Pasquale Pozzessere (born in 1957) is an Italian film director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in Lizzano,

Taranto Taranto (, also ; ; nap, label= Tarantino, Tarde; Latin: Tarentum; Old Italian: ''Tarento''; Ancient Greek: Τάρᾱς) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto, serving as an important com ...

in the mid-1980s Pozzessere abandoned his medicine university studies to enter the cinema industry working as a script supervisor for

Pupi Avati Giuseppe Avati, better known as Pupi Avati (born 3 November 1938), is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known to horror film fans for his two giallo masterpieces, ''The House with Laughing Windows'' (1976) and '' Zeder ...

and as assistant director of

Francesco Maselli Francesco Maselli or Citto Maselli (born 9 December 1930, in Rome) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 38 films since 1949. Biography Maselli graduated at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, National Film School ...

. After directing a number of short films, he made his feature film debut in 1992, with ''

Verso Sud ''Verso Sud'' (internationally known as ''Going South'') is a 1992 Italian drama film produced, written and directed by Pasquale Pozzessere. For this film Antonella Ponziani was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Actress and a Silver Ri ...

'', for which he was nominated to a

David di Donatello The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (The Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award cat ...

for

Best New Director ''Best New Director'' was an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle from its first inception in 1989 until discontinuing in 1996. There was no award in 1993. 1980s 1989 *Kenneth Branagh – ''Henry V (1989 film), Henry V'' **Runners-up: St ...

and won the Grolla d'oro in the same category. The film also won the

Grand Prix Grand Prix ( , meaning ''Grand Prize''; plural Grands Prix), is a name sometimes used for competitions or sport events, alluding to the winner receiving a prize, trophy or honour Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to: Arts and entertainment ...

at the Annecy Film Festival.

Filmography

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'' (1992) *''

Father and Son Father and Son or Fathers and Sons may refer to: Literature * ''Father and Son'' (book), a 1907 memoir by Edmund Gosse *Father and Son (comics), cartoon characters created by E. O. Plauen * ''Fathers and Sons'' (novel), an 1862 novel by Ivan Tur ...

'' (1994) *''

An Eyewitness Account ''An Eyewitness Account'' ( it, Testimone a rischio, also known as ''Risking Witness'' and ''Witness in Danger'') is a 1997 thriller-drama film directed by Pasquale Pozzessere. It is based on real life events of Sicilian Mafia hit eyewitness Pie ...

'' (1997) *''La vita che verrà'' (TV, 1999) *''La porta delle sette stelle'' (2005) *''La provinciale'' (TV, 2006) *''Cocapop'' (2010) *''

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'' (2016)

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* 1957 births Italian film directors Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters People from the Province of Taranto Living people Ciak d'oro winners {{italy-film-bio-stub