Piero Schivazappa (born 14 April 1935) is an Italian film and television director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in
Colorno
Colorno (Parmigiano dialect, Parmigiano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Parma in the Italy, Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about north of Parma.
Colorno borders the following municipal ...
, Schivazappa entered the film industry in 1959 as an assistant director, collaborating with
Valerio Zurlini
Valerio Zurlini (19 March 1926 – 26 October 1982) was an Italian film director, stage director and screenwriter.
Biography
During his law studies in Rome, he started working in the theatre. In 1943, he joined the Italian resistance. Zurlin ...
,
Mario Monicelli and
Carlo Lizzani
Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic.
Biography
Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's '' Germany Year Zero' ...
, among others. In 1963, he started collaborating with
RAI
RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (; commercially styled as Rai since 2000; known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane) is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many ter ...
for news reports and documentaries.
[Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. .]
Schivazappa made his feature film debut in 1969, with the controversial
BDSM
BDSM is a variety of often erotic practices or roleplaying involving bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism, and other related interpersonal dynamics. Given the wide range of practices, some of which may be engaged ...
-themed ''
The Laughing Woman'', which at the time had many problems with censorship.
[Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. .] Following the success of his 1973 miniseries ''Vino e pane'', in the following years he focused on television films and TV-series.
[Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. .]
Personal life
Schivazappa is married to actress
Scilla Gabel
Scilla Gabel (born Gianfranca Gabellini; 4 January 1938) is an Italian film, television and stage actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1954 and 1982.
Career
Born in Rimini, Italy, one of five children, Gabel entered the cinema industry as ...
.
Selected filmography
* ''
L'Odissea'' (TV, 1968)
* ''
The Laughing Woman'' (1969)
* ''
Una sera c'incontrammo
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* 160 Una, the asteroid "Una", an asteroid named after the Faerie Queene character
* Una River (disambiguation), numerous rivers
* Una, Himachal Pradesh, a town in India
** Una, Himachal Pradesh Assembly constit ...
'' (1975)
* ''
Dov'è Anna?'' (TV, 1976)
* ''
Lady of the Night'' (1986)
* ''
An American Love'' (TV, 1994)
References
External links
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1935 births
Living people
Italian film directors
Italian television directors
Italian screenwriters
Italian male screenwriters
People from the Province of Parma
20th-century Italian people