Roberta Torre (born 21 September 1962) is an Italian

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 vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. In 1997 she won the

Nastro d'argento The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ...

for best new director with her first film, ''Tano da morire'' ("To Die for Tano"). The film entered the

54th Venice International Film Festival The 54th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 27 August to 6 September 1997. Jury The following people comprised the 1997 jury: * Jane Campion (New Zealand) (head of jury) * Ronald Bass (USA) * Véra Belmont (France) * ...

, winning the FEDIC Award, the Kodak Award and the Luigi De Laurentiis Award for best directorial debut film. The film also won two

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 score and best new director) and two other

Nastro d'Argento The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ...

for best score and best supporting role (an award given to the entire female cast).

Selected filmography

* ''

To Die for Tano ''Tano da morire'' (internationally released as ''To Die for Tano'') is a 1997 Italian musical comedy film written and directed by Roberta Torre. It is loosely inspired by actual life events of Tano Guarrasi, a butcher and a jealous brother of fou ...

'' (1997) * ''Sud Side Stori'' (2000) * ''Il viaggio lungo di Arul, Rani e Vivetas'' (2002) * '' Angela'' (2002) * ''La malacanzone'' (2005) * ''Mare nero'' (2006) * '' Lost Kisses'' (2010) * ''

Bloody Richard ''Bloody Richard'' ( it, Riccardo va all'inferno; ''Richard Goes to Hell'') is a 2017 Italian musical drama film directed by Roberta Torre, starring Massimo Ranieri and inspired on William Shakespeare's ''Richard III''. The film has been presented ...

'' (2017)

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* 1962 births Living people Italian film directors Italian screenwriters Film people from Milan Nastro d'Argento winners Ciak d'oro winners Italian women film directors {{Italy-film-director-stub