Ugo Gregoretti (28 September 1930 – 5 July 2019) was an Italian film, television and stage director, actor,

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, author and television host. He directed 20 films during his career.

Biography

Born in

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, Gregoretti entered

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in 1953, working as a documentarist and a director. In 1960 he won the Premio Italia Award for the television documentary ''La Sicilia del Gattopardo''. In 1962 he made his film debut with the comedy-drama ''I nuovi angeli''. Since 1978 he started his activity on stage as director of prose and

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representations. His activity as director was mainly characterized by a sensitivity to the political and social issues combined to a peculiar use of irony and satire. He was president of the Turin Permanent Theatre from 1980 to 1989 and in 1995 he was nominated president of the

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. In 2010 he was awarded with a special Lifetime

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 his career.

Filmography

* ''I nuovi angeli'' (1962) * '' Ro.Go.Pa.G.'' (1963) * ''

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'' (1963) * ''

Les plus belles escroqueries du monde ''The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers'' (French: ''Les plus belles escroqueries du monde'') is a 1964 film composed of five segments, each of which was created with a different set of writers, directors, and actors. Cast *Mie Hama as Bar Hostess ...

'' (1964) * ''

Beautiful Families ''Beautiful Families'' ( it, Le belle famiglie) is a 1964 Italian comedy film directed by Ugo Gregoretti and starring Annie Girardot. Plot The film's theme is four episodes in which it is offered to the public a glimpse into the lives of rich an ...

'' (1964) *''Apollon: una fabbrica occupata'' (1969) *''Contratto'' (1970) *''Antifascisti a Roma'' (1972) *''Vietnam, scene dal dopoguerra'' (1975) *''Oltre la guerra, ad Hanoi'' (1975) *''Dentro Roma'' (1976) * '' La terrazza'' (only acting, 1980) *''Comunisti quotidiani'' (1980) *''Sabatoventiquattrimarzo'' (1984) * ''

It's Happening Tomorrow ''It's Happening Tomorrow'' ( it, Domani accadrà) is a 1988 Italian comedy film directed by Daniele Luchetti. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Paolo Hendel as Lupo * Giovanni Guidelli ...

'' (only acting, 1988) * ' (1990) *''La primavera del 2002 - l’Italia protesta, l’Italia si ferma'' (2002) *''Scossa'' (2011) *''Io, il tubo e la pizza'' (unreleased, 2017)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gregoretti, Ugo 1930 births 2019 deaths Italian film directors Italian male film actors Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Nastro d'Argento winners