Marco Risi
- Film director
- screenwriter
- film producer
Nelo Risi (uncle)
Marco Risi (born 4 June 1951) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, film producer and cinematographer.
Born in Milan, he is son of director Dino Risi. After graduating from Liceo Scientifico, Risi joined the faculty of philosophy, but abandoned his studies after two years.[1] He began his career as an assistant of his uncle, Nelo Risi, for A Season in Hell (1971) and thereafter for directors such as Duccio Tessari, Steno, Alberto Sordi.[2] He also collaborated with some scripts for films directed by his father.[3] He made his directorial debut in 1977, with the RAI television documentary Appunti su Hollywood.[3] After three quite successful comedy films, since 1987 Risi's cinema focused into more complex social and political issues, such as the military service seen as a traumatic experience (Soldati - 365 all'alba), the juvenile delinquency in and out of prison (Forever Mary and Boys on the Outside), the crash of Itavia Flight 870 (The Rubber Wall), the gang rape phenomenon (Il branco) and the murder of journalist Giancarlo Siani (Fort Apache Napoli).[3]
In 1989 Risi's Forever Mary won the Special Grand Prize of the Jury at the Montreal World Film Festival. For his 1990 film Boys on the Outside Risi won the David di Donatello Award for Best Director and a Silver Osella for Best Cinematography at the 47th Venice International Film Festival.[4]
In 1991 Risi started, together with Maurizio Tedesco, a film production company, "Sorpasso Film".[5] In 1998 he won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Producer for Ferzan Özpetek's Hamam.[4]
Filmography
- I'm Going to Live by Myself (1982)
- A Boy and a Girl (1984)
- Love at First Sight (1985)
- Soldati - 365 all'alba (1987)
- Forever Mary (1989)
- Boys on the Outside (1990)
- The Rubber Wall (1991)
- Nel continente nero (1993)
- Il branco (1994)
- Kaputt Mundi (1998)
- Tre mogli (2001)
- Maradona, the Hand of God (2007)
- Fort Apache Napoli (2009)
- Cha cha cha (2013)
- Three Touches (2014)
References
- ^ Marie-George Gervasoni. Mostra internazionale del cinema. Biennale di Venezia, 1990.
- ^ Mario Sesti (1994). Nuovo cinema italiano: gli autori, i film, le idee. Theoria, 1994. ISBN 882410388X.
- ^ a b c Roberto Poppi (2002). Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Registi. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
- ^ a b Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
- ^ Mario Sesti (1996). La "scuola" italiana: storia, strutture, e immaginario di un altro cinema, 1988–1996. Marsilio, 1996. ISBN 8831764772.
External links
- Official website
- Marco Risi at IMDb
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- Gianni Franciolini (1956)
- Federico Fellini (1957)
- Alberto Lattuada (1959)
- Federico Fellini (1960)
- Michelangelo Antonioni (1961)
- Ermanno Olmi (1962)
- Vittorio De Sica (1963)
- Pietro Germi (1964)
- Vittorio De Sica / Francesco Rosi (1965)
- Alessandro Blasetti / Pietro Germi (1966)
- Luigi Comencini (1967)
- Carlo Lizzani (1968)
- Franco Zeffirelli (1969)
- Gillo Pontecorvo (1970)
- Luchino Visconti (1971)
- Sergio Leone / Franco Zeffirelli (1972)
- Luchino Visconti (1973)
- Federico Fellini (1974)
- Dino Risi (1975)
- Mario Monicelli / Francesco Rosi (1976)
- Mario Monicelli / Valerio Zurlini (1977)
- Ettore Scola (1978)
- Francesco Rosi (1979)
- Marco Bellocchio / Gillo Pontecorvo (1980)
- Francesco Rosi (1981)
- Marco Ferreri (1982)
- Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (1983)
- Ettore Scola (1984)
- Francesco Rosi (1985)
- Mario Monicelli (1986)
- Ettore Scola (1987)
- Bernardo Bertolucci (1988)
- Ermanno Olmi (1989)
- Mario Monicelli (1990)
- Marco Risi / Ricky Tognazzi (1991)
- Gianni Amelio (1992)
- Roberto Faenza / Ricky Tognazzi (1993)
- Carlo Verdone (1994)
- Mario Martone (1995)
- Giuseppe Tornatore (1996)
- Francesco Rosi (1997)
- Roberto Benigni (1998)
- Giuseppe Tornatore (1999)
- Silvio Soldini (2000)
- Gabriele Muccino (2001)
- Ermanno Olmi (2002)
- Pupi Avati (2003)
- Marco Tullio Giordana (2004)
- Paolo Sorrentino (2005)
- Nanni Moretti (2006)
- Giuseppe Tornatore (2007)
- Andrea Molaioli (2008)
- Matteo Garrone (2009)
- Marco Bellocchio (2010)
- Daniele Luchetti (2011)
- Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (2012)
- Giuseppe Tornatore (2013)
- Paolo Sorrentino (2014)
- Francesco Munzi (2015)
- Matteo Garrone (2016)
- Paolo Virzì (2017)
- Jonas Carpignano (2018)
- Matteo Garrone (2019)
- Marco Bellocchio (2020)
- Giorgio Diritti (2021)
- Paolo Sorrentino (2022)
- Marco Bellocchio (2023)
- Matteo Garrone (2024)