Lodovico Altieri (180 ...
(2002)
*''
Tutto in quella notte Tutto can refer to:
;Music
*Tutto Live, album by Gianna Nannini
*Tutto è possibile, debut album studio by Finley
*Tutto Tony Tammaro, greatest hits album by Neapolitan parody singer-songwriter Tony Tammaro
*Tutto Fabrizio De André, first album rel ...
'' - directed by
Massimo Spano
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Given name:
*Massimo Agostinelli (Max Agos) (born 1987), Swiss based Italian American artist, entrepreneur and activist
*Massimo Ago ...
(2002)
*''
Maria Goretti
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'' - directed by
Giulio Base
Giulio Base (born 6 December 1964) is an Italian film director. He has received two doctorates, one in Literature and Philosophy and another in Theology, and has been a member of Mensa International since 1996.
Career
Base began his career a ...
(2003)
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Maigret: La trappola'' - directed by
Renato De Maria
Renato De Maria (born 1958) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than ten films since 1991.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
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1958 births
Living people
Italian ...
(2004)
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Maigret: L'ombra cinese'' - directed by
Renato De Maria
Renato De Maria (born 1958) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than ten films since 1991.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:De Maria, Renato
1958 births
Living people
Italian ...
(2004)
*''
Don Matteo 6'' - directed by
Carmine Elia (2006)
*''
Nebbie e delitti 3'' - directed by
Riccardo Donna Riccardo is a male given name, Italian language, Italian version of Ricardo or Richard. It also may be a surname. It means "Powerful Leader".
It may refer to:
People A–L
*Riccardo Antoniazzi (1853–1912), Italian violin maker
*Riccardo Bacche ...
(2007)
*''
Crimini: La doppia vita di Natalia Blum'' - directed by
Anna Negri
Anna Negri (born 9 December 1964) is an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Born in Venice, she is the daughter of the Marxist sociologist and political philosopher Antonio Negri.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. ...
(2009)
*''
R.I.S. Roma 2 - Delitti imperfetti'' - directed by
Francesco Miccichè (2011)
*''
6 passi nel giallo - Souvenirs'' - directed by
Lamberto Bava
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(2012)
Notes
{{DEFAULTSORT:De Vita, Paolo
1957 births
Living people
People from Bari
Italian male film actors
Italian male television actors
20th-century Italian male actors
21st-century Italian male actors