Alessandro Camon (born 7 June 1963) is an Academy Award nominated screenwriter and film producer.

Life and career

Born in

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, Italy, he currently lives in Los Angeles. Camon is a graduate of the

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, School of Philosophy, and received a masters in film from

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California ...

in Los Angeles. Camon wrote '' The Messenger'' with writer/director

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. The film won the Silver Bear for best screenplay and the Peace Film Award at the

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, as well as the Grand Prize and the International Critics Prize at the

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. It was nominated in the Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor categories by the

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. Camon's producing credits include ''

The Cooler ''The Cooler'' is a 2003 American crime drama film directed by Wayne Kramer, from a screenplay by Frank Hannah and Kramer. The film stars William H. Macy, Maria Bello, Shawn Hatosy, Ron Livingston, Estella Warren, Paul Sorvino, and Alec Bald ...

'', ''

Thank You For Smoking ''Thank You for Smoking'' is a 2005 American satirical black comedy film written and directed by Jason Reitman and starring Aaron Eckhart, based on the 1994 satirical novel of the same name by Christopher Buckley. It follows the efforts of Bi ...

'', ''

Owning Mahowny ''Owning Mahowny'' is a 2003 Canadian film about gambling addiction with a cast that includes Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Maury Chaykin and John Hurt. Based on the true story of a Toronto bank employee who embezzled more than $10 mil ...

'' '' Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans'' and '' Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps''. Camon started his career in Italy as a film critic. He has written several books and articles on film, both in Italian and English. His stage play ''Time Alone'' premiered in Los Angeles in September 2017, starring

Tonya Pinkins Tonya Pinkins (born May 30, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. Her award-winning debut feature film ''RED PILL'' was an official selection at the 2021 Pan African Film Festival, won the Best Black Lives Matter Feature and Best First Fea ...

and Alex Hernandez. It received the award for outstanding new play from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle.
Camon is the son of novelist

Ferdinando Camon Ferdinando Camon (born in Montagnana 1935) is a contemporary Italian writer. He is married to a journalist and has two sons: Alessandro Camon, a film producer/writer who lives in Los Angeles, and Alberto, who teaches criminal procedure and li ...

and newspaper columnist Gabriella Imperatori and is married to film producer Suzanne Warren (''

The Last King of Scotland ''The Last King of Scotland'' is a novel by journalist Giles Foden, published by Faber and Faber in 1998. Focusing on the rise of Ugandan President Idi Amin and his reign as dictator from 1971 to 1979, the novel, which interweaves fiction an ...

'', ''

Hacksaw Ridge ''Hacksaw Ridge'' is a 2016 biographical war film directed by Mel Gibson and written by Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan, based on the 2004 documentary ''The Conscientious Objector'' directed by Terry Benedict. The film focuses on the World ...

'').

References

External links

* * https://web.archive.org/web/20110607013431/http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/feature/2005/03/08/mafia/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20080707084141/http://dir.salon.com/story/opinion/feature/2005/10/07/jesus/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20090302081946/http://dir.salon.com/story/opinion/feature/2004/06/07/torture/index.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20090124092045/http://www.nyoffice.net/talent/writers/Camon.Alessandro_resume.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20091209031044/http://www.themessengermovie.com/ * https://lareviewofbooks.org/contributor/alessandro-camon/ * http://www.salon.com/writer/alessandro_camon/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20161112081310/https://www.adbusters.org/article/call-of-duty/ * http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/time-alone-theater-1046865 * http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-ca-cm-tonya-pinkins-20171018-story.html * http://www.univision.com/los-angeles/kmex/noticias/criminalidad-y-justicia/tiempo-a-solas-lo-que-la-violencia-y-la-justicia-les-dejo-a-una-madre-y-a-un-pandillero * http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles-theater/news/first-person-alessandro-camon-on-time-alone_82678.htm * http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-lopez-theater-students-20180317-story.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Camon, Alessandro 1963 births Living people American male screenwriters Italian film producers Italian male writers Film people from Padua University of Padua alumni UCLA Film School alumni Silver Bear for Best Screenplay winners