Daniele D'Anza (20 April 1922 – 12 April 1984) was an Italian director, playwright and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in

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, D'Anza started his career on stage, in which he is best known for the direction of the antimilitarist play ''Venticinque metri di fango'' that he presented in Milan in 1946, raising several controversities as well as critical appreciation. Another of his works, the rivista ''Tempo di musica'', a satire of Italian history from the 1930s to the 1950s, was heavily censored, being first banned and later allowed only after having received heavy cuts. He is regarded as a pioneer of Italian television, for which he worked since the early 1950s, when

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started experimental broadcasting before starting the regular TV service. He directed several successful TV-series, in particular '' Il segno del comando'' (1971) and ''L'amaro caso della Baronessa di Carini'' (1976). His last work, the TV miniseries ''La ragazza dell'addio'' was broadcast on RAI posthumously, two months after his death. He was also active on films, notably working on the screenplay of

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's '' Story of a Love Affair'' (1950).Seymour Benjamin Chatman. ''Antonioni, Or, the Surface of the World''. University of California Press, 1985. p.266.

Personal life

D'Anza was first married to Edith Malanesan, a British woman, and they had a daughter, Cristina. The couple separated (divorce not yet existing in Italy) in 1950 and in 1967 he was prosecuted for concubinage with the actress

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, with whom he had had a second daughter, Vittoria Michaela.

Selected filmography

Screenwriter

* '' Story of a Love Affair'' (1950) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1951) * '' The Temptress'' (1952) * '' Tom Toms of Mayumba'' (1955) * '' The Wanderers'' (1956)

Director

* '' The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' (1958, TV series) * '' Call Girls of Rome'' (1960) *'' Il segno del comando'' (1971, TV series) * ''Extra'' (1976) * ''

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'' (1978, TV series) *'' I racconti fantastici di Edgar Allan Poe'' (1979, TV series)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:D'Anza, Daniele 1922 births 1984 deaths 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian film directors Mass media people from Milan Italian male screenwriters 20th-century Italian male writers