Susanna Nicchiarelli (; born 6 May 1975) is an Italian

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and screenwriter.

Biography

Nicchiarelli graduated in Philosophy at the Sapienza University in Rome and gained a PhD in Philosophy at the Scuola Normale in Pisa and a Directing degree at the

Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia The Centro sperimentale di cinematografia (Experimental Film Centre or Italian National film school) was established in 1935 in Italy and aims to promote the art and technique of cinematography and film. The centre is the oldest film school in ...

in 2004. After having written and directed many short films and documentaries, her first film ''

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'' was acclaimed at the

2009 Venice Film Festival The 66th annual Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, was held from 2 to 12 September 2009, with Maria Grazia Cucinotta serving as the festival's hostess. The opening film of the festival was '' Baarìa'' by Giuseppe Tornat ...

and gained her a nomination as Best New Director for the David di Donatello Awards and the Nastri d'Argento Awards, while her second film, '' Discovery at Dawn'', based on the book by

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was presented at the 2012 Rome Film Festival. Her third film, ''

Nico, 1988 ''Nico, 1988'' is a 2017 biographical drama film written and directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli. A co-production between Italy and Belgium, the film chronicles the last year of the life of German singer and model Nico. It had its world premiere at ...

'', a biopic on German singer

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, was presented at the

2017 Venice Film Festival The 74th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 30 August to 9 September 2017. The jury president was announced as the actress Annette Bening on 5 July 2017. '' Downsizing'', directed by Alexander Payne, was selected to open th ...

and was critically acclaimed, gaining four David di Donatello Awards, including the Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Partial filmography

Director/screenwriter

* ''

'' (2009) * '' Discovery at Dawn'' (2012) * ''

'' (2017) * '' Miss Marx'' (2020) * '' Chiara'' (2022)

Actress

* ''

'' (2009) * '' Discovery at Dawn'' (2012)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicchiarelli, Susanna 1975 births Living people Film people from Rome Italian film directors Italian film actresses Italian screenwriters Italian women screenwriters