Daniele Vicari (born 26 February 1967) is an Italian director, screenwriter and producer.

Life and career

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, Vicari graduated from Rome's

University La Sapienza The Sapienza University of Rome ( it, Sapienza – Università di Roma), also called simply Sapienza or the University of Rome, and formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a public research university located in Rome, Ita ...

in History and Critics of Cinema under Guido Aristarco. Between 1990 and 1999 he was a film critic for the magazines ''Cinema Nuovo'' and ''Cinema 60'', and in the same period he filmed his first shorts. After shooting several documentary films, in 2002 Vicari made his feature film debut with the drama ''

Maximum Velocity (V-Max) ''Maximum Velocity (V-Max)'' ( it, Velocità massima) is a 2002 Italian drama film directed by Daniele Vicari. It entered the competition at the 59th Venice International Film Festival. For this film Vicari won the 2003 David di Donatello for be ...

'', which was entered into the competition at the 59th edition of the Venice International Film Festival and got him a David di Donatello for best new director. His 2006 film ''My Country'' won a David di Donatello for best documentary film.

Filmography

* ''

'' (2002) * '' The Horizon of Events'' (2005) * ''

My Country "My Country" is a poem about Australia, written by Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968) at the age of 19 while homesick in the United Kingdom. After travelling through Europe extensively with her father during her teenage years, she started ...

'' (2006) * ''

The Past Is a Foreign Land ''The Past Is a Foreign Land'' ( it, Il passato è una terra straniera) is a 2008 Italian neo-noir film directed by Daniele Vicari. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Gianrico Carofiglio, who also collaborated to the screenplay. ...

'' (2006) * ''

Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood ''Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood'', or only ''Diaz'', is a 2012 Italian-French-Romanian drama film directed by Daniele Vicari, focusing on the final days of the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa, Italy, when police stormed Armando Diaz, a school in Ge ...

'' (2012) * '' Anija. The Ship'' (2012) * '' Sole cuore amore'' (2016) * '' Prima che la notte'' (2018) * '' Il giorno e la notte'' (2021)

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* 1967 births Living people Italian film directors Italian television directors Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters People from the Province of Rieti 20th-century Italian people Nastro d'Argento winners David di Donatello winners Ciak d'oro winners Italian documentary film directors {{italy-film-bio-stub